Bill Belichick: Patriots Looking into Antonio Brown After Alleged Text Threats

During his Friday press conference, New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick addressed allegations that wide receiver Antonio Brown sent "intimidating and threatening" text messages to a woman who accused him of sexual misconduct.

Belichick said the team is "looking into" the situation:

When asked additional questions about the allegations against Brown, however, Belichick walked out of the press conference:

According to Robert Klemko of The MMQB, the woman said she received threatening texts from Brown recently after alleging that he made unwanted sexual advances toward her in 2017, when he had invited her to his house to paint a mural of him.

After his alleged sexual advances, the woman said Brown "ghosted" her with the mural unfinished, although he did pay her for two days' work.

After the woman went public with her allegations in a story published by Sports Illustrated, the woman sent Sports Illustrated screenshots of a group text started by the phone number she said Brown used to correspond with her.

Sports Illustrated confirmed that the number in the group text was the same one the woman texted with previously regarding the mural.

In the group text, that number sent photos of the woman and her children, and also called for someone named "Eric B" to "look up her background history." The number attributed to Brown also wrote, "Really sad you would make up bull s--t story to the world thought u had more integrity n respect for yourself must be really hard times for to make up some stuff for money super sad."

The woman's lawyer, Lisa J. Banks, wrote in a letter to the NFL that her client is not seeking payment compensation for the alleged sexual misconduct.

Following his release from the Oakland Raiders and decision to sign with the Pats, Brown's former trainer Britney Taylor alleged in a civil lawsuit that Brown sexually assaulted her on three occasions, per TMZ Sports.

The NFL launched an investigation into the allegations, which Brown has denied, but the receiver was able to make his season and Patriots debut against the Miami Dolphins last week.

Brown finished with four receptions for 56 yards and one touchdown, and he is scheduled to suit up Sunday against the New York Jets as well.