Antonio Brown has been in the new cycle constantly for the past month and periodically over the past year for his antics on and off the football field. He has committed acts of selfishness whether it consists of temper tantrums, frostbite on his feet or calling out coaches and teammates on social media and, although these are distractions, they aren’t real crimes.

Britney Taylor, a former gymnast at the University of Central Michigan, met Brown in college and over the years built a relationship to the point Taylor became a personal trainer for Brown. The date their relationship went from friendly to professional is not known; however Taylor has accused Brown of sexually assaulting her on two occasions in 2017 and forcefully raping her in 2018. Taylor has made herself readily available to all media and the NFL alike to state her side of the story and has chosen to not go the route of anonymity and attack the situation head on.

Ryne Gallacher is a regular columnist and correspondent for The Outlook.