Free-agent receiver Antonio Brown wants NFL to clarify his status

Two days after seemingly announcing his retirement from the NFL on Twitter, Antonio Brown demanded the league give him clarity on its investigation into multiple off-the-field allegations lodged against the former Steelers, Raiders and Patriots receiver so he can begin talks with other teams about playing again.

“I demand you provide me clarity on this situation immediately if you really care about my wellbeing,” he wrote in an Instagram post late Wednesday night.“My legal team continues to ask and you provide no answers. How is it that the league can just drag its feet on any investigation it chooses on players and we just have to sit there in limbo? Need an update so I can talk to these teams properly.”

An NFL spokesman said Thursday morning the league would not be commenting.

Brown, 32, was a six-time Pro Bowler for the Steelers before he was traded to the Raiders ahead of the 2019 season. But Oakland cut him just before the regular season began after he got into a confrontation with general manager Mike Mayock during practice. Signed by the Patriots as a free agent, Brown played in only one game in 2019 before he was released after reports surfaced he had sent threatening text messages to a woman who had accused him of sexual assault.

Two women have accused Brown of sexual assault, and he met with NFL officials in November to discuss those allegations. Brown also pleaded no contest to felony battery and burglary charges in Florida after he and an accomplice attacked a moving-truck driver, receiving two years probation.