Buffalo Bills quarterback <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/josh-allen-responds-to-damar-hamlin-body-double-conspiracy-theory" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Josh Allen</a> had a hilarious excuse for not holding the car door open for his actress girlfriend Hailee Steinfeld after a video surfaced from their recent trip to France.
Allen hit back at the online criticism of failing to be a gentleman while the two were out to dinner in Paris, the <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/nfl/article-13162011/Bills-Josh-Allens-Paris-Hailee-Steinfeld.html">Daily Mail</a> reported.
&#8220;My pants ripped at dinner&#8230;Didn&#8217;t want cheeks out… I love Paris,&#8221; Allen wrote on <a href="https://x.com/JoshAllenQB/status/1765143521307009522?s=20">X</a> in the post that has since gone viral.
While there&#8217;s no video or pictures of the wardrobe malfunction, paparazzi did <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@starshootinparis/video/7342645711755840801">capture the NFL star</a> rushing out of a car appearing to hold up his pants with some kind of shirt or jacket around his waist. He was then followed by the &#8220;Pitch Perfect 2&#8221; star, who was helped out of the car by another person.
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Once the footage surfaced, social media shared their thoughts and basically blasted Allen.
&#8220;Not even hold her hand, or helping her out of the car,&#8221; one fan wrote in the video&#8217;s comments section<a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/06/sports/josh-allen-has-wardrobe-malfunction-in-paris-with-hailee-steinfeld/">,</a> adding that Allen could &#8220;take some man lessons from Travis Kelce on how to treat your lady.&#8221; Kelce is currently dating pop star Taylor Swift.
Another added, &#8220;Bro didn&#8217;t even help her out or open the door for her.&#8221;
While a third wrote, &#8220;Why didn’t he wait for her?&#8221;
Allen and Steinfeld were first linked together in May 2023. At the time, a source said the relationship was new, &#8220;but they are having fun.&#8221;
In October, the couple finally went <a href="https://people.com/hailee-steinfeld-josh-allen-first-public-appearance-nhl-hockey-game-8357353">public</a> with their romance after being photographed while attending a professional hockey game.
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As of February, a source confirmed to the <a href="https://people.com/hailee-steinfeld-josh-allen-are-in-a-serious-relationship-exclusive-source-8598062">outlet</a> that their relationship was &#8220;serious.&#8221;
&#8220;They always planned to spend more time together after his season ended,&#8221; the source said. &#8220;Things have been going really well. They&#8217;re both very family-oriented and driven, and they want to protect their relationship and keep it private. They&#8217;ve been on the same page with all of that.&#8221;
Before Allen started dating the &#8220;Hawkeye&#8221; star he was in a long-term romance with social media influencer and Pilates instructor Brittany Williams, the <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/06/sports/josh-allen-has-wardrobe-malfunction-in-paris-with-hailee-steinfeld/">New York Post</a> noted.

