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Josh Brown Won’t Play vs. Rams Following Admission of Domestic Abuse
- Updated: October 20, 2016
The New York Giants announced Thursday that kicker Josh Brown will not join the team in London for Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Rams.
The decision came a day after SNY’s Ralph Vacchiano shared journal accounts and emails in which Brown detailed his history of abuse toward his wife.
“The Giants do not condone or excuse any form of domestic violence,” the team’s statement read. “Josh has acknowledged that he has issues in his life and has been working on these issues through therapy and counseling for a long period of time.”
“We felt the best course of action was to make Josh inactive for this game,” Giants co-owner John Mara said, according to The MMQB’s Albert Breer.
“I’m certainly disturbed by what I’ve read,” Mara said, per Kimberly Jones of NFL Network. “He’s admitted he’s abused his wife in the past.”
Brown was arrested in May 2015 on a charge of domestic violence that was subsequently dropped. On Aug. 19, the New York Daily News’ Seth Walder reported Brown’s wife told …
