New York Giants Kicker Josh Brown admitted to domestic violence in letters, emails and a journal, according to police documents.
The documents were part of Brown’s final case file by the King County (Washington) Sheriff’s Office stemming from a May 22, 2015, arrest following an incident with his wife, Molly Brown. The sheriff’s office and prosecutor’s office initially decided to postpone the filing of charges, pending further investigation, with the sheriff’s office recommending that the prosecutor’s office file charges of two counts of fourth-degree domestic assault. As of September 2016, charges had not been filed.
In one of Brown’s journal entries obtained as part of the investigation, he writes: “I have abused my wife.”
The Giants were unaware of Brown’s journal entries, emails and letters admitting domestic violence, according to a team spokesman. They had not read or heard about them before their release on Wednesday.
An NFL Players Association source told ESPN’s Jane McManus on Thursday that the union was not aware of Brown’s journals that admitted abuse before they were revealed to the media.
The NFL’s Domestic Violence policy establish a six-game baseline for first offences but allows for aggravating circumstances that can make the suspension longer or mitigating circumstances that can make it shorter.
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