On Feb. 20th, NBC Sports and Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio discussed a rumored incident on his radio show involving an NFL player from 2011. Florio stated Dallas Cowboy’s WR, Dez Bryant, was allegedly involved in a “Ray Rice-type” of domestic violence affair that occurred at a Walmart in 2011. The topic of conversation started when Mike Florio went on 105.3 The Fan in Dallas, to discuss the rumor of an alleged “video of Dez Bryant doing something really bad.” According to Florio, the video had been known by “all the major insiders for months” however, it has not been released to the public. Florio stated he was unaware if a tape exists or not, but he has heard a lot of discussion through multiple sources regarding possible surveillance footage of the incident. The sportswriter then claimed he had no intention of sharing the rumor he had heard during the radio show (Lisk, 2015). …show more content…
Florio stated “the NFL was in possession of relevant evidence on the subject several days before I blurted the existence of the rumor.” An incident/investigation report from the Texas Public Information Act, in which was dated July 2011, was included to support the statements regarding the alleged Walmart incident. Florio provides the readers with names involved and a summary of the 2011 incident as well as assures the video will eventually be released to the