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10/13 23:43 CDT Jury finds Tyreek Hill liable for 2 battery counts, awards
$500,000 to the NFL star's estranged wife
Jury finds Tyreek Hill liable for 2 battery counts, awards $500,000 to the NFL
star's estranged wife
MIAMI (AP) --- A Miami jury on Tuesday found Tyreek Hill liable for two counts
of battery but not liable for the eight remaining claims made by Lakeeta
Vaccaro --- ending the high-profile civil trial involving the NFL wide receiver
and his estranged wife.
Hill, who has played for the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs and Miami Dolphins, was
found liable for two counts of battery --- one stemming from an incident in
January 2024, and another from April 2025. The jury awarded Vaccaro $500,000 in
compensatory damages but did not award her punitive damages.
The jury found Hill, 32, not liable for eight other counts that included
battery, assault and continuing domestic violence.
The trial involved allegations of abuse made by Vaccaro, 30, who on the stand
described instances in which Hill allegedly pulled her hair and "treated me
like I was, just, a man." Hill took the stand last week and mostly denied what
he called "false allegations" made by his estranged wife, while saying in one
instance he shoved Vaccaro and "created a hole in the wall."
Hill, wearing a dark polo shirt on Tuesday, embraced one of his attorneys and
shook hands with others following the verdict before leaving the courtroom by
himself.
It wasn't immediately clear what the verdict means for Hill's return to the
NFL. He is still working his way back from a dislocated knee and torn ligaments
suffered in September 2025 while he was with the Dolphins, but his agent, Drew
Rosenhaus, has indicated that he could be ready to play by November.
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