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Altovise Gary, the longtime director of the Houston Texans cheerleaders squad who was named as a defendant in one of two recent federal court lawsuits filed against the team, has resigned, a team spokeswoman said Tuesday.

Gary resigned on her own accord, citing what team spokeswoman Amy Palcic described as personal reasons. The team had no additional comment on her departure.

Palcic said the cheerleaders will perform at the Texans' next home game Aug. 30 against the Cowboys. She said "interim people will step up" to handle Gary's duties while the team conducts a search for a permanent replacement.

Gary was named as a defendant in a case filed in May by a former cheerleader who accused her of body-shaming and failing to act on complaints that cheerleaders were physically assaulted by fans. She was not named as a defendant in a second suit filed days later by five former cheerleaders against the team.

Both suits were dismissed and the former cheerleaders' complaints submitted to arbitration, as required by their contracts with the team.

Houston attorney Bruse Loyd, who filed the first lawsuit that included Gary as a defendant, said he would have no comment on Gary's resignation.

Houston attorney Kimberley Spurlock, who along with noted women's rights attorney Gloria Allred filed the second lawsuit, said in a statement: "We believe that our lawsuit and the voices of our brave clients have made an important impact on the Houston Texans. As a result of their courage, there appears to be an important change taking place in the staff.

"However, until there is justice for the cheerleaders by paying them fairly and compensating them by paying them the wages that they are due, we will continue our fight to win them the respect and dignity to which they are entitled and which is long overdue."

Loyd would not comment specifically on the arbitration procedure in this case but said that in general, a party will file its case to an arbitration and allow time for the second party to file its response. Both parties then meet with an arbitrator who sets a schedule for evidence discovery and designation of expert witnesses.

The parties then agree on a date to appear before an arbitrator who hears both sides of the dispute and renders a decision. The process is expected to take several months.

The cases are being heard by separate arbitrators, but Spurlock said attorneys are discussing plans to share evidence discovery. Loyd has filed his request for arbitration while Spurlock has yet to do so.

Gary's resignation came within a week of the appearance on the TMZ Sports website of a 90-second video depicting a pool party featuring what TMZ said were Texans cheerleaders, some wearing bikinis bearing the team logo, at the squad's annual "bikini barbecue."

The video begins with what the website says are Texans cheerleaders describing their preference for turkey burgers over beef burgers and then switches to scenes of women and around a pool, some of them lounging on plastic floats, while sucking on frozen fruit as music plays in the background.

The Texans said they would have no comment on the video or on the role, if any, its appearance on TMZ Sports' website played in Gary's decision to resign.