Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Antonio Brown is facing a warrant on a battery charge stemming from a domestic incident, Tampa police said Thursday. The 34-year-old, as per ABC, locked himself at home during a standoff with authorities.
Tampa Police tried to get him out with the help of a megaphone. Officers were heard yelling ‘we’re not going anywhere’ to Brown, according to Tampa’s ABC affiliate.
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Brown, who is a free agent currently, is accused of threatening to shoot a woman. The woman has been identified in multiple reports as his ex-fiancee and mother of four of his children – Chelsie Kyriss.
Police spokeswoman Merissa Lynn also said he was “not communicating with officers, so it’s unclear if he’s still inside the home or not.”
Police, in a statement, said that Brown got into a verbal argument that turned physical at a home in South Tampa on Monday. He allegedly threw a show at a woman. The 34-year-old is also accused of throwing her possessions out onto the street as he attempted to evict her.
Brown, last year, tossed his equipment into the stands and left a game mid-way. His contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers was terminated. The WR had said he was pressured to play injured, but then-Tampa Bay coach Bruce Arians said Brown was upset about not getting the ball enough.
In the 2021 season, he served a three-game suspension for misrepresenting his COVID-19 vaccination status.
He was also suspended for eight games in 2020 for multiple violations of the NFL’s personal conduct policy, after pleading no contest to burglary and criminal mischief charges related to a fight with a moving truck driver outside his South Florida home that year.
