New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick didn’t want to discuss Antonio Brown during his press conference on Wednesday.
Belichick was informed Brown had issued an apology to Patriots owner Robert Kraft earlier this week on social media after Brown criticized Kraft on Twitter in November.
Belichick was asked if he will monitor Brown’s status amid the league’s investigation.
“You’d have to ask Robert about that,” Belichick said on Wednesday at Gillette Stadium during a press conference. “I mean, every week you guys ask me about a player that’s not on our team, so every week it’s going to be the same answer.”
Brown is facing an NFL investigation amid allegations of sexual assault and rape by his former trainer Britney Taylor. Not long after Taylor filed a civil lawsuit, Brown also faced accusations of sexual harassment. When those accusations made the news, Brown sent intimidating text messages to the second accuser. This all transpired between the time the Patriots signed him on Sept. 7 and released him on Sept. 20.
Despite the investigation, Brown is currently a free agent, and can sign with an NFL team. The allegations he is facing — combined with his long-standing erratic behavior — are surely playing a role in his unemployment.
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