Raiders’ Brown says he settled balcony incident
ALAMEDA, Calif. — Oakland Raiders receiver Antonio Brown introduced Monday evening that he had reached a settlement in an incident from April 2018 by which he allegedly yelled at safety and threw gadgets off a South Florida house balcony.
“The authorized dispute between Ophir Sternberg and me has been resolved, with a confidential sum of funds being donated to charity,” Brown wrote on Twitter. “I’m sorry that an incident occurred. I apologize for any statements we made in court docket filings or in any other case to Mr. Sternberg and household. I want Mr. Sternberg my greatest with regard to future endeavors and thru this settlement, search to make amends with Mr. Sternberg and household.”
Brown confronted a pair if lawsuits for “damages in extra of $15,000, unique of” lawyer charges and curiosity, in response to paperwork obtained by ESPN in October.
The paperwork mentioned a 2-year-old boy’s guardian sued Brown for “intentional infliction of emotional misery and assault” after gadgets flung from the 14th flooring of The Mansions at Acqualina practically hit the kid, per Miami-Dade County court docket filings. The kid, per the report, was along with his grandfather close to the pool space of the advanced when gadgets that included two vases, an ottoman and different items of furnishings fell near them. The kid, the court docket submitting claimed, had skilled anxiousness and bother sleeping because the incident.
“Mr. Brown’s uncontrolled and inexcusable conduct might have killed my son,” Sternberg mentioned in an announcement in October. “His reckless tantrum displayed full disregard for the security of others. We intend to carry Mr. Brown accountable, to hopefully make sure that one thing like this by no means occurs once more.”
Brown, who was with the Pittsburgh Steelers on the time, additionally confronted a case filed by the proprietor of the rental Brown leased for damages and breaching the lease.
NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy informed ESPN on the time the league was intently monitoring the state of affairs.
Brown was acquired by the Raiders in a commerce for a third- and a fifth-round draft decide on March 13 and has been lauded for his work ethic and management in Oakland’s offseason program.
“It is a unhappy day for seeing me depart,” Brown informed ESPN upon arriving in Oakland. “To all the children, man, reside your goals. Proceed to work laborious. Hopefully, I can proceed to encourage you.”