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The Buffalo Bills have fired chief operating officer John Roth and the team’s general counsel Kathryn D’Angelo because their “romantic relationship” became “too brazen” while at the NFL London Games.

Earlier this month, the Bills lost 25-20 to the Jacksonville Jaguars at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. During the team’s time in London, the issue reached a stage that required addressing by the organisation, according to The Athletic.

Roth only became COO of the Bills in July after assuming the same role at the Buffalo Sabres from the start of the year. Terry Pegula owns both franchises alongside his wife, Kim.

When announcing his arrival at Pegula Sports and Entertainment, which dissolved in August, the Sabres statement shared Roth has a wife, Sandra, and two children, Abigail and Alexander. He was previously an investor and portfolio manager at American financial services corporation Fidelity Investments for almost a quarter of a century before leaving last December.

D’Angelo had been with the Bills since April 2016. Starting as a counsel, she was promoted to assistant general counsel three years later before becoming general council in April this year after a year as the interim GC.

At the same time Roth was appointed COO, the former attorney had senior vice president of Business Administration added to her title. Roth reportedly recommended her promotion. Within the team front office, the COO was of superior standing within the structure despite D’Angelo reporting to ownership directly rather than to him.