Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes on Sunday spoke out about Kareem Hunt, saying he supported the team's decision to release the star running back in light of the video showing the player beating a woman.
Hunt, 23, was initially placed on the Commissioner's Exempt List and then released by the Chiefs on Friday after TMZ Sports released surveillance video from a Cleveland hotel showing the two-year running back attacking a 19-year-old woman in February 2018.
In an interview with ESPN on Sunday, Hunt acknowledged that he was ‘in the wrong’ and apologized both for the altercation and for lying about it to team officials earlier this year.
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'We don't do those things': Kansas City Chiefs Patrick Mahomes addressed the decision to cut his teammate and friend Kareem Hunt from the team following the release of a video showing the running back hitting a woman
In an interview with ESPN on Sunday, Hunt insisted that he wasn't that 'type of person' and begged for forgiveness after his career went up in flames
During a press conference Sunday after the Chiefs’ 40-33 victory over the Oakland Raiders, Mahomes said he spoke to his now-former teammate and friend about what had happened.
‘I've talked to him, [but] probably I'll keep it to myself between me and him. We have a close relationship,’ Mahomes said. ‘I saw the stuff that happened. We don't do those things.’
Mahomes insisted that he and the rest of the team are focused on moving forward and winning football games.
Wide receiver Chris Conley also addressed the incident, telling reporters after Sunday's win that Hunt, whom he described as a friend of his, needs to take some time off for reflection.
‘You know, he has some things that he needs to learn,’ Conley said. ‘I think he's going to do that. Hopefully, he has those people around him in that circle who are going to help him through that.
‘It was a little bit of shock, with the things going on. It came at us pretty fast here. But life moves fast and it doesn't wait for anybody.’
Coach Andy Reid would not go into specifics, simply stating that the organization made the decision that it made and handled the situation from within the team.
According to reports, the NFL is currently investigating a separate incident where Hunt was accused of punching a man in the face at the Bay Lodging Resort in Put-in-Bay, Ohio, back in June after he got into a verbal confrontation with him.
The ex-Chiefs player was not arrested over that incident and the victim declined to press charges, police said at the time.
Hunt claims that he is not that type of person and says he deserves a second chance just days after the shocking footage emerged of him beating the 19-year-old in a Cleveland hotel
The Kansas City Chiefs cut the star running back on Friday after he lied about kicking and shoving the woman during an altercation back in February that was caught on video
But the incident could now impact Hunt's punishment in the wake of the other investigation into the violent altercation with the woman, NFL.com reports.
Sources said the Hunt is facing more than the average six-game suspension given the two separate incidents.
The NFL has been investigating the resort incident and has supposedly found enough evidence to increase the running back's suspension.
The Chiefs cut Hunt on Friday after he lied about kicking and shoving the woman during an altercation back in February that was caught on video.
He is now waiting for the NFL to finish investigating to see if he still has a future in the league.
The Chiefs had initially stuck by Hunt, despite reports of the woman's assault accusations. Hunt was never arrested over the allegations.
Hunt was sent home from the Chiefs' facility on Friday after the video emerged.
The Chiefs said the footage proved that Hunt, who helped propel the team to first place in the AFC with a 9-2 record, had been 'untruthful' with investigators.
'Earlier this year, we were made aware of an incident involving running back Kareem Hunt,' the Chiefs said in a statement. 'At that time, the National Football League and law enforcement initiated investigations into the issue.'
'As part of our internal discussions with Kareem, several members of our management team spoke directly to him. Kareem was not truthful in those discussions. The video released today confirms that fact.'
In an interview with ESPN on Sunday, Hunt insisted that he wasn't that 'type of person' and begged for forgiveness as his NFL career hangs by a thread.
The video footage that sparked the chain of the events captured Hunt arguing with the woman at 3.22 AM on February 10, 2018 outside Hunt's hotel apartment at Cleveland's Metropolitan at the 9.
The altercation began with Hunt coming out of the hotel room to speak with her.
As they got closer, a male who appeared to be friends with Hunt tried to separate them before Hunt violently shoved the woman away.
Several more men and another woman emerged from the hotel room and attempted to hold back Hunt, who re-emerged from the doorway to knock one of the men into the woman, both of whom tumbled to the carpeted hallway floor.
Later in the footage, which was originally released by TMZ, Hunt can be seen kicking the woman while she crouched on the floor.
Hunt, 23, was released by the Chiefs on Friday, after initially being placed on the Commissioner's Exempt List
Police body cam footage shows the woman crying as she spoke to police.
According to the reports, the woman and a friend - who said they were Kent State students - spent the night visiting bars on a party bus with Hunt, Hunt's friend and others before going back to Hunt's apartment.
The dispute occurred after the accuser and her friend were asked to leave the apartment but remained in the hallway outside, making noise and banging on the apartment door, the reports say.
The woman told police that Hunt came out of the apartment and 'shoved and pushed' her, causing abrasions on her knee and hand and a scratch on her chest, according to the report.
A woman in Hunt's group of friends told police that the accuser hit her in the face when she went into the hallway with hopes of ending the fracas.
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Main photo article Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes on Sunday spoke out about Kareem Hunt, saying he supported the team’s decision to release the star running back in light of the video showing the player beating a woman.
Hunt, 23, was initially placed on the Commissioner’s Exempt List...
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