Ja’Marr Chase apologizes one week after spitting on Steelers’ Jalen Ramsey during game

PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR AT FOUR STARTS NOW. EVERYBODY, THANKS FOR JOINING US HERE FOR PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR AT 4:00 I’M KELLY SASSO I’M ANDREW STOCKEY. HERE’S WHAT’S HAPPENING AND WHAT WE’RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW, BEGINNING WITH YOUR TOP FOUR STORIES AT 4:00. WE WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS, A CLOSE UP LOOK AT THE WRECK THAT HAD SO MANY OF YOU SITTING IN TRAFFIC THIS MORNING. WE HAVE LEARNED A WOMAN DIED HERE WHEN ANOTHER CAR HIT HER DISABLED CAR ON THE PARKWAY EAST. STATE POLICE SAY HER HAZARD LIGHTS WERE ON AND SHE WAS INSIDE THE VEHICLE WHEN SHE WAS HIT. THE IMPACT CAUSED HER CAR TO IGNITE IN FLAMES. THE OUTBOUND LANES WERE CLOSED FOR HOURS THIS MORNING. A 59 YEAR OLD WOMAN WAS FOUND DEAD IN HER WESTMORELAND COUNTY APARTMENT. POLICE SAY SHE WAS STABBED. THE SEARCH IS NOW ON FOR A PERSON OF INTEREST AND THE THANKSGIVING TRAVEL RUSH IS NOW HERE. WE ARE MONITORING THE ROADS FOR ANY ISSUES. AND OF COURSE, THE FIRST BIG TEST FOR PITTSBURGH AIRPORT’S NEW TERMINAL. NEARLY 90 MILLION AMERICANS ARE EXPECTED TO TRAVEL AT LEAST 50 MILES FOR THE HOLIDAY. AND WE’RE TRACKING THE WEATHER FOR YOU ON THIS HOLIDAY WEEK. IT’S NICE RIGHT NOW, BUT RAIN EXPECTED TO HIT TOMORROW. AND YES, IT WILL BE AN IMPACT DAY. AND THOSE ARE YOUR TOP STORIES. AT 4:00 ON THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON. LET’S FINE TUNE THAT NOW. IN PITTSBURGH’S ACTION WEATHER METEOROLOGIST BRIAN HUTTON JUNIOR IS HERE WITH US. AND OF COURSE, I KNOW THIS IS SO IMPORTANT WITH THE TRAVEL RUSH, WHICH WITH EACH DAY THAT PASSES, WE GET CLOSER TO THANKSGIVING. WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE OUT ON THE ROADS, AND YOU’RE TALKING LIKE AN ALL DAY RAIN EVENT HERE. YEAH, TOMORROW IS NOT GOING TO BE A FUN TRAVEL DAY IF THAT IS YOUR DAY OF CHOICE. IT’S GOING TO BE A LOT OF RAIN ACROSS WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA TOMORROW. AND SO IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO HEAD OUT, JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DODGE THOSE RAIN DROPS. RAIN STARTS REALLY AS EARLY AS ABOUT 9:00 OR SO TOMORROW MORNING, AND WILL LAST AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS BEFORE THOSE RAIN SHOWERS TAPER OFF. THERE COULD BE A POCKET OR TWO OF HEAVIER RAIN AS WELL. ALMOST AT ANY POINT, AND IT’S KIND OF AN ALL DAY LIGHT TO STEADY RAIN ACROSS THE AREA BEFORE WE START BACKING OFF. MORE SCATTERED VARIETY SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. THEN WE TURN COLD ON THANKSGIVING AND WE ARE GOING TO STAY COLD AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEKEND. YOU SAW AN ACTION CAM. THOSE HIGH CLOUDS ARE OUT THERE. THOSE WILL CONTINUE THICKENING UP TONIGHT AGAIN. RAIN ARRIVES TOMORROW MORNING. IT WILL BE AN IMPACT DAY WILL BE IN THE 50S. BUT AGAIN YOU NEED THE UMBRELLA. EVEN WARMER ON WEDNESDAY. COLD FRONT PASSES BRINGS ONE MORE ROUND OF SHOWERS ABOUT MIDDAY AND THEN LOOK AT THE TEMPERATURES. WE ARE IN THE 30S. THANKSGIVING, BLACK FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, SO IF YOU’RE MAKING ANY PLANS TO BE OUTSIDE, WHETHER YOU’RE TRAVELING LOCALLY OR TRYING TO BURN OFF ALL THE CALORIES, YOU’LL WANT ALL OF THE WINTER GEAR ON AS WE HEAD THROUGH THANKSGIVING SHOPPING ON BLACK FRIDAY. OR THAT TOO. I WAS THINKING LIKE, OF COURSE, JUST IN TIME FOR ALL THOSE TURKEY TROT FOLKS THAT GO OUT NICE AND EARLY. YEAH, THEY’LL BE NICE AND WARM AND GETTING A NICE SWEAT FROM BEING BUNDLED UP FOR ALL THE GALLERIES YOU’LL BE LATER. THAT’S GOING TO BE THE PLAY. ALL RIGHT, BRIAN, THANKS SO MUCH. WE’LL CHECK IN HERE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. AND ESPECIALLY WITH THIS WEEK BEING A HOLIDAY WEEK, YOU WANT TO HAVE OUR WTAE APP DOWNLOADED. THE LIVE RADAR ALLOWS YOU TO TRACK CONDITIONS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WHEREVER YOU’RE GOING, AND TO KNOW WHEN WEATHER COULD IMPACT YOUR PLANS. BE SURE TO TURN ON THE ALERTS. LET’S GO LIVE NOW TO THE PARKWAY EAST THIS AFTERNOON, WHERE THE EVENING RUSH IS GETTING UNDERWAY. TRAFFIC MOVING TOWARDS THE SQUIRREL HILL TUNNEL. AFTER THIS MORNING’S FIERY AND FATAL CRASH. A VERY DIFFERENT STORY. ROUGHLY 12 HOURS AGO, AS SKY 4 PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS CHOPPER GETTING A LOOK AT THE DAMAGE, TAKE A LOOK. THE OUTBOUND LANES WERE CLOSED FOR HOURS BECAUSE OF THIS, AND ALL STARTED AFTER STATE POLICE SAY A WOMAN’S VEHICLE BROKE DOWN ALONG THE HIGHWAY, RIGHT? HER FOUR WAY FLASHERS WERE ON. WE UNDERSTAND FROM POLICE AND SHE WAS INSIDE HER CAR WHEN ANOTHER CAR CAME AND SMASHED IT. NOW IT HAPPENED RIGHT AT THE END OF THE STATE STREET ONRAMP, JUST BEFORE YOU MAKE THE BEND TO HEAD TOWARD THE TUNNEL. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER KALEA GUNDERSON IS HERE WITH US LIVE. AND CAYLEE, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU JUST GOT AN UPDATE FROM STATE POLICE. YES. KELLY. ANDREW, STATE POLICE TELLING ME THE WOMAN WHO WAS KILLED IN THAT CRASH IS 40 YEAR OLD COUTURE GRIFFIN OF MONROEVILLE. THEY SAY HER INFINITI SEDAN BECAME DISABLED ON THE PARKWAY EAST. THEY SAY IT’S STILL UNCLEAR WHY, BUT SHE PULLED OVER AND TURNED ON HER FOUR WAY FLASHERS AND STAYED IN THE CAR. POLICE SAY COUTURE GRIFFIN WAS ON THE PHONE WITH DISPATCHERS TO GET A TOW TRUCK SENT OUT TO HER, AND AT THAT POINT, STATE POLICE WERE ALREADY ON THEIR WAY TO DIRECT TRAFFIC AROUND HER WHEN THE CRASH HAPPENED. DISPATCHERS ON THE LINE, HEARING IT THROUGH THE PHONE, AND STATE POLICE TROOPER ROCCO GAGLIARDI EXPLAINING THAT BASED ON WITNESSES AND THIS CRASH INVESTIGATION SO FAR, IT APPEARS THE TRUCK WAS IN A CENTER LANE BEHIND ANOTHER CAR WHEN IT MOVED INTO THE LEFT LANE. TO GET AROUND THAT CAR, AND THAT’S WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH GRIFFIN’S CAR. NOW, STATE POLICE TELL ME THE CAR THEN CAUGHT FIRE AND SEVERAL PEOPLE TRIED TO GET THE WOMAN OUT. THEY WERE. UNSUCCESSFUL. AND CAYLEE, YOU KNOW, JUST HEARING THAT, WE CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW FRANTIC THAT MUST HAVE BEEN FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO WERE INVOLVED. DID POLICE TELL YOU ANYTHING ABOUT THAT EFFORT TO TRY TO GET HER OUT? WELL, KELLY, THEY TOLD US THAT