The Kansas City Chiefs have announced that Tyreek Hill has been barred indefinitely from all team activities until more is known about an audio recording that aired on a local TV station in which the receiver's fiance accused him of abusing their 3-year old son.
“We were deeply disturbed by what we heard (on the recorded conversation),” general manager Brett Veach said in a statement. “We were deeply concerned. Now obviously we have great concern for (fiancée) Crystal (Espinal). We are greatly concerned for Tyreek. But our main focus, our main concern, is with the young child.”
The recording surfaced one day after Johnson County District Attorney Stephen M. Howe said charges would not be filed after police were called to Hill's home twice last month and investigators determined the child had been injured. Howe said he believed a crime had occurred, but the evidence didn't clearly establish who committed it.
Veach read a statement after the conclusion of the first round of the NFL draft that said the team became aware of the recording of Hill and Espinal in “real time” — just like the general public.
Afterwards, Veach called Hill's agent, Drew Rosenhaus, and informed him that Hill would no longer be allowed to work out with the team. The Chiefs are in the midst of voluntary offseason workouts.
“We are going to continue to gather information and we will make the right decision,” Veach said in his statement.
Veach declined to take any questions. Chiefs coach Andy Reid and chairman Clark Hunt, who also were in the building for the start of the draft, were not made available.
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