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Matt Araiza, also known as the &#8220;Punt God,&#8221; signed with Kansas City Chiefs on Thursday after being dropped from a lawsuit and not charged in a rape case that derailed his NFL career.
Araiza&#8217;s agents at <a href="https://x.com/JLSports3/status/1760757715284951390?s=20">JL Sports</a> said their client is grateful after the San Diego State Graduate went to &#8220;hell and back in the last 18 months,&#8221; to be given this opportunity by the Chiefs organization, <a href="https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/chiefs-sign-matt-araiza?fbclid=IwAR3r7vfWBagmjrJ-4cB8oOLQeI9cY-_omzqUiv3_y13xRzUTjg1RKEVcA-8">NBC Sports</a> reported.
&#8220;I am proud and honored <a href="https://twitter.com/JLSports3/status/1760758978298991075">to sign a contract</a> with the Chiefs,&#8221; Araiza said in a statement through his agents. &#8220;I am thrilled to be able to continue my NFL career.&#8221;
&#8220;I want to thank my family, who have been my rock and my many friends who have been unwavering in their support,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I am excited to begin the next phase of my career with the Super Bowl Champs!&#8221;
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We have signed the following Free Agents:
P Matt Araiza 
S Tyree Gillespie <a href="https://t.co/4SRFkszOHx">pic.twitter.com/4SRFkszOHx</a>
— Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) <a href="https://twitter.com/Chiefs/status/1760771971040588178?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2024</a></blockquote>
Araiza was <a href="https://x.com/matt_araiza/status/1520492153893363713?s=20">drafted</a> by the Buffalo Bills in 2022 and shortly after, a woman filed a civil lawsuit claiming the NFL rookie and two college football teammates gang-raped her when she was just 17, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/buffalo-bills-punter-cut-from-team-after-being-accused-of-sexual-assault-was-somewhere-else-during-alleged-incident-investigators-say">reported</a>.
San Diego police had investigated the woman&#8217;s claims for almost ten months, but sent it to the district attorney without a recommendation for prosecution, Yahoo Sports <a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/prosecutors-former-bills-punter-matt-araiza-wasnt-present-during-alleged-gang-rape-225211550.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90LmNvLw&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJNzUpgMWA84vFpjoZ4BTm_0UXrsOVyd1knWfIQvX0xqTD6EWO7TI2-PB4LE_T1DHQbGzmIexeqjW4BJK5WeJeaMlWK_4y7m_VE0yHEug-kugmY40Ag1_3Xu0Z5FW54Z5rS21gC-JN2ZJ_T-QSOGbtl7_uFxRVX2m1qyPh8Bv1qa">reported</a>. The Bills at the time also said they investigated the incident and employed Araiza anyway.
The civil lawsuit became public and, based on the allegations, media and the public vilified Araiza, taking the claims at face value. The Bills cut Araiza, and on December 7, 2022, prosecutors announced that they wouldn&#8217;t charge anyone for the alleged gang-rape, following a 124-day investigation.
San Diego&#8217;s district attorney Summer Stephan said at the time that &#8220;ultimately, prosecutors determined it is clear the evidence does not support the filing of criminal charges and there is no path to a potential criminal conviction,&#8221; the <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/02/22/sports/chiefs-sign-matt-araiza-after-he-was-not-charged-in-rape-case/?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=nypost&amp;utm_medium=social">New York Post</a> noted.
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Later, it came out that prosecutors said Araiza <a href="https://www.nbcsports.com/2023/05/08/as-civil-lawsuit-proceeds-prosecutors-say-former-bills-punter-matt-araiza-wasnt-present-for-alleged-gang-rape">was not present</a> at the time of the alleged incident.
According to investigators, Araiza wasn&#8217;t even at the house when the incident is alleged to have occurred, and video evidence from the encounter casts doubt on the claim that the sex between the woman and the other men was not consensual, as previously reported.
Chiefs punter Tommy Townsend has been with Kansas City for the last four seasons, but becomes an unrestricted free agent next month, NBC noted.
Ashe Schow contributed to this report.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jason-and-travis-kelce-reveal-taylor-swift-and-kylie-kelces-reaction-to-eagles-shirtless-antics-at-chiefs-bills-game" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jason Kelce</a>’s wife <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jason-kelces-wife-says-shes-not-interested-in-being-in-spotlight-amid-travis-kelce-swift-romance" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kylie Kelce</a> finally shared her thoughts about her husband&#8217;s viral shirtless antics at the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chiefs-bills-afc-match-up-was-most-watched-divisional-playoff-game-ever" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bills-Chiefs</a> game on Sunday.
During an interview on Friday on &#8220;<a href="https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/family/story/kylie-kelce-opens-husband-jason-kelces-viral-shirtless-106637558">Good Morning America</a>,&#8221; Kylie talked about her and the Philadelphia Eagle&#8217;s adventure at Highmark stadium&#8217;s box suite and what she thought about her husband taking off his shirt and jumping out into the stands with the fans multiple times, which went viral.
&#8220;He wanted to get the full Bills experience,&#8221; Kylie said. &#8220;I&#8217;m sure you know as a Bills fan, they are notorious or famous for their tailgating skills, I will say. He desperately wanted to go through a table. It was on his checklist for the day, top priority of the day &#8212; go through table.&#8221;
&#8220;He did not get a chance to do that,&#8221; she added. &#8220;And so, when he came into the suite &#8212; we arrived separately because he was meeting up with some friends and walking through the parking lot, I think, hoping to find himself a table &#8212; he was unsuccessful. And so when he got into the suite, he said to me, &#8216;I&#8217;m going to, I&#8217;m going to take my shirt off and I&#8217;m gonna jump out.'&#8221;
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Kylie Kelce was “all for” her husband Jason Kelce’s shirtless antics at the Kansas City Chiefs vs. Buffalo Bills game last weekend — until “chaos” ensued outside of their suite&#8230;. <a href="https://t.co/Ns1hieAvrO">https://t.co/Ns1hieAvrO</a> <a href="https://t.co/W6oslvXO6o">pic.twitter.com/W6oslvXO6o</a>
— Page Six (@PageSix) <a href="https://twitter.com/PageSix/status/1750976196391624809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 26, 2024</a></blockquote>
&#8220;And I was like, &#8216;I don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s the best idea.&#8217; But I think that it was that continued energy from when he was hyping himself up to break a table,&#8221; Kylie continued. &#8220;So, the first time he jumped out of the suite, I was, you know what, go ahead. That&#8217;s my husband! And then the second and third time he did it, I was like, I&#8217;m gonna need you to get back in because the poor cops that are out front trying to keep the chaos at a minimum, are, you&#8217;re making their jobs harder. So at first, I was all for it. And then I had to try and reel him back in.&#8221;
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Kylie and Jason showed up at the AFC Divisional Playoff Game to cheer on his brother <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/killed-it-travis-kelce-reveals-special-christmas-gift-he-got-from-taylor-swifts-brother" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Travis Kelce</a> and watch Kansas City take on the Bills. The Eagle&#8217;s antics were almost talked about more during the week than the Chiefs 27-24 victory over the Bills. Kansas City now must go on the road to play the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC Championship, with the winner headed to Super Bowl LVIII.

