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Steelers receiver Antonio Brown is facing multiple lawsuits T. J. Watt Jersey , including troubling allegations that he threw furniture and other items from a 14th-floor balcony earlier this year in Florida. The league has taken notice.Via Ed Bouchette of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the NFL is keeping tabs on the litigation.鈥淲e are aware of and will continue to monitor the civil suits,” NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy told Bouchette on Wednesday.Both of the lawsuits arise from an incident that allegedly occurred in April at the聽Mansions at Acqualina in Sunny Isle Beach, Fla. One seeks compensation for alleged damage to the $10 million apartment that he rented for six months, and the other states claims arising from Brown’s alleged tossing from a significant height of large items that nearly hit a toddler and his grandfather.鈥淎pparently when Mr. Brown got upset he started throwing things in the apartment and the coffee table glass was broken, along with a few other minor objects,鈥?the police report reads, via Bouchette. 鈥淗e also threw some objects from the balcony into the pool area Jerome Bettis Jersey White , causing minor damage there as well.鈥漃olice didn’t charge Brown, but the league can impose discipline on a player even in the absence of criminal charges.Brown apparently became upset because (as he told police) someone had stolen a gun and $80,000 in cash from the apartment.The lawsuits become the latest evidence suggesting that Brown, who always seems to be smiling when anyone is watching, has another side that entails little if any smiling. Last month, he threatened an ESPN reporter who had written a balanced look at Brown’s life away from football, and it’s quite possible that there’s a real and troubling disconnect between his public and private persona.If so, Brown had been able to keep the private side private for the first eight years of his career. That is now changing. Even if the NFL never takes any action against him James Conner Jersey White , these developments could make one of the more visible NFL players from a marketing standpoint considerably less marketable. It’s one of the worst moments in NFL history to intentionally take place on the football field. Personally, I can’t think of any situation that comes close to what occurred with eight seconds left in the games between the Steelers and Browns Thursday night. When the Browns’ former first-overall pick Myles Garrett ripped off quarterback Mason Rudolph‘s helmet, it instantly drew a penalty. But when Garrett swung the helmet violently at Rudolph, it crossed a completely different line other than just high emotions on the field of play. Luckily, although the helmet did connect with Rudolph’s head, it glanced off of him enough to not do serious and permanent damage. Suspensions will be forthcoming. How the NFL is going to handle the situation remains to be seen, but with the “image of the shield” being of upmost importance the penalties will look to be severe. As for the Steelers players, they had plenty to say about the subject. Head coach Mike Tomlin Womens Jerome Bettis Jersey , however, wisely avoided speaking on the subject in order to keep himself from any punishment from the league. When it comes to Mason Rudolph, some of the words he used to describe the situation were “bush league” and “cowardly.”A portion of Rudolph’s post-game interview can be seen below courtesy of ESPN’s Brook Pryor. As for Maurkice Pouncey, who was ejected for throwing multiple punches and kicks at Myles Garrett in response to the attack on Rudolph, he appears to be ready for whatever discipline comes from the league. Many players from around the NFL have already thrown support towards Pouncey for sticking up for his teammate in such a terrible situation. As for his thoughts on the subject, Pouncey believes this issue was much bigger than football. Defensive captain Cameron Heyward was still shaken up over the incident after the game. In an interview with DK Pittsburgh Sports’ Dejan Kovacevic, Heyward struggled to answer the question.he incident included Mark Barron, David DeCastro Jerome Bettis Jersey , Joe Haden, and James Washington. Several members of the Cleveland Browns also gave their opinion on the situationTo say that there are heated rivalries within the AFC North would be an understatement. With very physical and sometimes dirty situations in the past between division foes, every AFC North matchup comes with a different level of physicality. But this time, the line between physical play and personal safety was definitely crossed. The players have spoken. Now it is up for the NFL league office to respond.