The New England Patriots knew Antonio Brown came with off-field concerns, but they would reportedly not have signed him if sexual assault allegations had come out beforehand.
"Had the team known, one person familiar with the situation said, owner Robert Kraft would not have signed off on the signing," Ian Rapoport of NFL.com reported Sunday.
Brown's former trainer Britney Taylor filed a civil lawsuit last week that said he sexually assaulted her in three separate instances, per Ben Shpigel of the New York Times. The news came out one day after he was officially signed by the team.