ProphetHus 1 year ago

Explainer on the process of verifying it was AB who sent these messages: 1. In 2017, AB sent our source his phone number in a DM from his verified IG account in screenshots we reviewed. 2. She communicated with AB and arranged travel, etc via this number that year. 3. She sent us screens of these new messages with the contact in her phone, so the sender showed up as “Antonio Brown” 4. We then asked her to delete AB’s contact from her phone, so the original number would display and we could verify. The number matched the 2017 IG exchange. 5. Our research department turned up names the other four numbers on the chat were registered to. One of them was Brian Davis, a name we knew: it’s one of Brown’s assistants who was named in interviews with people suing Brown for unpaid wages. 6. One more name jumped out: Darren Heitner, Brown’s attorney. We called Heitner, who declined comment other than to answer this question: “Did you advise your client to send those texts.” His answer: “No I did not, and you’ll notice I didn’t respond.” 7. Finally, I called AB A man who sounded like AB answered. I introduced myself. He hung up. In a text, I asked him if he would share proof of his claim that the woman asked him for money. He replied “foh clown” So we’re extremely confident that’s AB who sent the text messages. Per Robert Klemko Twitter