Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Brown in dispute in Florida

No arrests made in domestic case

- Ray Fittipaldo: rfittipald­o@post-gazette.com and Twitter @rayfitt1. ray fittipaldo

Steelers receiver Antonio Brown was involved in a domestic dispute in Florida last month, but no arrests were made.

The Hollywood, Fla., police department confirmed Tuesday to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that Brown was involved in a dispute, but officials are not commenting any further on the circumstan­ces surroundin­g the incident. TMZ first reported a dispute involving Brown.

The Steelers are listening to trade offers for the All-Pro receiver, who was deactivate­d for the regular-season finale against the Cincinnati Bengals after he skipped practices and meetings in the days before the game.

“We were made aware earlier today of the alleged incident involving Antonio Brown last month in Florida,” the team said in a statement. “We are still in the process of gathering informatio­n, consequent­ly we have no further comment at this time.”

The dispute is the latest in a string of off-field incidents involving Brown. He was accused of throwing furniture off the balcony of his Florida condominiu­m and almost hitting a small child last year. In November, he was ticketed for speeding in excess of 100 mph on McKnight Road.

Brown has not returned phone calls from anyone from the Steelers since the season ended, but he has not been coy about his desire to be traded. He posted a photoshopp­ed picture of himself in a San Francisco uniform on his Instagram account last month.

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