Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill, who has been banned from the team's training facility amid a child abuse investigation, is scheduled to meet with NFL officials in Kansas City today, per Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk.
The Kansas Department of Children and Families has been investigating possible child abuse, battery or neglect after officers in Overland Park, Kansas, were called to Hill's home twice in March when Hill's 3-year-old son broke his arm.
The NFL had said it would investigate, but it was waiting for the DCF investigation to wind down.
The news of the NFL's visit was first reported by radio station WHB 810 in Kansas City.
After the disturbing audio of a conversation Hill had with Crystal Espinal surfaced, the Chiefs took action against their player.
“A 3-year-old is not going to lie about what happened to his arm,” Espinal said on the recording. “He is terrified of you.”
Hill responded, “You need to be terrified of me, too, b—-.”
The next day, the Chiefs announced that Hill had been barred indefinitely from all team activities and said the District Attorney would reopen the investigation.
Making the situation murkier is Hill's history of abuse. He previously pleaded guilty to choking and beating Espinal while she was pregnant. Hill has never been disciplined by the league for that incident (it happened before he was drafted), but the Personal Conduct Policy allows pre-NFL misbehavior to be used as an aggravating factor when establishing punishment for misconduct that happens after the player joins an NFL team.
Needless to say, Hill could be, at least, looking at a lengthy suspension, if not more.
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