The Kansas City Chiefs this evening announced they have released their starting running back Kareem Hunt after TMZ released a video of an incident that occurred in February that depicted Hunt assaulting a young woman.
Minutes prior to the Chiefs’ announcement, the NFL released a statement that Hunt had been placed on the Commissioner’s Exempt List, meaning he cannot play or practice or attend games until the investigation into the incident is completed. That investigation began in February, but the NFL is claiming they just now saw the video even though TMZ was able to procure it despite the fact that the Cleveland hotel where the incident took place had the video and it is apparently their policy to only provide such video footage to local law enforcement.