Hey Y’all! Sorry I haven’t been on here in a few weeks, but I wanted to update you guys on what’s been happening in the NFL these last two weeks regarding the star player Mr. Antonio Brown. As most of us may know he is a star wide receiver who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers where his career took off. He then went on to play for the Oakland Raiders then was later released and was extremely happy about the entire situation. He posted a video to his social media of hum celebrating him being let go by the Raiders. Three hours after being released from his 30-million-dollar contract deal he signed a 15-million-dollar deal with the New England Patriots with a 9 million dollar signing bonus and 1-million-dollar salary.

A week ago, Brown played his first and only game with the Patriots where he was released from the team after he was accused of sexual assault allegations. According to a Market watch article posted yesterday “His contract with the Patriots included $10 million in guaranteed money. But as sports illustrated points out, the contract stipulated that if Brown “takes any action that materially undermines the public’s respect for, or is materially critical of, the Club, Player’s teammates or the club’s ownership, coaches, management, operations or policies,” then the contract will be null and void.” (Kutz, 2019)  Brown ended up receiving only $158,333 of that deal for playing one game last Sunday. He is now attempting to go after the Patriots to get the rest of his money from his contract which seems as if it will not happen.

Brown took to twitter to express his anger regarding his release and made a statement that he will no longer play in the NFL because the owners can do what they want and cancel deals. Now that he is out of the NFL at the moment his name is still coming across the headlines because of one of his past trainers Britney Taylor coming out and saying he sexually assaulted her. Brown is now known for being “toxic” and a week ago released screenshots of text messages in a group chat with Britney as well as others threatening her and her family and calling her a liar regarding this entire situation. Taylor came forward with these rape allegations three days after his releasement from Oakland where she states that he sexual assaulted her three times, twice in 2017 and once in 2018.

“F–k your knowledge bitch I bell all pro before I even knew u!” Brown purportedly wrote. “U a disgrace to lil girls u a failed gymnast living in the past.” (Feis, 2019)  These were only a few of the texts Ms. Taylor received when first being fired from Brown years ago. The text she recently received from him were about her kids as well as other things being nasty towards her as well as letting her know his lawyers are going to prove she is lying. There is so much more behind this investigation right now and hopefully will be released soon so I can’t wait to get back to y’all next week to share more behind this toxic person we used to adore on the field.

                                                                                                

Works Cited

Feis, A. (2019, September 11). Antonio Brown’s rape accuser, Britney Taylor, met him at Bible study. Retrieved from NewYork Post: https://nypost.com/2019/09/11/antonio-browns-rape-accuser-britney-taylor-met-him-at-bible-study/

Kutz, S. (2019, Septemeber 24). Antonio Brown had a $15 million contract with the Patriots — how much do they have to pay him? Retrieved from Market Watch: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/antonio-brown-had-a-15-million-contract-with-the-patriots-how-much-do-they-have-to-pay-him-2019-09-23