Neither the Detroit Lions nor their new coach, Matt Patricia, will face discipline from the NFL related to his 1996 arrest for sexual assault, which surfaced about three months after the team hired him in February. The league said Monday it had determined that the Lions were not at fault for failing to turn up the arrest during their hiring process and that Patricia had not attempted to “mislead” anyone while being interviewed for the job.
The incident occurred well before Patricia, a former assistant with the New England Patriots, first worked in the NFL, and thus it was not set for review under the league’s personal conduct policy.