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Kylie Kelce Finally Shares How She Felt About Husband’s Viral Shirtless Antics At Bills-Chiefs Game

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chiefs-bills-afc-match-up-was-most-watched-divisional-playoff-game-ever" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kansas City</a> and Buffalo fans rallied together to raise more than $250,000 as of Wednesday — for a cat rescue charity supported by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/love-for-damar-nfl-teams-pay-respects-to-recovering-buffalo-bills-safety" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bills</a> kicker Tyler Bass — after he missed a field goal in the last minutes of the game that resulted in the Chiefs 27-24 victory.
Bass ended up deleting his social media after he said he <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C2dBa4Qpjcj/?igsh=ZDBjMWI0ZjMxOQ%3D%3D&amp;img_index=2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">received death threats</a> following the Bills loss to the Chiefs in the AFC Divisional Playoff Game on Sunday, when his 44 yard field goal attempt to tie the game in the fourth quarter went wide right, <a href="https://buffalonews.com/sports/professional/nfl/bills/donations-surpass-260-000-to-ten-lives-club-cat-adoption-group-for-bills-kicker-tyler/article_f8567a78-bafe-11ee-9812-c726a1a1fc5c.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Buffalo News</a> reported.
A New York no-kill, non-profit cat adoption agency called <a href="https://tenlivesclub.networkforgood.com/">Ten Lives Club</a>— that Bass has supported as the face of a previous ad campaign — took to social media on Monday and asked fans to show their support for the Bills kicker, who wears No. 2 jersey, by donating $22, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/23/us/cat-adoption-group-rallies-behind-buffalo-bills-kicker/index.html">CNN</a> noted. 
&#8220;WE STAND WITH TYLER BASS. DON’T BULLY OUR FRIEND,&#8221; a post on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TenLivesClub/">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C2aiTuOO3YS/">Instagram</a> read. &#8220;We just heard the terrible news that Tyler Bass is receiving threats after yesterday&#8217;s game and our phones are ringing off the hook from people who want to donate $22 to Ten Lives Club in Tyler&#8217;s name.&#8221;
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Donations surpass $260,000 to Ten Lives Club cat adoption group for Bills kicker Tyler Bass <a href="https://t.co/ohqrLSygl0">https://t.co/ohqrLSygl0</a>
— The Buffalo News (@TheBuffaloNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheBuffaloNews/status/1750275738937303313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 24, 2024</a></blockquote>
&#8220;Tyler doesn&#8217;t deserve any of the hate he&#8217;s receiving,&#8221; the post added. &#8220;He&#8217;s an excellent football player and an even better person who took the time to help our organization and rescue cats last year. Leave our friend alone.&#8221;
Football fans began donating to the pet agency and reacted to the post making it clear that whether they were Chiefs or Bills fans, they had nothing but love for Bass.
&#8220;Donated! I&#8217;m a Chiefs fan (and a cat person), and Tyler doesn&#8217;t deserve the guff he&#8217;s getting at all,&#8221; one person wrote. &#8220;So sorry to hear about people being awful! Much love from Chiefs Kingdom.&#8221;
Another added, &#8220;Donating in honor of Tyler. I&#8217;m a Chiefs fan, but I&#8217;m also the mom of a kicker and married to a football coach. No individual person, quarterback, kicker, or any other position wins or loses a game alone, and nobody deserves the blame the way he&#8217;s getting.&#8221;
While a third shared, &#8220;True Bills Mafia (and friends ) will always circle the wagons around our own. Stop bullying our friend! Donated because Tyler Bass is fantastic and we love cats! One person doesn&#8217;t win or lose a game. Tyler hang in there — we Billieve in you!!!&#8221;
The cat rescue agency — founded in 2001 — said the response has been overwhelming, after receiving the massive amount of pledged donations in support of the Buffalo kicker.
&#8220;Donations are coming in from all kinds of football fans – Chiefs, Steelers, even Dolphins fans,&#8221; club PR manager Kimberly LaRussa told CNN.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/8-year-old-girl-talks-about-amazing-moment-jason-kelce-picked-her-up-to-see-taylor-swift" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jason</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/source-reveals-how-taylor-swift-and-travis-kelces-families-feel-about-romance-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Travis Kelce</a> revealed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-insiders-have-something-to-say-about-those-engagement-rumors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Taylor Swift</a> and Kylie Kelce&#8217;s reaction to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dont-feel-sorry-for-me-jason-kelce-addresses-those-retirement-rumors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Philadelphia Eagles</a> player&#8217;s shirtless escapades at the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chiefs-bills-afc-match-up-was-most-watched-divisional-playoff-game-ever" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chiefs-Bills playoff game</a>.
During the &#8220;New Heights&#8221; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m76PnRxrcQM" target="_blank" rel="noopener">podcast</a> with his brother, Jason said his wife Kylie told him when they arrived at their Highmark stadium suite box to cheer on Travis and the Chiefs to be on his &#8220;best behavior&#8221; because they were finally meeting Swift. (47:58 minute mark)
Jason admitted from the minute he got into the suite he wanted to get out of the box and into the stands with the Buffalo fans and &#8220;take everything off,&#8221; calling the experience from start to finish at the game &#8220;electric.&#8221;
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&#8220;I feel like taking your shirt off is a Buffalo Bills thing,&#8221; Jason said as video of him drinking liquor shots out of a bowling ball at a tailgate party before the game and crushing beers in the stands played in the background. 
&#8220;I wanted to take my shirt off at the tailgate,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Then when I entered the box I noticed &#8230; I could jump out of this box and I&#8217;ll be outside and if I take my shirt off then I&#8217;m outside part of the Buffalo Bills pageantry.&#8221;
Travis noted that his brother decided to celebrate Kelce&#8217;s touchdown by taking off his shirt and jumping out the window, calling the scene &#8220;pure pandemonium.&#8221;
The Chiefs star also bemoaned the fact there were not enough cameras on the suite to get Kylie&#8217;s reaction to her husband&#8217;s antics and Jason admitted, &#8220;I don&#8217;t think she was happy about it, to be honest with you.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m not going to lie, I gave Kylie a heads-up,” the Philadelphia star said. &#8220;The moment we [got] into the suite, I said, &#8216;I&#8217;m taking my shirt off and jumping out of that suite.&#8217; And she said, &#8216;Jason, don&#8217;t you dare.'&#8221;
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&#8220;I was like, &#8216;Kylie, the first day I met you I was blacked out drunk and fell asleep at the bar. This is part of the charm. This is part of the Jason Kelce charm,'&#8221; he added. &#8220;&#8216;I wanna make my best first impression, this is my best chance.'&#8221;
While Kylie wasn&#8217;t thrilled, Travis revealed that the &#8220;Blank Space&#8221; hitmaker loved his brother&#8217;s shirtless fun and said, &#8220;Tay said she absolutely loved you.&#8221;
As for the shirt he was wearing when he got to the stadium box — which had the words &#8220;Big Yeti&#8221; on it in honor of his brother Travis — Jason admitted he has no idea what happened to it.

