Los Angeles (AFP)
The New England Patriots football team, titled at the last NFL Super Bowl, announced that it had fired Friday star receiver Antonio Brown, who is currently facing a federal rape complaint.
"The New England Patriots release Antonio Brown, we appreciate the hard work done by many people over the past eleven days, but we believe it is now better to go in a different direction," says the terse statement. franchise.
Brown will have been a Patriot just one game, the weekend in Miami (43-0), crowned with a touchdown that showed his ability to remain imperturbable despite the accusations he faces.
Finally, after seeing his contract with Nike broken Thursday by the equipment manufacturer, here is the former Oakland Raiders player now without a club.
Because just after he got involved with the Patriots, Britney Taylor, a 28-year-old woman he hired in 2017 and 2018 to be his fitness trainer, filed a civil suit in the Miami, Florida district. .
She accuses Antonio Brown of sexually assaulting her twice in June 2017 and raping her in May 2018 at home.
The player, who denied having done so, assuring that the sexual relations between Britney Taylor and himself had been granted, had been still lined up by the Patriots in Miami last weekend, and had to be in the same place. group to face the New York Jets this Sunday.
But in recent hours Sports Illustrated has reported that another woman, accusing him of an unwanted sexual advance in 2017, has received texting threats from Brown after the magazine published an article detailing the news. history.
A drop of water that has certainly overflowed the "Pats", while coach Bill Belichick, assailed questions on Brown, shortened the press conference he held Thursday.
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