Former NFL tight end Vernon Davis is breaking his silence after he was accused of attacking a girl.
“I’m aware and saddened by the reporting and look ahead to clearing my name,” Davis said in a written statement shared via Instagram on Saturday, January 31. “For now, I’m staying focused on my life, my work, and the amazing people and partners who consider in and proceed to support me. Your positivity means every thing.”
He captioned the post, “With love, Verny Vern.”
Davis, 41, posted the identical message on his Instagram story, deciding to show the comments off on each posts.
TMZ Sports reported on Thursday, January 29, that a warrant for Davis’s arrest was issued on January 8 for assault and battery. In keeping with the report, the previous NFL star has a court date slated for February.
The TMZ report included details from a criminal grievance obtained by the outlet.
The grievance got here from a May 31 incident, when the girl claims a disagreement broke out between her and Davis in his room over her pregnancy.
Within the grievance, the girl claimed Davis “was hitting me w/ magazines + books from under his TV,” further alleging that the previous tight end offered her $10,000.
She also claimed that Davis stopped attacking her when she pulled her phone out to record the alleged incident.
The lady also accused Davis of slapping her within the face after a separate incident. She claimed one other argument broke out between her and Davis after she accused him of lying to her. She reportedly claimed he slapped her after she sat next to him on the couch, adding that he allegedly told her “to not query him.”
She claimed that she recorded a conversation between her and Davis later that night where he said, “If I actually slapped you, your face can be blue/black.”
The lady also claimed that there was one other altercation that left her with visible bruising.
Davis won Super Bowl 50 with the Denver Broncos in 2015, but played most of his profession with the San Francisco 49ers. After he was drafted sixth overall within the 2006 NFL Draft, he spent 14 years within the NFL (with the 49ers, Broncos and Washington Commanders) and recorded 583 profession receptions for 7,562 yards.
Back in 2016 — just after Davis won the Super Bowl with the Broncos — his then-fiancee, Janel Home, accused him of cheating on her with a 20-year-old woman in an Instagram post that was deleted soon after.
UPDATE: 4/3/24 4:33 p.m. ET. Vernon Davis broke his silence on the death of his younger brother, Vonate Davis. “I couldn’t have asked for a greater little brother,” the previous tight end said to the Every day Mail on Wednesday April 3. While details of Vontae’s death haven’t been confirmed, Vernon shared with the outlet […]
“Once you give a person your all, 15yrs, 3kids, and also you sacrifice your life after which he cheats on you with a 20yr old child and lies on you @vernondavis85,” she wrote, with a split image of Davis and the girl in query.
Davis and Home never married, but were a pair for nearly 15 years and share three kids together, which she referenced in her post.
In 2024, Davis tragically lost his brother, Vonate Davis, who was also an NFL star, at just 35 years old.
“I couldn’t have asked for a greater little brother,” Vernon said to the Every day Mail on the time of his brother’s death.