BALTIMORE -- After a decade of silence, Art Modell finally wants to speak to the people of Cleveland.

It's a NewsChannel5 exclusive story we intend to bring you over the next few days.

Anger still runs deep in Cleveland because of what Modell did to the city.

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In the view of many when he took the browns to Baltimore, Modell ripped the heart right out of this town. And if you don't think that's an accurate statement, then you’re probably not a native Clevelander, 5 On Your Side anchor Ted Henry reported.

The media has pursued Modell for more than a decade, and just this week he invited NewsChannel5 into his Baltimore home to tell his story. It's a story of betrayal, anger and as you’ll hear, Modell said he was actually "told" to move his beloved Cleveland Browns out of town.

Like Woody Hayes, Art Modell sometimes acted like Gen. George Patten, Henry said.

The very first thing he did after buying the Browns in the early 1960s was to turn around and fire the legendary Paul Brown as head coach. And the very next thing he did was to win the National Football Championship.

Of course, he also won a Super Bowl with his new Baltimore Ravens, but in reality nothing brought him so much attention as moving the Browns to Baltimore.

Many Clevelanders said they’ll never get over their outright hatred of this 80-year-old man.

But how many people actually know the whole story? Why Modell really moved the Browns will be told Thursday, but part of the reason why he moved the team had to do with Cleveland political and business leaders who betrayed their loyalty to him, Henry said.

And to anyone who knows anything about Modell, loyalty is big.

Henry: "Of those who are still your friends, what was the characteristic in them that you admired the most and must still admire today or they wouldn’t still be your friends?"

Modell: "Loyalty. Loyalty, that's my middle name in life. I want my children to be loyal to each other and to their parents, loyal to life itself. Loyalty, it's a very essential ingredient, a characteristic that can never be replaced."

Henry: "And what about those Clevelanders who have proven their loyalty to you over the years -- the fans? "

Modell: "Tremendous fans, tremendous followers, loyal. Some of them who view what I did to be disloyal, that's another story."

That part of Modell's story Henry will share with you Thursday at 11 p.m., including Modell's dream to one day return to the city of Cleveland.

Modell may have suffered two heart attacks and a stroke over the years, but he said he still has the energy and the desire to set the record straight so that one day he can return to the North Coast, and maybe even to the National Football Hall of Fame.