“New tonight: Antonio Brown sent our source from Monday’s story menacing group text messages, including a picture of her children with instructions for his associates to investigate her. Her lawyer wrote the NFL calling for the intimidation to stop. https://t.co/rCTM8WSI6Z”

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ProphetHus• over 6 yr ago

Update... A statement from attorney for our source: The NFL advised us that the Patriots directed Mr. Brown to have no further contact with our client, either directly or through his associates.... "The NFL also advised us that it contacted Mr. Brown’s representative and reiterated that Mr. Brown was to cease and desist efforts to contact or intimidate our ; “The NFL has pledged to conduct a thorough investigation under its Personal Conduct Policy. We will cooperate fully with the NFL in this investigation to ensure that the threats and intimidation against our client cease, and that she and her family remain safe. “As always, it is important that harassment and intimidation against victims is taken seriously, that victims have appropriate avenues for recourse, and that such behavior is not tolerated – either by an employer such as the NFL, or by society at large.” They also released a copy of their letter to the NFL, the Patriots and Drew Rosenhaus.

ProphetHus• over 6 yr ago

Explainer on the process of verifying it was AB who sent these messages: 1. In 2017, AB sent our source his phone number in a DM from his verified IG account in screenshots we reviewed. 2. She communicated with AB and arranged travel, etc via this number that year. 3. She sent us screens of these new messages with the contact in her phone, so the sender showed up as “Antonio Brown” 4. We then asked her to delete AB’s contact from her phone, so the original number would display and we could verify. The number matched the 2017 IG exchange. 5. Our research department turned up names the other four numbers on the chat were registered to. One of them was Brian Davis, a name we knew: it’s one of Brown’s assistants who was named in interviews with people suing Brown for unpaid wages. 6. One more name jumped out: Darren Heitner, Brown’s attorney. We called Heitner, who declined comment other than to answer this question: “Did you advise your client to send those texts.” His answer: “No I did not, and you’ll notice I didn’t respond.” 7. Finally, I called AB A man who sounded like AB answered. I introduced myself. He hung up. In a text, I asked him if he would share proof of his claim that the woman asked him for money. He replied “foh clown” So we’re extremely confident that’s AB who sent the text messages. Per Robert Klemko Twitter

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ProphetHus• over 6 yr ago

Regardless of what the Patriots do, the league can take action against Brown. The aggressive and angry response directed to an accuser could be enough, for example, to cause the Commissioner to believe that Brown “may have violated” the Personal Conduct Policy as to Britney Taylor, justifying immediate placement of Brown on the Commissioner-Exempt list. However it plays out, Brown apparently has committed yet another serious error of judgment, one that has placed his current employment in real jeopardy.

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ProphetHus• over 6 yr ago

The Personal Conduct Policy expressly prohibits “[s]talking, harassment, or similar forms of intimidation.” The fact that the behavior has been directed at a woman who has made allegations regarding misconduct makes the situation even worse for Brown. Employers routinely take swift and decisive action against employees who are accused of misconduct and who harass or intimidate those who have made the accusations.

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