Brown settles lawsuit over 2018 incident at Florida apartment complex
Oakland Raiders wide receiver Antonio Brown announced Monday that he has settled a lawsuit stemming from an April 2018 incident at a Florida apartment complex.
Brown allegedly trashed an apartment and threw furniture off the 14th-floor balcony of the complex.
The man who filed the suit, Ophir Sternberg, claimed Brown had endangered his 22-month-old son and the boy's grandfather by nearly hitting them with the items thrown from the condo window.
"The legal dispute between Ophir Sternberg and me has been resolved, with a confidential sum of funds being donated to charity," Brown wrote in a since-deleted tweet. "I am sorry that an incident occurred. I apologize for any statements we made in court filings or otherwise to Mr. Sternberg and family. I wish Mr. Sternberg my best with regard to future endeavors and through this settlement, seek to make amends with Mr. Sternberg and family."
Attorneys for Brown filed a motion in October to dismiss the lawsuit, according to Sean Gentile of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The filing stated that Sternberg's claims were "false, meritless, and a flagrant misinterpretation of the situation that occurred."
Brown released a statement the same day the motion to dismiss the suit was filed, saying "the facts will soon come out that prove my innocence."
The All-Pro receiver - who was a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers at the time - was in a rage over a missing $80,000 in cash and a handgun, according to Sternberg's suit and police reports obtained by Gentile.
After releasing his statement Monday, Brown posted seven tweets in quick succession, ranging from inspirational-type quotes to photos of his children.
Life's too short to spend it trying to keep others happy. You can't please everyone. To fulfill your destiny, stay true to your heart pic.twitter.com/tKIKkwPLJA
- AB (@AB84) July 9, 2019
Brown was also facing a separate lawsuit from the apartment's landlord. The status of that dispute is unknown.
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