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TMZ: New England Patriot Antonio Brown accused of rape by former trainer in federal lawsuit
- Thread starter ElectricBlanketFire
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This isn't the court of law. This the NFL. This is bad for the locker room, this is a bad look for the league, and it's another thing to add on the list of "issues with Antonio Brown"
He shouldn't play. He shouldn't be on the team. He should never have been signed to begin with.
I just don't see the Pats keeping him on the roster come tomorrow morning. Not after AH and the Kraft scandal. No way RKK wants his franchise to keep taking these hits.
If they are indeed emails from Brown, it appears he admitted to some of what she is claiming.
the Patriots had a murder play for them this leauge doesn't give a fuck
I mean, if they are legit emails then punt him to the sun, but, anyone can set up a gmail account and have the name show up antonio brown or any name wanted. This is going to need to be verified but criminal investigators, until then, probably let the courts do their thing
As soon as he was accused of murder they released him. They should take a similar stance here.
This is probably their best bet, unless they know something already we dont. They dont need him honestly, if the team that curb stomped the steelers sunday is the team they are bringing this season, you can just hand brady another ring. Even with out brown
and now he is countersuing. This is gonna get messy. I don't think AB plays football in 2019 unless this case crumbles almost instantaneously.
How much would hte Godell bot have to pay to make this go away?
Because if those texts are real, it'll be hard to back away from this one.
Aaron Hernandez was arrested like an hour before he got cut.
This is a civil suit with a lot of public pieces of conflicting information
To be honest, this should be the cherry on top that ends his career anyway.
But this is the NFL we're talking about. He'll probably still play this week.
"Well you see your honor, my client did jack off on the plaintiff's back but it was fully consensual. She's trying to use those emails to bolster her other fraudulent claims"
Honestly it being not true is also damaging, as it gives ammunition to people who deny victim's claims. There are no winners here however it plays out.
And after the Hernandez situation the Patriots don't want to deal with any of this. Civil or criminal. He's being accused of sexual assault. That's serious shit.
AB might be innocent. Let him go through the legal process. I'm not saying he should be thrown behind bars, but he doesn't need to be a part of the Patriots.
Real talk, Bob fucking \Kraft just dodged a prostitution charge.
The front office doesn't wanna deal with ANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNY of this.
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Yeah regardless of outcome that is most definitely not going to happen.
And she has a pretty common first and last name so basically anyone with that name is going to be getting harassed by idiots tonight
Wow. It seems like all along AB and Big Ben actually had some common ground. Too bad it couldn't work out.
The NFL doesn't care. It really, really, really, doesn't care about what its players do to women. Ever.
I know what Ben was accused of. I also know that James Harrison beat the mother of his child. The Steelers aren't without their players of questionable character, over the last few years. But this guy has issues all over the place, and he draws absurd amounts of attention to himself.
Given their schedule for the next two months, the Pats could win without him by simply trotting out Edelman, Gordon and Dorsett.
They could easily release him, AB could deal with these charges and - if they get dismissed - he could rejoin the team before their next competitive game.
I guess my point is people always try to push this narrative that they only look for uncontroversial players or that they'll drop a player like a hot potato if it makes the team look bad. It's never been the case.
They knew what an asshole this guy was before they signed him. They don't care.
Short answer is No but The Pats can probably appeal to take it back based on the crazy circumstances.
There's a line, and I think sexual assault crosses it. This might be a situation where Robert Kraft steps in. This isn't "oh he's a troubled person" or "oh he has drug issues." It's sexual assault.
The implication is that this person knew about the claims before they were public, but who knows if that makes her claims true or not.
I have no idea how this plays out and abstaining from having an opinion until there is more information.
There are precedents to follow to stand him down as recently as this year. A football player in Australia was accused of rape in company way back in February and 27 weeks later, his case is still ongoing and he hasn't played a second of sport in that time, and probably won't ever again if found guilty.
If that person has audio evidence that she's planning to extort him, it would be substantial. All of this is unconfirmed though, hard to see this any particular way.