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Jason And Travis Kelce Reveal Taylor Swift And Kylie Kelce’s Reaction To Eagle’s Shirtless Antics At Chiefs-Bills Game

Jason And Travis Kelce Reveal Taylor Swift And Kylie Kelce’s Reaction To Eagle's Shirtless Escapades At Chiefs-Bills Game

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CBS announced on Tuesday that the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/paywalled-chiefs-dolphins-wild-card-game-sets-streaming-record" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kansas City Chiefs</a> and Buffalo Bills AFC showdown was watched by a whopping 50.4 million viewers, making it the most watched NFL Divisional Playoff game ever.
The Chiefs&#8217; 27-24 victory over the Bills came down to the last minutes and ended up scoring the honor of not only the most-watched playoff game, but the first ever to surpass 50 million viewers, a press release from CBS Sports and <a href="https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-sports/shows/nfl-on-cbs/releases/?view=109115-nfl-on-cbs-scores-the-most-watched-nfl-divisional-playoff-game-ever-with-more-than-50-million-viewers">Paramount+</a> read.
Sunday night&#8217;s playoff game was up by more than 10 percent from last year&#8217;s — and beat out the previous record set in 2017 when the Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers NFL Divisional playoff game delivered 48.5 million viewers.
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CBS announced that Sunday&#8217;s Chiefs vs. Bills game was the most-watched Divisional Round game ever, with a whopping 50.393 million viewers. <a href="https://t.co/3bsT4ST3xp">pic.twitter.com/3bsT4ST3xp</a>
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) <a href="https://twitter.com/MySportsUpdate/status/1749808188806107294?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 23, 2024</a></blockquote>
To put the Chiefs-Bills playoff game numbers into further context, the comparable playoff game that took place in Jan. 2023 — between NFC leaders Cowboys and the San Francisco 49ers — garnered 45 million viewers, the press release noted.
At one point, viewership for the game spiked to 56 million viewers and gave Paramount+ its most-streamed live event ever.
The nail-biting game between Kansas City and Buffalo was also the most-watched program on any network since Super Bowl LVII (Feb. 12, 2023), the press release added.
All four of the playoff games over the weekend saw great numbers, with the Packers and 49ers game on Fox coming in second place with 37.5 million viewers and the NFC Divisional Playoff game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Detroit Lions taking the third spot with 37.2 million viewers, <a href="https://deadline.com/2024/01/chiefs-bills-nfl-divisional-playoff-ratings-1235802215/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Deadline</a> noted.
The numbers for Sunday&#8217;s viewership aren&#8217;t completely unwarranted given the fact that there was plenty of excitement as the Bills and Chiefs fans saw the lead in the game change five times in 60 minutes.
Kansas City now advances to the AFC Championship game on Sunday, where they will be on the road against the Baltimore Ravens. The winner will move on to the Super Bowl.
Throughout the regular season, the NFL&#8217;s viewership was up over the last few years, with the numbers being the best the league has seen since 2015, <a href="https://deadline.com/2024/01/chiefs-bills-nfl-divisional-playoff-ratings-1235802215/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Deadline</a> noted. 
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-nfl-fan-catches-fire-while-tailgating-at-bills-chiefs-playoff-game" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WATCH: NFL Fan Catches Fire While Tailgating At Bills-Chiefs Playoff Game</a>

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Chiefs-Bills AFC Match-Up Was Most Watched Divisional Playoff Game Ever

