Antonio Brown.Photo: Mike Ehrmann/Getty
Former NFL starAntonio Brownwas arrested in Florida following multiple alleged missed child support payments, according to multiple reports.
Wiltrice Jackson claims the former wide receiver owes her nearly $31,000 in child support for their 15-year-old daughter, Antanyiah, per the outlet.
PEOPLE has contacted Brown for comment.
Jackson spoke toTMZfollowing Brown’s arrest. “I do want him arrested," she told the outlet. “Because, right now, he’s making a mockery out of the judge, out of everything, because he feels like he’s untouchable.”
Antonio Brown #81 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers looks on against the New York Jets during the game at MetLife Stadium on January 02, 2022 in East Rutherford, New Jersey.Elsa/Getty
Rather, Jackson said that her daughter is a gifted track-and-field athlete hoping to follow in her father’s footsteps.
“By him having a daughter like an athlete like her, you would think he’d be in her corner to support her,” Jackson told TMZ, adding that Antanyiah has received interest from more than 80 schools, including the University of Miami and Oregon.
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The arrest follows a string of legal trouble for the former NFL star.
In December, an arrest warrant issued in Tampa wanted Brown on domestic battery charges after an incident that occurred between him and an unidentified woman on Nov. 28, Tampa Police Director of Communications Crystal Clark said at the time.
Antonio Brown.Christian Petersen/Getty Images
ESPN reportedthat, according to police, a verbal disagreement between Brown and the woman escalated into a physical altercation. Police told ESPN that Brown allegedly “threw a shoe” at the woman and locked her out of his home.
Brown’s NFL career ended abruptly following a tumultuous split from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Jan. 2022. His contract with the Buccaneers wasterminatedafter he made a scene in the middle of the franchise’s week 17 win over the New York Jets.
Antonio Brown.Mike Ehrmann/Getty
Brown was seen ripping off the top half of his uniform before sprinting onto the field in the middle of the game and flashing a “peace out” sign to the crowd as he exited through the tunnel.
The wide receiver addressed the situation surrounding his departure from the Buccaneers, and other controversies throughout his career shortly after.
“I feel like, man, everything I did, I did it because my heart believed that was what I needed to do. And in life, sometimes you got to listen to your heart because that’s the only way I could go to sleep at night,” Brown told Nate Burleson onCBS This Morningin Jan. 2022.
source: people.com
