Ezekiel Elliott is still suspended for six games, but that’s of little interest to the Giants.

NFL arbitrator Harold Henderson will not reduce Elliott’s suspension after an appeal, ESPN reported Tuesday afternoon, a month after the league hit him with the standard punishment for a player accused of domestic violence.

Elliott is expected to still play Sunday in Week 1 against the Giants, according to multiple reports. The NFLPA has filed a restraining order, and a judge will rule on it by 5 p.m. Friday. If the judge sides with Elliott and the NFLPA, he could play the entire season before the litigation ends.

“We received Arbitrator Harold Henderson’s decision to uphold Mr. Elliott’s suspension of six games,” Elliott’s legal team said in a release. “We are extremely disappointed with Mr. Henderson’s inability to navigate through league politics, and follow the evidence, and most importantly, his [conscience]. The evidence that Mr. Elliott and his team presented on appeal clearly demonstrated that Mr. Elliott was the victim of a conspiracy orchestrated by the National Football League and its officers to keep exonerating evidence from the decision-makers, including the advisors and Roger Goodell.

“The only just decision was to overturn the suspension in its entirety. Mr. Elliott is looking forward to having his day in federal court where the playing field will be level and the NFL will have to answer for its unfair and unjust practices.”

The Cowboys running back filed an appeal days after the suspension was handed down, and the weeks-long hearing has revealed a mixture of disturbing details around each side’s accusations, as well as a public dispute between the NFL and NFLPA.

Elliott, last season’s leading rusher as a rookie, came under the microscope last summer when his ex-girlfriend, Tiffany Thompson, told police he physically assaulted her on multiple occasions during July 2016. Elliott wasn’t charged with a crime due to “conflicting and inconsistent information,” according to the Columbus City Attorney’s office. The former Ohio State star has denied any wrongdoing.

The NFL’s investigation took more than a year to complete.

In response to the NFLPA’s request filed last Thursday for a temporary restraining order on any suspension upheld by Henderson, the NFL has asked the federal court to dismiss the challenge because it came before Henderson’s ruling and carry on with the decision on Elliott’s appeal.

The players union accused the NFL in Thursday’s filing of conspiring against Elliott to “hide critical information — which would completely exonerate” him. The NFL responded the next day by calling the NFLPA’s claims “categorically false.”

The legal back-and-forth followed a pair of critical statements released by both sides. First, the NFL claimed the NFLPA was undermining the credibility of Elliott’s accuser to prove Elliott’s innocence. The NFLPA later denied the accusation and called out the NFL for its “hypocrisy” in the handling of domestic violence, which the league has been heavily criticized for in the past.