The article reports on an interview with Ellen Hawkins, a woman who reportedly attended an election night party that Allen also attended in 1976.
"Mrs. Hawkins, who described herself as a rural Virginia housewife and an active Democrat, said in an interview Tuesday that she heard Mr. Allen use the slur repeatedly at a party on election night in 1976. She said Mr. Allen used the term while deprecating the intelligence of the black players on the Washington Redskins football team, which Mr. AllenGÇÖs father coached. Recalling remarks about its star running back, Larry Brown, Mrs. Hawkins said that Mr. Allen GÇ£started in effect bad-mouthing him, saying what a shiftless you-know-whatGÇ¥ he was.
She said she remembered the conversation because she was a big fan of the team and was shocked. She said Mr. AllenGÇÖs statement on Monday was GÇ£just plain a lie.GÇ¥"