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A young <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/buffalo-bills-return-kick-off-with-96-yard-touchdown-while-damar-hamlin-watches-from-hospital-bed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Buffalo Bills</a> fan detailed the &#8220;amazing&#8221; moment when Philadelphia Eagles center <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jason-kelce-tells-teammates-hes-retiring-following-eagles-loss-against-buccaneers-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jason Kelce</a> picked her up to see <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-insiders-have-something-to-say-about-those-engagement-rumors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Taylor Swift</a> at the game on Sunday.
Jason — who showed up in New York to cheer on his brother <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/travis-kelce-spills-details-about-taylor-swift-relationship-and-when-it-really-began" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Travis Kelce</a> and the Chiefs as they took on the Bills in the AFC Divisional Playoff game — made headlines after videos surfaced on social media showing him jumping out of the stadium box suite and into the stands to lift up a young girl on his shoulder so she could wave at Swift, who was there to cheer on Travis.
During her appearance on<a href="https://www.whec.com/top-news/rochester-girl-carried-to-taylor-swifts-suite-at-highmark-stadium-by-jason-kelce/"> News 10</a> on Tuesday, Ella Piazza, 8, said she&#8217;s been a Swiftie since she &#8220;was about 5. I like her personality and how she sings. And when I heard that she was going to the Bills game I thought, &#8216;Yeah! Buffalo Bills plus Taylor Swift equals best first game ever!'&#8221;
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8-year-old Ella Piazza and her mom Jessica open up on TODAY about the moment Jason Kelce helped Ella say hi to Taylor Swift!
“It was amazing,” she said with a smile. <a href="https://t.co/vzGVghxaYu">https://t.co/vzGVghxaYu</a>
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Ella and her mom weren&#8217;t initially seated next to the box suite, but were able to change seats at halftime thanks to a friend. It was then they were seated right below the box where Kelce and Swift were watching the game.
&#8220;Jason drank his beer and then he opened up the window,&#8221; Ella told the outlet. &#8220;He climbed out of the suite and gave the girl next to us a photo and then he said [to me] &#8216;Let&#8217;s show Taylor this sign.'&#8221; 
&#8220;Taylor smiled,&#8221; Ella added, showing the outlet how the singer excitedly waved at her. &#8220;She was so happy and she did like this with her hand.&#8221;
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 Piazza said afterwards she was crying tears of joy. &#8220;Like oh my goodness. I feel like shocked and happy at the same time.&#8221;
Piazza later went on the &#8220;<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/girl-8-says-was-amazing-picked-jason-kelce-see-taylor-swift-rcna135242">Today&#8221;</a> show and also talked about the whole experience and said that &#8220;Jason went out of the suite &#8230; and then (he) came over here and then he picked me up and then I saw Taylor. It was, like, amazing.&#8221;
 Ella said she then got to show her sign to the superstar singer that read, &#8220;Buffalo Bills + Taylor Swift Best First Game Ever!!&#8221;
 Piazza&#8217;s mom Jessica gushed on the morning show about how kind Travis&#8217; brother was for what he did for her little girl.
&#8220;He was so kind to her,&#8221; Jessica told &#8220;Today.&#8221; &#8220;And I was just so thankful that he gave her the chance to see Taylor because she was — she was standing up there at the top of the bleachers with her sign just waiting and hoping and so brave — she climbed all the way to the top.&#8221;
The Eagles&#8217; player- who has three little girls with wife Kylie Kelce-basically stole the show on Sunday with his various shirtless escapades from cheering in the suit and jumping out of the box and slamming beers with fans to helping the young Swift fan see Taylor.

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8-Year-Old Girl Talks About ‘Amazing’ Moment Jason Kelce Picked Her Up To See Taylor Swift

An NFL fan ended up catching on fire at a tailgate party in New York on Sunday ahead of the showdown between the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/buffalo-bills-gm-gives-stunning-update-on-damar-hamlin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Buffalo Bills</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/patrick-mahomes-reveals-how-chiefs-players-initially-reacted-to-travis-kelce-taylor-swift-romance" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kansas City Chiefs</a> AFC Divisional Playoff game. 
In a wild <a href="https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1749184676520989109?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1749184676520989109%7Ctwgr%5E40fc388026b5656929e920772df3d01c23c480c3%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnypost.com%2F2024%2F01%2F21%2Fsports%2Ffan-catches-fire-tailgating-with-bills-mafia-before-chiefs-game%2F">video</a> that surfaced on X, a group of Buffalo fans decided to take part in &#8220;the odd-yet-exciting tradition of body-slamming and smashing a folding table,&#8221; the <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/01/21/sports/fan-catches-fire-tailgating-with-bills-mafia-before-chiefs-game/">New York Post</a> reported.
Except this group of fans decided to make things a bit more exciting by setting one of the folding tables on fire and then throwing their pal, who was wearing a Detroit Lions sweatshirt, onto it.
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MEANWHILE: Lions fan catches fire in Buffalo
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However, before the fan landed, it appeared that someone added an extra dose of lighter fluid to the flames and when he hit the table, the seat of his pants caught fire.
At first, the fan seemed unfazed by being slammed onto the table and very unaware that he was on fire. However, once he stood up, he realized that there were flames coming from his rear end.
Initially, the fan flailed about trying to extinguish the flames, even crashing into the people standing around capturing video of the chaos. He then threw himself to the snow-covered ground and attempted to put out the flames without any success. Luckily though, one of his pals stepped in and helped eventually extinguish the fire.
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It is unclear from the video if the fan was injured from the stunt or if he managed to escape unharmed.
Back inside Highmark Stadium, there was plenty of excitement as the Bills and Chiefs fans saw the lead in the game change five times in 60 minutes. As most people expected, it went down to the wire and final minute resulting in a Kansas City 27-24 win. 
Kansas City now advances to the AFC Championship game on Sunday where they will be on the road against the Baltimore Ravens. The winner will move on to the Super Bowl.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/paywalled-chiefs-dolphins-wild-card-game-sets-streaming-record" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Paywalled Chiefs-Dolphins Wild Card Game Sets Streaming Record</a>

