BUFFALO, N.Y. — Payments defensive finish Von Miller has been suspended 4 video games with out pay for violating the NFL’s private conduct coverage, the league introduced Tuesday.
He might be eligible for reinstatement following the workforce’s Week 8 sport on the Seattle Seahawks. Miller will even miss video games on the Houston Texans and the New York Jets and vs. the Tennessee Titans.
The suspension seems to stem from allegations that Miller assaulted his pregnant girlfriend in November 2023 throughout the Payments’ bye week in suburban Dallas. The NFL didn’t reply to ESPN’s request for readability over the character of the suspension.
Miller turned himself in to the Glenn Heights (Texas) Police Division on Nov. 30 on an arrest warrant for a cost of third-degree felony assault of a pregnant girl. He was booked into the DeSoto Tri-Metropolis Jail that afternoon earlier than being launched on $5,000 bond.
Miller has denied the allegations and mentioned that they’re “one hundred pc false.” In July 2024, Miller mentioned that the case is closed. No expenses had been ever filed within the case, however the NFL had been conducting a separate investigation.
An affidavit obtained by ESPN final yr detailed that the allegations towards Miller embody him placing a hand, and later each palms, on the girl’s neck for about three to 5 seconds, pulling her hair and making an attempt to shove her whereas she was trying to assemble her issues and depart after he informed her to get out of the condominium the place they each lived.
Per the affidavit, the girl informed Miller she was going to name the police, which prompted him to go away the residence.
Police arrived on the condominium, noticed “minor abrasions” on the girl’s left hand and bruising to her neck, “accidents according to utilized strain the neck,” along with bruising to her stomach and left biceps. The accidents had been documented when police took images that day.
When addressing the allegations for the primary time in December 2023, Miller mentioned, “Truthfully, I wasn’t on social media earlier than and positively not on social media now. However from the issues which have been dropped at my consideration, all the things is fake. And I’d love to take a seat right here and say, ‘Y’all know me!’ However it’s not, this isn’t that kind of scenario as a result of home violence actually occurs around the globe — for women and men. And it is a critical scenario so I’d not pull that card.
“All I can say is it’s only a matter of time at first will get set straight.”
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell mentioned in March that he did think about inserting Miller on the commissioner’s exempt record, however that they didn’t really feel it was acceptable on the time based mostly on all of the details. The commissioner’s record makes gamers exempt from counting towards the lively roster for causes decided by the commissioner.
Miller restructured his contract this offseason, saving the Payments $8.645 million in cap area. He signed a six-year take care of the workforce in 2022.
He served a six-game suspension for performance-enhancing medication in 2013.
Miller, 35, serves a rotational position on the Payments’ line of defense and has recorded three sacks this season, one in every of the primary three video games. He performed 9 snaps within the Week 4 loss to the Baltimore Ravens.
The Payments signed defensive sort out Zion Logue from the Atlanta Falcons’ apply squad in a corresponding transfer.
