OTL: Tunsil camp investigates ex-adviser in hack

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Miami Dolphins rookie Laremy Tunsil’s attorneys and agent are investigating his relationship with a former business manager/financial adviser and trying to determine what role, if any, the man might have played in accessing Tunsil’s Twitter and Instagram accounts during last week’s NFL draft, people familiar with the situation told Outside the Lines.

Based on what Tunsil’s representatives uncover, they might turn their findings over to the FBI to pursue potential criminal charges against the man, the sources said.

Tunsil, a former All-American offensive tackle at Ole Miss, hired a man to work as his business manager and financial adviser in mid-October, about two-and-a-half months before his junior season with the Rebels ended, according to the sources. The man scheduled agents’ meetings with Tunsil and his mother, Desiree Polingo, and handled other duties for him.

Tunsil fired the business manager after other agents informed Tunsil that the man wasn’t licensed or registered to work as a financial adviser but was a “runner,” a term used to describe someone who gives money and other benefits to a player in order to entice the player to sign with an agent or financial adviser with whom the runner is working.

The sources said the business manager gave Tunsil a new cell phone in mid-October. People close to Tunsil believe the man might have accessed Tunsil’s social media accounts Thursday by logging into them through his old phone.

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Tunsil’s attorney, Steve Farese of Holly Springs, Mississippi, wouldn’t confirm the identity of the man. Farese said Tunsil would have to decide whether to pursue criminal charges or a civil lawsuit against him.

Tunsil was projected to be a top-five pick in the NFL draft, but less than 15 minutes before the start of the draft, someone used his Twitter account to post a video of him smoking a substance with a bong and gas mask.

After Tunsil was selected by the Dolphins with the 13th pick, someone then posted two …

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