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Sunday&#8217;s NFL wild card game will be postponed until Monday as Buffalo, New York, braces for blizzard conditions.
Both the league and Governor Kathy Hochul (D-NY) put out statements on Saturday announcing the change and noting that the chief concern — as meteorologists predict heavy snow and the usual accompanying complications with regard to roads and travel — was public safety.
&#8220;I’ve been in communication with @NFL commissioner Roger Goodell regarding the dangerous conditions in Buffalo this weekend. In consultation with our emergency response teams, @BuffaloBills leadership, and the NFL, the Bills game will be postponed to 4:30 pm Monday,&#8221; Hochul announced via X.
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I’ve been in communication with <a href="https://twitter.com/NFL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NFL</a> commissioner Roger Goodell regarding the dangerous conditions in Buffalo this weekend. 
In consultation with our emergency response teams, <a href="https://twitter.com/BuffaloBills?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BuffaloBills</a> leadership, and the NFL, the Bills game will be postponed to 4:30 pm Monday.
&mdash; Governor Kathy Hochul (@GovKathyHochul) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovKathyHochul/status/1746216957924319268?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 13, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Due to public safety concerns in light of the ongoing weather emergency in western New York, Sunday&#8217;s Steelers-Bills game has been rescheduled to Monday at 4:30 p.m. ET and will be televised by CBS,&#8221; the official NFL account posted. &#8220;The decision to move the game to Monday was made in consultation with New York Governor Kathy Hochul in the best interest of public safety, and with the Buffalo Bills and the Pittsburgh Steelers, as the region prepares for the storm.&#8221;
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Due to public safety concerns in light of the ongoing weather emergency in western New York, Sunday&#39;s Steelers-Bills game has been rescheduled to Monday at 4:30 p.m. ET and will be televised by CBS.   The decision to move the game to Monday was made in consultation with New York…
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In addition to postponing the game, Governor Hochul announced an outright travel ban for certain parts of western New York beginning on Saturday evening.
&#8220;Travel will be extremely dangerous in Western New York tonight. A full travel ban starts at 9pm in Erie County,&#8221; she announced. &#8220;Even if snow is not falling, stay home &amp; don’t try to drive. Snow can pick up in an instant &amp; create whiteout conditions. Get essentials now before snow starts.&#8221;
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Travel will be extremely dangerous in Western New York tonight. A full travel ban starts at 9pm in Erie County.    Even if snow is not falling, stay home &amp; don’t try to drive. Snow can pick up in an instant &amp; create whiteout conditions.   Get essentials now before snow starts.
&mdash; Governor Kathy Hochul (@GovKathyHochul) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovKathyHochul/status/1746239609565073696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 13, 2024</a></blockquote>
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NFL Wild Card Game Bumped To Monday As Blizzard Bears Down On New York

