Antonio Brown Accused Of Rape In Civil Lawsuit

(ESPN) September 11 2019 9:05 PM ET Antonio Brown has been accused of sexually assaulting his former trainer according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday in the Southern District of Florida. In the lawsuit a copy of which was reviewed by ESPN Browns former trainer Britney Taylor accuses the newly signed New England Patriots receiver of sexually assaulting her on three separate occasions in 2017 and 2018. We are aware of the civil lawsuit that was filed earlier today against Antonio Brown as well as the response by Antonios representatives the Patriots said in a statement on Tuesday night. We take these allegations very seriously. Under no circumstances does this organization condone sexual violence or assault. The league has informed us that they will be investigating. We will have no further comment while that investigation takes place. The first alleged incident was in June 2017; Taylor says Brown exposed himself and kissed her without consent at one of his Pittsburgh-area homes. A month later while at Browns home in his native Miami Brown masturbated near her without her knowledge and ejaculated on her back then later bragged about it in a series of text messages Taylor alleges in the lawsuit. Taylor also says that in May 2018 after a night out at a Miami-area club she went back to Browns home in Miami to use the bathroom and have some food and Brown forced her down onto a bed pushed her face into the mattress and forcibly raped her. Browns lawyer Darren Heitner said in a statement Tuesday night that his client and Taylor were involved in a consensual personal relationship. Any sexual interaction with Mr. Brown was entirely consensual. In a tweet on Tuesday Heitner said Brown will leave no stone unturned and will aggressively defend himself including all of his rights in countersuits. Taylor was a gymnast at Central Michigan where Brown attended college. According to the lawsuit they met in a Bible study group at the school and became friends then fell out of touch for several years before reconnecting in June 2017 with Brown hiring Taylor to assist in his physical training.