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Antonio Brown has made headlines all week long but it doesn’t appear that he has any interest in speaking to the media.
Earlier this week, Brown was accused of committing sexual assault by his former Brittney Taylor in a lawsuit filed in Florida. Taylor is set to talk to the league later this week, as well an unnamed “NFL rookie” who was named as a witness in the lawsuit.
NFL will quickly move forward with the Antonio Brown investigation, meeting with his accuser on Monday — and also talking at some point to an unnamed NFL rookie who may be a witness as to one of the alleged incidents https://t.co/lXUjCtg4LZ
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) September 15, 2019
Today Brown made his debut with the Patriots and had himself a solid game in his first game back this season.
.@TomBrady finds @AB84 for a 20-yard touchdown. #GoPats #NEvsMIA
📺: CBS
📱: NFL app // Yahoo Sports app
Watch on mobile: https://t.co/y8YLGKmeTf pic.twitter.com/nAUsiFKHLP— NFL (@NFL) September 15, 2019
Antonio Brown in his Patriots debut:
➖ 4 catches (team-high)
➖ 56 yards (team-high)
➖ Touchdown
➖ 43-0 win pic.twitter.com/v6w6YOLnLa— B/R Gridiron (@brgridiron) September 15, 2019
After the game, Brown ducked the media and left the stadium before any reporters were able to talk to him.
Antonio Brown is out of the locker room, his locker cleared out and the name plate taken down, before media was allowed into the locker room
— Ben Volin (@BenVolin) September 15, 2019
Antonio Brown has “already left” so there will be no postgame comments from him.
— Tom E. Curran (@tomecurran) September 15, 2019
Brown could face punishment from the NFL for violating the league’s mandatory media policy.
1. POST-GAME ACCESS – After a reasonable waiting period, defined as 10-12 minutes maximum after the completion of the game and the players have entered the locker room, the home and visiting team locker room areas will be opened to all accredited media with immediate access to all players and the head coach.
FWIW, here are the sections of the NFL's Media Access policy relevant to Brown's situation. pic.twitter.com/5gEm284nAL
— Andrew Callahan (@_AndrewCallahan) September 15, 2019
We’ll see how the NFL decides to handle the matter but there’s a good chance he gets fined a hefty amount the same way Marshawn Lynch got fined when he avoided the media back in 2014.