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NFL commentators and fans alike criticized Kansas City Chiefs quarterback <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/patrick-mahomes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Patrick Mahomes</a> for his sideline meltdown following a tough loss to the Buffalo Bills on Sunday.
Upset about an obvious offensive offsides call against the Chiefs, which likely cost them the game, Mahomes threw his helmet to the ground, yelled, and was held back by teammates moments after the loss. Perhaps most notably, Mahomes even complained to opposing QB <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/espns-foxworth-i-root-against-josh-allen-because-his-fans-are-patriotic-americans-who-like-dogs-really-concerning" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Josh Allen</a> about the call when the two met to shake hands — a moment that&#8217;s usually a display of sportsmanship.
&#8220;Wildest f***ing call I’ve ever seen,&#8221; Mahomes is heard saying to Allen, in video captured by WROC-TV Sports Director Thad Brown. &#8220;Offensive offsides on that play, man. F***ing terrible.&#8221;
Allen pats Mahomes on the chest and walks away.
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Patrick Mahomes was still upset about the offside call meeting with Josh Allen after the game. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Billsmafia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Billsmafia</a> <a href="https://t.co/6TYGJ1xnS9">pic.twitter.com/6TYGJ1xnS9</a>
&mdash; Thad Brown (@thadbrown7) <a href="https://twitter.com/thadbrown7/status/1734048405444256092?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Further video shows Mahomes being held back by teammates while he yells about the referees and their call.
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Patrick Mahomes was NOT happy on the sideline <a href="https://t.co/kFdVMF7PrM">pic.twitter.com/kFdVMF7PrM</a>
&mdash; Ben Brown 🌻 (@BenBrownPL) <a href="https://twitter.com/BenBrownPL/status/1734010388516151407?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Even after Mahomes had time to cool off, the QB continued to complain about the call during a post-game presser.
Mahomes seemed to acknowledge that his teammate Kadarius Toney was indeed offsides, but argued that referees rarely make such a call without at least giving a warning. He also expressed anger that teammate Travis Kelce&#8217;s impressive catch and pitch backward to Toney, who ran it in for a touchdown, was negated by the offsides call.
&#8220;I mean, he [Toney] probably is barely offsides, but for the [referee] to take the game into his hands over a call like that, that doesn&#8217;t affect the play at all — at all, didn&#8217;t affect anything. I mean, it&#8217;s just tough,&#8221; Mahomes told the press.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chiefs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Chiefs</a> Quarterback Patrick Mahomes when asked about Von Miller being offsides. He gives his thoughts on the officiating crew today. <a href="https://t.co/YwmQhMXbAp">pic.twitter.com/YwmQhMXbAp</a>
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Fans online <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/patrick-mahomes-takes-heat-nfl-fans-ref-complaints-beyond-insane" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ripped</a> Mahomes for whining about the call, which most viewed as correct. Likewise, sports commentators criticized Mahomes for taking his anger out on the referrers, instead of Toney, who they argued cost the Chiefs the game.
&#8220;I lost a little respect for Patrick Mahomes,&#8221; Sal Iacono reacted. &#8220;And I love that guy.&#8221; He added offensive offsides is not something that&#8217;s &#8220;never called,&#8221; like Mahomes insisted. &#8220;They called it twice last year, they called it 11 times this year — so they definitely call that,&#8221; Iacono said.
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“I lost a little respect for Patrick Mahomes.”<a href="https://twitter.com/BillSimmons?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BillSimmons</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/TheCousinSal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheCousinSal</a> react to Mahomes’s meltdown in yesterday’s loss to Buffalo: <a href="https://t.co/5lSHpta22I">pic.twitter.com/5lSHpta22I</a>
&mdash; The Ringer (@ringer) <a href="https://twitter.com/ringer/status/1734271936300228877?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Beyond insane thing to say to the opposing QB after the game,&#8221; posted Sports By The Book’s Jeff Parles, reacting to Mahome&#8217;s interaction with Allen.
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Beyond insane thing to say to the opposing QB after the game <a href="https://t.co/S1amLXBCzv">https://t.co/S1amLXBCzv</a>
&mdash; Jeff Parles (@jeffparles) <a href="https://twitter.com/jeffparles/status/1734055911831040089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;This is such a terrible look for Mahomes,&#8221; ESPN Radio host Jake Asman <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/patrick-mahomes-takes-heat-nfl-fans-ref-complaints-beyond-insane" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;Funniest thing is that it was the right call too and he gets more calls going his way than anybody!&#8221;
&#8220;I get why super star QB Patrick Mahomes is upset, but he’s dead wrong,&#8221; former NFL player Ryan Clark wrote. &#8220;The officials weren’t. Now in that moment would you rather an official not throw the flag? Hell ya, but it’s not their job to see in to the future &amp; know that throwing this flag negates one of the greatest improv plays in football history away.&#8221;
&#8220;Patrick is the ultimate teammate and has continually covered for his guys, &amp; accepted accountability for so many things that aren’t his fault,&#8221; Clark continued. &#8220;He finally cracked, &amp; took out his frustrations on the officials. They didn’t deserve it but the wide outs that constantly cost this team games definitely do!&#8221;
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I get why super star QB Patrick Mahomes is upset, but he’s dead wrong. The officials weren’t. Now in that moment would you rather an official not throw the flag? Hell ya, but it’s not their job to see in to the future &amp; know that throwing this flag negates one of the greatest… <a href="https://t.co/sWueASDKa1">pic.twitter.com/sWueASDKa1</a>
&mdash; Ryan Clark (@Realrclark25) <a href="https://twitter.com/Realrclark25/status/1734267424835248472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-rogan-mocks-patrick-mahomes-wife-she-responds" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Rogan Mocks Patrick Mahomes’ Wife; She Responds</a>

‘F***ing Terrible!’: Patrick Mahomes Criticized For Going Ballistic After Loss, Complaining About Refs To Opposing QB

Patrick Mahomes Criticized For Going Ballistic After Loss, Complaining About Refs To Opposing QB

