The Morning Journal (Lorain, OH)
Giants kicker Josh Brown not going to London
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. » Josh Brown’s future with the New York Giants and possibly the NFL is in jeopardy after police released journal entries and emails in which the placekicker admitted that he repeatedly verbally and physically abused his former wife.
The league reacted Thursday by re-opening its investigation into a 2015 domestic abuse complaint made by Brown’s former wife, though prosecutors said they were closing the criminal case without filing charges because they could not secure key testimony from the woman and other key witnesses. Meanwhile, the Giants announced before traveling to London that Brown would not make the trip before a game Sunday against the Los Angeles
Rams.
The Giants said they want to review the new information released by King County law enforcement officials in Washington and reach a decision on the kicker’s future with
the club, possibly next week.
Giants co-owner John Mara said he was upset the new information about Brown’s history of domestic abuse, adding that he felt it was in the best interest of the team to leave him home.
“I want to get all the information we can get,” Mara said in a radio interview with WFAN. “I am certainly disturbed by what we read. He has admitted to us that he abused his wife in the past. I think what is a little unclear is the extent of that, but what we have read about is obviously disturbing.”
Brown’s former wife, Molly, alleged more than 20 instances of domestic violence. In a report released by the King County Sheriff’s Office that summarized the allegations, Detective Robin Ostrom said the allegations included that he had slammed her into a large bedroom mirror, breaking it; that he had shoved a chair into her leg, bruising it; and that he damaged a bathroom door when he lost his temper with her older son.