Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott says the woman who accused him of assaulting her multiple times allegedly had an intimate relationship with another NFL player before taunting him about it.
The NFL star’s ex-girlfriend, Tiffany Thompson, allegedly had interactions with his former teammate Lucky Whitehead, according to testimony heard during Elliot’s appeal hearing last week.
Elliott is currently appealing a six-game suspension handed to him after the NFL ruled he injured Thompson on three separate occasions in July last year.
Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott says the woman who accused him of assaulting her allegedly had an intimate relationship with another NFL player before taunting him about it
In a November interview with NFL investigator Kia Roberts over the assault allegations, Thompson confirmed she had become friendly with Whitehead.
‘He and I started talking over social media,’ Thompson said, according to Dallas Morning News. ‘We weren’t really dating. Ezekiel found out and I blocked Lucky from my phone.’
Roberts, the investigator, was also asked about the relationship between Thompson and Whitehead during the appeal hearing.
The investigator said Thompson told her that Elliott had become mad that she was dating ‘some guy’ and confirmed that the person was Whitehead.
Elliott’s ex-girlfriend, Tiffany Thompson, (above) allegedly had interactions with his former teammate Lucky Whitehead, according to testimony heard during his appeal hearing last week
In a November interview with NFL investigator Kia Roberts over the assault allegations, Thompson confirmed she had become friendly with Lucky Whitehead
‘And what I remember her saying because I do kind of remember this specifically is she said that Ezekiel is upset because he found out that I was dating some guy,’ the investigator said during the appeal.
‘I said well, what guy. And she says a guy I met over social media. And then we go over what’s his name.’
When Elliott was asked about the Whitehead situation, he said he was ‘p***ed off’ about it and that Thompson had taunted him with text messages insinuating that she had sex with his former teammate.
Elliot has claimed that Thompson had harassed him after ending their relationship.
‘So, like I mentioned before, when Tiffany saw me doing well or just doing well without her, she did not like that and she would go through any measure to kind of ruin my moment or ruin what’s going on,’ he said under oath during his appeal hearing.
Thompson posted photographs to Instagram last year of bruises that she claims were caused by Elliott
Elliott denied accusations of domestic violence under oath, according to a lawsuit filed by the NFL players’ union
He specifically mentioned one instance after the Cowboys had a big win against the Steelers.
‘I had a very good game and while I’m boarding the plane from Pittsburgh to Dallas, I received like 15 texts from an unknown number,’ he said.
‘The texts were screen shots of text messages between Tiffany and one of my current teammates that play with me for the Cowboys.
‘Then there was a picture of a hotel reservation which had her name and also his name on it. Basically, her telling me that she slept with one of my teammates the previous week while we were in Cleveland.
The interviews became public after Elliott and the NFL Players Association filed a lawsuit suit last week in attempt to overturn his suspension.