Antonio Brown sued over shifting truck driver incident

Antonio Brown has been suspended for the first eight games of the 2020 season due to multiple off-field incidents and the veteran recipient is now facing a civil lawsuit regarding one of them.

According to Broward County court documents Matt Baker received from the Tampa Bay Times, Brown was sued by a driving truck driver who was allegedly assaulted by Brown and Brown’s coaches earlier last year. The driver, Anton Tumanov, claims in the lawsuit that he brought Brown’s belongings from California to Hollywood, Florida, last year when he “encountered resistance and violence”.

Tumanov said Brown and Brown’s trainer Glenn Holt attacked his vehicle and broke the key before “verbally and physically assaulting him and causing serious personal injury”. The driver says that as a result of the incident, he “continues to suffer serious physical injuries, financial losses and emotional distress”.

Holt and Brown face assault and battery charges. Tumanov is seeking more than $ 30,000 in damages.

Police were called to Brown’s Hollywood home in January 2020 after he was accused of assaulting a driving truck driver over a payment problem. More details about the incident can be found here.

Brown was arrested not long after the incident and did not advocate a criminal battery charge last June. The 32-year-old avoided jail time and received two years probation, 100 hours of community service and a psychological examination.

Brown is unlikely to receive further discipline from the NFL, as the incident with the moving truck was part of the reason he was suspended last season.

Brown caught 45 passes for 483 yards and four touchdowns with the Bucs last season. He recently signed a one-year contract with the team.