{"id":927555,"date":"2026-10-14T07:08:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T07:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/927555\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T07:08:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T07:08:27","slug":"jury-returns-mixed-verdict-in-civil-trial-involving-nfl-star-tyreek-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/927555\/","title":{"rendered":"Jury returns mixed verdict in civil trial involving NFL star Tyreek Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">MIAMI (AP) &#8211; A Miami jury on Tuesday found Tyreek Hill liable for two counts of battery but not liable for the eight remaining claims made by Lakeeta Vaccaro \u2014 ending the high-profile civil trial involving the NFL wide receiver and his estranged wife.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Hill, who has played for the NFL\u2019s Kansas City Chiefs and Miami Dolphins, was found liable for two counts of battery \u2014 one stemming from an incident in January 2024, and another from April 2025. The jury awarded Vaccaro $500,000 in compensatory damages but did not award her punitive damages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The jury found Hill, 32, not liable for eight other counts that included battery, assault and continuing domestic violence.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"FILE - Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill sits in the end zone before an NFL football...\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/MJYMRUHLBNHE7MRZ7MB6SYZEGU.jpg\" width=\"980\" height=\"653\" \/>FILE &#8211; Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill sits in the end zone before an NFL football game against the New York Jets, Sept. 29, 2025, in Miami Gardens, Fla.(Source: AP Photo\/Rebecca Blackwell)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The trial involved allegations of abuse made by Vaccaro, 30, who on the stand described instances in which Hill allegedly pulled her hair and \u201ctreated me like I was, just, a man.\u201d Hill took the stand last week and mostly denied what he called \u201cfalse allegations\u201d made by his estranged wife, while saying in one instance he shoved Vaccaro and \u201ccreated a hole in the wall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Hill, wearing a dark polo shirt on Tuesday, embraced one of his attorneys and shook hands with others following the verdict before leaving the courtroom by himself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">It wasn\u2019t immediately clear what the verdict means for Hill\u2019s return to the NFL. He is still working his way back from a dislocated knee and torn ligaments suffered in September 2025 while he was with the Dolphins, but his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, has indicated that he could be ready to play by November.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">See AP\u2019s full NFL coverage here<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI (AP) &#8211; A Miami jury on Tuesday found Tyreek Hill liable for two counts of battery but&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":927556,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,39043,5140,1233,593,85,5385,494790,494791],"class_list":["post-927555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-domestic-violence","tag-miami","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-nfl","tag-sports","tag-tyreek-hill","tag-tyreek-hill-estranged-wife","tag-tyreek-hill-trial"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=927555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/927556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=927555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=927555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=927555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}