“First off, I’d like to thank my fans and colleagues for their outpouring of support which has been so meaningful. Much of what has been reported about my termination from ESPN is false and, I think, defamatory. We – meaning me and my lawyers, Wajahat Laiq and Neal Brickman, and lawyers for ESPN – are currently attempting to amicably resolve my leaving ESPN. I think that, while we are attempting to settle our differences, it is not productive for me to advocate my positions or to assert any affirmative claims in the press,” Virk wrote in a statement.