Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown is facing a pair of lawsuits stemming from an incident in April (via ESPN.com). Brown is being accused of throwing items from the balcony of a South Florida apartment which nearly hit a 2-year-old child who was outside near the pool area. For his part, Brown says the accusations are bogus. 
“It has now been made public that two lawsuits containing false claims have been filed against me,” Brown said in a statement. “The facts will soon come out that prove my innocence. My focus will remain on football and I will not let the cases serve as a distraction.”
Meanwhile, NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy says that the league is monitoring the civil suits. The NFL reserves the right to punish players even when courts find in their favor, so Brown could be subject to a suspension if the league office finds that the accusations have merit. League investigations are usually lengthy and often do not conclude before the legal process wraps up, so Brown is unlikely to face NFL discipline during the 2018 season. If anything, Brown could be looking at some sort of punishment in 2019, depending on how things play out.
This isn’t the first potential distraction that Brown has faced this year. In September, Brown missed a Steelers practice after getting into a social media spat with a former employee. Brown made reference to a trade in that exchange on Twitter, but he has since reaffirmed his desire to stay in Pittsburgh.
Brown had some down games this year (at least, by his standards) and some communication issues with Ben Roethlisberger, but everything seems to be back on track after he had six catches for 101 yards in two scores on Sunday against the Falcons. The Steelers won that game 41-17, bringing them to 2-2-1 on the year.
But are those that are accusing him of this women? If so AB is obviously guilty and the one lying here and should be suspended and have his reputation damaged no matter how the investigation turns out, because a female accused him and they never make false accusations.
Harvey Weinstein, is that you?
Rocket, couldn’t agree more.
No madman I think this is Weinstein
How do you get sued for NEARLY hitting someone? How does that work?
I read that the party suing says the child has had frequent night terrors since the incident so I believe they’re suing for damages related to that.
Accused of throwing something that “nearly” hit a kid? How can you sue for that?
AB also filed a police report in Fla that a gun and cash were stolen
so you want to be rich and famous huh?