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Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin was visibly emotional as he stood onstage at Wednesday night&#8217;s ESPY Awards, waiting to present the Pat Tillman Award for Service to the team that saved his life.
The award is named for Tillman, an Arizona Cardinal who gave up a career in professional football to serve as a United States Army Ranger and later died in Afghanistan. It was presented on Wednesday to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/buffalo-bills-return-kick-off-with-96-yard-touchdown-while-damar-hamlin-watches-from-hospital-bed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Buffalo Bills</a> training staff, who rushed to Hamlin&#8217;s side when he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nfl-announces-bills-bengals-game-postponed-indefinitely-after-hamlin-suffers-cardiac-arrest-in-game" target="_blank" rel="noopener">collapsed</a> on the field and suffered a cardiac arrest during a Monday night game against the Cincinnati Bengals this past January.
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Damar Hamlin presenting the Pat Tillman Award for Service to the Bills&#39; training staff at the <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPYS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ESPYS</a> is pretty awesome. <a href="https://t.co/Lbt5B6yTYF">pic.twitter.com/Lbt5B6yTYF</a>
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The <a href="https://www.etonline.com/damar-hamlin-tears-up-while-presenting-buffalo-bills-training-staff-with-pat-tillman-award-at-2023" target="_blank" rel="noopener">presentation</a> began with a prerecorded video, narrated by Hamlin, that described what had transpired that day.
&#8220;Thanks to their training, their poise and their commitment to serve others, the Bills training staff kept me alive,&#8221; Hamlin said. &#8220;I didn&#8217;t wake up that morning in January thinking that I would need someone to save my life that day, and I doubt that the training staff thought that they would have to do what they did either.&#8221;
&#8220;That, as much as anything else, is what I took away from what happened to me six and a half months ago,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;That any of us, at any given time, are capable of doing something as incredible as saving a life, and living a life in service of others. It&#8217;s a blessing.&#8221;
As the video ended, Hamlin could be seen wiping tears from his eyes. The audience responded by getting to their feet, clapping and cheering as the training staff made their way to the stage.
&#8220;Damar, first and foremost, thank you for staying alive, brother,&#8221; Head Athletic Trainer Nate Breske said, speaking for the staff. &#8220;Seriously, we are so honored to be standing up here with such a strong and courageous human being.&#8221;
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The 2023 ESPY Awards – Red Carpet

Damar Hamlin Presents Pat Tillman Award For Service — To The Team That Saved His Life

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Matt Araiza looked like he would have a promising NFL career after he was named the Buffalo Bills starting punter last August.
A San Diego State University (SDSU) graduate, Araiza’s talent earned him the nickname “Punt God.” But within days of landing the position, a woman filed a civil lawsuit claiming Araiza and two college football teammates gang-raped her when she was just 17.
San Diego police had investigated the woman’s claims for almost ten months but sent it to the district attorney without a recommendation for prosecution, Yahoo Sports <a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/prosecutors-former-bills-punter-matt-araiza-wasnt-present-during-alleged-gang-rape-225211550.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90LmNvLw&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJNzUpgMWA84vFpjoZ4BTm_0UXrsOVyd1knWfIQvX0xqTD6EWO7TI2-PB4LE_T1DHQbGzmIexeqjW4BJK5WeJeaMlWK_4y7m_VE0yHEug-kugmY40Ag1_3Xu0Z5FW54Z5rS21gC-JN2ZJ_T-QSOGbtl7_uFxRVX2m1qyPh8Bv1qa" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The Bills at the time also said they investigated the incident and employed Araiza anyway.
The civil lawsuit became public and, based on the allegations, media and the public vilified Araiza, taking the claims at face value. The Bills cut Araiza and his career is still in limbo even though prosecutors announced on December 7, 2022, following a 124-day investigation, that they wouldn’t charge anyone for the alleged gang rape.
Prosecutors, however, didn’t expand on their reasoning, which allowed many to continue assuming Araiza was guilty as he faced the lawsuit.
Now, a 200-plus page transcript of a nearly two-hour meeting obtained by Yahoo explains why prosecutors didn&#8217;t file charges. According to investigators, Araiza wasn’t even at the house when the incident is alleged to have occurred, and video evidence from the encounter casts doubt on the claim that the sex between the woman and the other men was not consensual.
In the transcript, the district attorney’s office explains to the woman and her attorneys why they aren’t prosecuting Araiza and his two college teammates. Prosecutors determined that Araiza left the house party where the rape was alleged to have occurred at 12:30 a.m., while timestamps place the incident at 1:30 a.m.
“He wasn’t even at the party anymore,” Deputy District Attorney Trisha Amador told the woman and her attorneys.
Amador also told the woman that recordings of the incident made it impossible to know if it was gang rape or consensual sex.
“In looking at the videos on the sex tape, I absolutely cannot prove any forceable sexual assault based upon what happened,” Amador told them.
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The accuser, who has not been named by media outlets because she claims to be a victim, maintains through her attorney that she was raped and that Araiza is one of her rapists. Her attorney, Dan Gilleon, said in <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/ex-bills-punter-matt-araiza-not-present-alleged-rape-prosecutors-say" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a statement</a> to Fox News that his client wouldn’t be “bullied” into dropping her civil lawsuit.
&#8220;It&#8217;s not going to happen. This case is going to trial, and we’ll force Araiza to talk,&#8221; Gilleon said.
Gilleon also told CBS8 that prosecutors determined that Araiza was somewhere else at the time of the alleged incident based on the word of a “buddy.” Prosecutors cited a witness and other information when determining Araiza had left the party.
The investigations by police and prosecutors, however, included more than 35 witness interviews, including the woman’s friends who were at the party, as well as a Sexual Assault Team exam, and ten search warrants that obtained four terabytes of information, including footage of the alleged incident.

Buffalo Bills Punter Cut From Team After Being Accused Of Sexual Assault Was Somewhere Else During Alleged Incident, Investigators Say

Buffalo Bills Punter Cut From Team After Being Accused Of Sexual Assault Was Somewhere Else During Alleged Incident, Evidence Shows

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