Police investigating 'targeted' home invasion, assault on female at LeSean McCoy's home

Gary Craig and Stevie Johnson | Democrat and Chronicle

Show Caption Hide Caption LeSean McCoy's ex-girlfriend says her 'face is demolished' in 911 call LeSean McCoy's ex-girlfriend Delicia Cordon made the 911 call shortly after the home invasion and alleged assault. This is an edited excerpt.

The Instagram post appeared around 10 a.m. Tuesday, rattling the Buffalo Bills and triggering another chapter in the NFL's attempts to confront domestic violence within its ranks.

The posting, which has since been deleted, purported to be the beaten, bruised and battered face of Delicia Cordon, the former girlfriend of Buffalo Bills star running back LeSean McCoy. As the day continued, the story escalated, with allegations — from yet another social media posting — that McCoy had hired thugs to rob and pistol-whip Cordon, whom McCoy had been trying to evict from a Georgia home the two shared. And, police Tuesday acknowledged an apparent "targeted" home invasion and assault at the home.

As the media and police worked to sort fact from fiction, the saga provided a collision of two dynamic forces: social media, with its ability to propel a single posting into stratospheric news coverage, and the National Football League, the country's most popular sports league yet one that has been hounded by allegations that it is tougher on social protests than it is on players who beat women.

In a statement posted on his own social media accounts, McCoy adamantly denied the allegations.

"For the record, the totally baseless and offensive claims made against me today on social media are completely false," the statement said. "Furthermore, I have not had any direct contact with any of the people involved in months."

Statement from Milton, Ga. police on McCoy investigation: pic.twitter.com/giPDMOp3rK — Gary Craig (@gcraig1) July 10, 2018

Police in Milton, Georgia, the Atlanta suburb where McCoy and Cordon lived, said in a statement Tuesday afternoon that it had answered a call at 3:18 a.m. Tuesday morning at a home on McCoy's street. There, police found one female victim "assaulted by a lone intruder" and another who suffered "a minor injury." The first victim was treated and released from the hospital.

"The preliminary investigation reveals that this residence was specifically targeted by the suspect or suspects, and not a random incident," said the statement, which said the crime was a "home invasion."

Timeline: What we know about LeSean McCoy allegations A timeline of the allegations brought against Buffalo Bills RB LeSean McCoy involving a home invasion and his ex-girlfriend.

The morning Instagram post came from a woman purporting to be Cordon's friend, and it also accused McCoy of child abuse, pet abuse and the use of performance-enhancing drugs. The Instagram post has since been deleted by @miamir_i_adore, who added a new post saying: "For the record Delicia's lawyer forced me to remove that post. I stand by what I said."

Later Tuesday, another individual saying she was a friend of Cordon's claimed in a Facebook post that McCoy had sent "dudes in her house to pistol whip and rob her!!"

"You will pay for this," the Facebook posting said. "You will NOT get away with this!!!!"

On Tuesday, the Buffalo Bills said in a statement: “We have spoken to LeSean and have been in contact with the National Football League. We will continue to gather information.”

Whatever the facts turn out to be, there is no question that the relationship between Cordon, a fashion designer, and McCoy, a six-time Pro Bowler, has been volatile.

Court records from Georgia show that McCoy wanted to evict Cordon a year ago.

Court papers filed in July 2017 show that McCoy was alleging that he and Cordon are "no longer in relationship" and McCoy had allowed her to "live rent-free while at premises for five months."

In court papers filed last month, Tanya Mitchell Graham, an Atlanta attorney representing Cordon, said the couple had been in a two-year relationship. The papers allege the two reconciled and were discussing marriage as recently as late May.

However, while Cordon was away from the home in early June, McCoy had friends and family remove her furnishings, the papers allege. He also allegedly had the power turned off.

Cordon said in the papers that she was living in the home with her two children. Her attorney has alleged that the eviction notice was wrongly given to Cordon's 16-year-old son and, thus, can't be enforced.

Graham declined to comment Tuesday.

Atlanta lawyer Jacoby Hudson, who initially represented McCoy in the eviction, said Tuesday afternoon that he had spoken with McCoy, who denied the allegations to him. He said that McCoy told him he has been in Miami and not in the Georgia home for weeks. Hudson said that McCoy told him that he had surveillance cameras around the home, and Cordon had removed them.

Also, just talked to current McCoy lawyer with eviction proceeding (who is different than earlier lawyer with whom I spoke). The eviction case was supposed to be in court today. Cordon's lawyer has had a family emergency and asked for continuance, and was granted. — Gary Craig (@gcraig1) July 10, 2018

Another Georgia lawyer, Michael LaScala, now represents McCoy in the eviction process, which was scheduled for court Tuesday. The hearing was postponed at the earlier request of Graham, who was dealing with a family emergency.

LaScala said Tuesday that the social media photos were horrific, but that McCoy was not involved in any crimes. "It looks awful but he had nothing to do with it," LaScala said.

McCoy is a two-time first team All-Pro selection and has made the Pro Bowl six times, including the last two seasons with the Bills.

After spending his first six years with the Philadelphia Eagles, McCoy was acquired by the Bills via trade in 2015. McCoy has maintained his status as one of the elite tailbacks in the NFL during his tenure with the Bills as he’s rushed for more than 3,300 yards and amassed 22 touchdowns on the ground in three seasons.

LeSean McCoy charity home run derby Rain forced the cancellation of LeSean McCoy's softball game. But the players went ahead with the a home run derby at Frontier Field on Sunday.

Last year McCoy became just the 30th player to top 10,000 yards rushing while leading the Bills to their first playoff appearance in 18 years.

McCoy has hosted two charity softball events in Rochester at Frontier Field in 2017 and 2015.

In September 2016 McCoy was sued for his part in a bar fight at a Philadelphia nightclub that left two off-duty police officers injured. The civil suit claimed McCoy beat and kicked one officer while he was on the ground and punched another officer in the eye.

At the time authorities said the brawl, which occurred in February, was over a misunderstanding of who had purchased a $350 bottle of Champagne. The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office declined to press criminal charges.

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