Antonio Brown’s lawyer Sean Burstyn sent multiple tweets Sunday alleging the Buccaneers mistreated his client.
The Bucs cut Brown last week after his insane meltdown against the Jets, and the chaos and carnage surrounding the situation has been nothing short of shocking. (RELATED: David Hookstead Is The True King In The North When It Comes To College Football)
Now, his lawyer is trying to regain control of the narrative.
‘F**k You’: Antonio Brown Unloads On Bruce Arians And Tom Brady https://t.co/KPHt6WnDaU
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) January 9, 2022
Burstyn tweeted that the situation surrounding AB’s medical treatment was a “surprise attack,” and that Brown was cut for more or less missing an appointment.
The Bucs did this because they know that Coach Arians’ on-the-field termination of AB was degrading, inhumane, abusive, and unlawful. So they tried covering it up using their latest dirty trick: “Surprise attack” medical care that they reasonably planned for AB to receive. 6/8
— Sean Burstyn (@seanburstyn) January 9, 2022
This was pure gamesmanship to create a pretextual termination. All Antonio did was ask to be seen at a reasonable hour by a doctor with current medical records. When AB spoke up about his health this week, he was fired. On the field, then on Twitter. 7/8
— Sean Burstyn (@seanburstyn) January 9, 2022
The Bucs have used AB’s past to get out of the jam they put themselves in last Sunday. It’s the kind of manipulation that made Antonio write “I do not understand how people publicly claiming to be concerned about my mental health can do these things to me in private.” 8/8
— Sean Burstyn (@seanburstyn) January 9, 2022
“AB was fired for not attending a doctor’s appointment that was in the process of being rescheduled to a normal time and after the doctor reviewed the relevant medical records,” Burstyn added.
TL;DR version: AB was fired for not attending a doctor’s appointment that was in the process of being rescheduled to a normal time and after the doctor reviewed the relevant medical records. The rescheduling was over the phone and, of course, through written communications.
— Sean Burstyn (@seanburstyn) January 9, 2022
I’m not a lawyer, but this Twitter thread certainly seems to be laying the groundwork for some legal action. At least, that’s how I read it.
What’s the “official” reason Antonio Brown cut from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers? You probably didn’t know the answer until now.🧵
(This isn’t a complaint about AB being cut. It’s an example of underhanded treatment of an injured player that obscures what happened last Sunday.)
— Sean Burstyn (@seanburstyn) January 9, 2022
The Bucs picked an arbitrary appointment time outside of normal business hours early Thursday morning. They also fumbled around with a Wednesday afternoon appt at the last minute. (Bucs’ new interest in AB’s health was a surprise. Wasn’t AB “not a Buc” on Sunday night?) 2/8
— Sean Burstyn (@seanburstyn) January 9, 2022
It seems like Burstyn is trying to make it clear that in the view of his client, he was mistreated and did nothing wrong.
Now, would the Bucs agree with that? Almost certainly not, and that’s why they might have to battle it out!
We spoke directly to the doctor and asked if he had reviewed the most recent MRI & CT scans and whether we could reschedule to a reasonable hour. When the Doc said he had not yet seen the images and was graciously willing to see us at a normal time, we texted to reschedule. 3/8
— Sean Burstyn (@seanburstyn) January 9, 2022
Most people schedule doctor’s appointments for healing. In our view, it’s unusually perverse for the Bucs to use medical care as a setup to fire someone.
Doctors are heroes, not pawns. 5/8
— Sean Burstyn (@seanburstyn) January 9, 2022
It will be interesting to see how this all shakes out, but the Bucs are now ready for the playoffs as AB is sitting at home. As a betting man, I’d bet we’ve seen the last of him in the NFL, but anything can happen!