Tom Brady walked out of a press conference on Saturday after being asked about the link between his personal trainer and wide receiver Julian Edelman, who has been slapped with a four-game suspension for using performance enhancing drugs.
A reporter asked the New England Patriots star, 40, whether he thought it was fair that his trainer Alex Guerrero has been speculated as having something to do with the scandal because Edelman is one of the trainer’s clients.
‘I have no comment. It is just ridiculous,’ Brady responded, shaking his head out of irritation.
‘I’m out. See you guys,’ he said as he picked up his helmet and walked to the team’s locker room, bringing the presser to an abrupt end.
Tom Brady walked out of a press conference on Saturday after being questioned recent reports of his personal trainer’s involvement in the Julian Edelman scandal
Edelman was slapped with a four-game suspension in June after he tested positive for an ‘unrecognizable substance’. He’s pictured left with Brady during a game last August
The Patriots have distanced themselves from Brady’s controversial trainer Alex Guerrero after an apparent power struggle between him and the team’s owner Bill Belichick
News of Edelman’s suspension for violating the league’s policy against performance-enhancing substances first broke on June 7, with The MMQB reporting that the wide receiver tested positive for an ‘unrecognizable substance’.
The day after word of Edelman’s suspension spread, the veteran apologized on Instagram for the positive test.
News broke June 7 that the New England Patriots wide receiver was to be punished for violating the league’s policy against performance-enhancing substances
He wrote: ‘I don’t know what happened’ and that he has taken ‘many, many tests obviously over the course of my career, and nothing like this has ever happened’.
At the start of training camp Saturday Edelman addressed the media himself for the first time since appealing the suspension and claimed full responsibility for the punishment.
‘It’s disappointing with the penalty and the findings. I’m definitely accountable for that,’ he said.
‘But ultimately my focus is going out and trying to work my knee, get better each day. It was tough last year. Watching your team go out and play great football without you.’
Edelman had missed part of the 2017-2018 season because of a knee injury and worked with Guerrero worked during his rehabilitation process.
The Patriots have distanced themselves from the controversial trainer after an apparent power struggle between him and the team’s owner Bill Belichick.
Guerrero is credited with preserving 40-year-old Brady’s body and keeping him in shape for season after season with the Boston-based ball club.