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The Bills are off this weekend. Von Miller should be off next weekend, too, and probably for a while after that. Dallas police have issued an arrest warrant for Miller for allegedly assaulting his pregnant girlfriend Wednesday. Miller deserves to be presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law, but he does not deserve to be on an NFL field.
The chilling part of this allegation is that it echoes a previous one. In 2021, Miller’s girlfriend posted on Instagram that when she was pregnant with Miller’s child, Miller texted that he was “honestly praying for a miscarriage” and “[F---ing] disappear!!!” and “I hate you!” and “you gon’ get yours! Believe that.” Miller subsequently said he had never physically assaulted her, and she later had another son with him. Thursday, Dallas news outlet WFAA reported that the current warrant involves Miller allegedly assaulting his “longtime girlfriend”; Sports Illustrated has not independently confirmed the identity of the woman, though The Dallas Morning News reports Miller and the woman have been in a romantic relationship for seven years. Also according to the Morning News, police said that during an argument, Miller yelled for the woman to “get out.” While she was gathering some of her belongings, she said that Miller shoved and pushed her when she repeatedly said, “Stop, I’m pregnant.” According to the affidavit, Miller continued to push her, pulled her hair, and put his hands on her neck and applied pressure multiple times.
