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The team did its due diligence in vetting player vaccine cards, but the wide receiver Antonio Brown may have procured a fake COVID-19 vaccination card, according to the coach.
"None at all," he said. We did our homework. The league will do their part. The statement says it all. I don't think it's a story and it has nothing to do with the Giants game.
When it was brought up that player health and safety does affect every game, Brown missed Week 3 because of a positive COVID-19 test, but that doesn't mean it doesn't. It has nothing to do with the Giants game.
Steven Ruiz, Brown's former live-in chef and personal assistant, accused Brown of obtaining a fake vaccine card after he was asked by Brown's girlfriend.
He told her he would look into it, but he never got the cards, which are subject to the NFL personal conduct policy and also a federal crime.
"I was very uncomfortable," he said. He said that Brown got a card from a teammate.
He got them from another player who was selling them. The player came to the house many times. They got her birthday wrong on the first vaccine card, so he had to get another one.
"I'm going to sit on it for a while," he said. The truth will come out eventually. This will come to light if this becomes a bigger and deeper investigation to follow the NFL.
Moreau denied the accusation and told the Times that she didn't know the man who provided the screen captures of the alleged request.
Sean Burstyn denied that Brown obtained a fake vaccine card. He asked for proof of a transaction, but he didn't believe it existed.
"If Antonio's doctors require a booster shot, then he'll be happy to do it live on TV and everyone can come watch," Burstyn said.
After the Week 1 win over the Dallas Cowboys, Brown tried to change his rate, and he moved back to Los Angeles, where he lived with Ruiz.
He said that Brown was hesitant about the vaccine and its side effects.
"It was talked about like it was nothing," he said. It was never like a secret thing with anyone around his camp. Everyone knew that it was something that everyone discussed.
Kevin Blatt is a media broker who is also serving as a spokesman for Ruiz. The general counsel of the Buccaneers was contacted by Blatt about the allegations. His claims were dismissed. The team said they did their due diligence, as the NFL makes teams responsible for vetting vaccination cards by snapping photos of them and does not have any additional steps to verify their authenticity.
"I feel like the Bucs started to distance themselves from him, once they knew that this story was going to break," he said. They tried to wash their hands because they don't want any part of it. The league doesn't want anything in it. They just want to keep their hands clean.
Brian McCarthy, the NFL's spokesman, said on Thursday that no other vaccine cards had been called into question. Players, coaches and other team employees need to present their vaccinations to the club medical staff for verification.
There are fake vaccine cards that are a health hazard.
He said that the money is what it is, and that his initial goal was to recover some of his finances. I don't want to stress about $10,000. It's just more of a public safety issue that I wanted to bring to light and shed light on the lying and cheating that's going on behind the scenes at the Bucs.
If he was still working for Brown, would he have come forward? "That's a good question, I didn't have to sign a non-disclosure as part of my employment," he said. I don't know. I can't answer that.
