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The walls are caving in on Antonio Brown after innocuous annoyances like HelmetGate and Holy Shit What Happened To Your Feet-Gate has morphed into serious criminal complaints.
In the wake of Britney Taylor filing a lawsuit alleging Brown committed three separate incidents of sexual assault and rape, Nike has dropped the Patriots receiver, The Boston Globe reported Thursday morning.
“Antonio Brown is not a Nike athlete,” a spokesperson from the company confirmed.
The spokesperson remained tight-lipped about the details of the split, but there are no Antonio Brown sneakers available on Nike’s website, including his signature shoe, the “Nike Tech Trainer Antonio Brown.”
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The $100 gold-trimmed shoe featured the now-ironic phrase, “Business is Boomin” down the front of the shoe.
The day my new “Nike Tech Trainer AB” shoes came, @AB84 announces he’s leaving @SteeIerNation @steelers .. what do I do with them? pic.twitter.com/5Q4lgojDAd
— JBabyPrice (@jalenprice_11) February 12, 2019
As the New York Post points out, Brown has often touted his love for Nike sneakers and his rich deal with the company, highlighted in a 2018 YouTube video titled “Antonio Brown Goes Sneaker Shopping with Complex.”
In the video, Brown brags about “getting a huge Nike deal” and drops $1,055 on five pairs on Nikes.
At the time of this writing, Nike has yet to take down Raiders and Steelers jerseys featuring Brown’s name.