This is a story of a family in crisis. There are children in this household. Josh Brown is now divorced from the mother of his children. It's a mess, and quite sad.
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Charges were dropped five days after Brown's arrest by the Kings County, WA prosecutor due to lack of evidence in May 2015 following an investigation. Molly Brown described 20 incidents to police of abuse but none have been proven or are on tape. I'm convinced he acted inappropriately, and this family is broken.
But there's no real proof here for the NFL to be involved. The authorities in Kings County know this is a troubled family and that the woman and her children were potentially at risk. I don't know who filed for divorce, but the couple was separating to end the dynamic of whatever was going on here. This is a family matter that has the support of the local public safety officials and the couple's personal advisors.
The whole thing was kept quiet by the Giants and the NFL for over a year until the suspension was handed down. It was the NFL that drew national media attention to this and shined the light on a family in crisis, exacerbating the situation. Employers shouldn't do that.
I do not know what to think about this.
There is something arrogant and obnoxious about the NFL requesting that the victim and the police come before NFL officials and Goodell. The police reports are public record, but the police do not answer to employers of individuals who are not charged with a crime. The victim is a private person with n0 responsibility to her ex-husband's employer. The NFL has no sense of boundaries, and utter disregard of the need for evidence.
The NFL and the Giants should have respected this family's privacy and taken whatever steps needed to help Josh Brown not repeat whatever escalated in that home. To go public and cast aspersions on the Kings County Police, and on the victim, with that letter is repulsive. All we're left with is a bunch of assumptions because Goodell suspended a guy with no proof.
It did not take long for the consequences of the Appellate Court's upholding Article 46 to start ruining lives of women and children who never signed on to Roger Goodell's unfettered power.