THE MAN WHO WAS IN THE PICKUP TRUCK THAT HIT HER CAR GOT OUT AFTER HAVING BEEN INVOLVED IN THAT ACCIDENT HIMSELF, GOT OUT AND WAS TRYING TO GET TO HER AS WELL AS TWO PITTSBURGH CITY DETECTIVES WHO STOPPED BY THAT CRASH SCENE AND WERE WORKING TO HELP HIM GET HER OUT. THEY SAY SEVERAL OTHER WITNESSES STOPPED AS WELL, BUT AGAIN, UNFORTUNATELY, SHE DID DIE THERE ON SCENE. I’LL HAVE MUCH MORE FOR YOU COMING UP TONIGHT AT 5:00 COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY TONIGHT. KALEA GUNDERSON PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. KELLY. THANK YOU. COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON. A WILKINSBURG MAN HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY IN THE SHOOTING DEATHS OF A WOMAN AND HER FOUR YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. 23 YEAR OLD MARQUISE SAINT JULIAN GIVNER IS ONE OF TWO MEN CHARGED IN THE 2022 SHOOTING OUTSIDE BROOKLINE MARKET IN PITTSBURGH’S LINCOLN-LEMINGTON-BELMAR NEIGHBORHOOD. 21 YEAR OLD TAMMY LEWIS AND HER DAUGHTER, KHARI THOMPSON WERE KILLED. WELL, RIGHT NOW, POLICE IN LATROBE ARE INVESTIGATING A WOMAN WHO WAS STABBED TO DEATH. THE BODY OF 59 YEAR OLD PAMELA PUSHKAR WAS FOUND YESTERDAY MORNING INSIDE HER APARTMENT. AND NOW POLICE ARE ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC’S HELP WITH GATHERING SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE ALLEGED KILLER, WHO IS STILL OUT THERE. WITH THAT, INVESTIGATORS SHARED THESE PHOTOS OF THE PERSON THEY’RE LOOKING FOR. WESTMORELAND BUREAU REPORTER ED DIORIO, FOLLOWING THIS CASE FOR US THIS AFTERNOON, AND HE SPOKE WITH POLICE AND ONE OF HIS NEIGHBORS. AND WHAT DID THEY TELL YOU ABOUT WHAT TOOK PLACE? WELL, ANDREW, KELLY, WHILE PUSHKAR WAS FOUND DEAD IN HER APARTMENT HERE AT HANNA APARTMENTS IN LATROBE ON SUNDAY MORNING, POLICE BELIEVE THAT SHE WAS KILLED ON EITHER LATE FRIDAY NIGHT OR THE EARLY PARTS OF SATURDAY MORNING. AND I DID SPEAK WITH HER DOWNSTAIRS NEIGHBOR HERE AT THE COMPLEX, AND HE TOLD ME THAT FOR AS LONG AS THEY’VE BEEN NEIGHBORS, HE NEVER REALLY HEARD MUCH NOISE COMING FROM PUSZKARZ UNIT. THAT WAS UNTIL THIS WEEKEND. HE TOLD ME THAT ON FRIDAY NIGHT, HE WAS SITTING ON HIS PORCH AROUND MIDNIGHT, AND HE DID HEAR MORE NOISE THAN USUAL. TO HIM, IT SOUNDED LIKE A PARTY, OR AT THE VERY LEAST, JUST MORE NOISE THAN WHAT HE’S USED TO. BUT HE DIDN’T HEAR ANYTHING ALARMING. NO SCREAMING OR NOTHING LIKE THAT. SO HE KIND OF IGNORED IT. AND THEN SUNDAY MORNING CAME AROUND AND HE WAS INFORMED THAT SHE WAS FOUND DEAD IN HER APARTMENT. AND NOW, AFTER HER AUTOPSY RESULTS WERE REVEALED TODAY. SHE WAS STABBED MULTIPLE TIMES. AND THE ALLEGED KILLER RESPONSIBLE IS YET TO BE IN CUSTODY. GUYS. WELL, CLEARLY, THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS AND DEVELOPING SITUATION. DO POLICE BELIEVE THERE IS A THREAT TO THE PUBLIC HERE? ANDREW, THAT’S NOT THE CASE. WHILE INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL WORKING TO FIND THIS PERSON OF INTEREST. AND WE’VE SUPPLIED A FEW PHOTOGRAPHS OF THAT PERSON. THERE’S NO BELIEF THAT THIS IS AN EXTERNAL THREAT. THE BELIEF IS THAT PUSHKAR AND HER ALLEGED KILLER WERE IN AN INCIDENT. AND THAT’S WHAT LED TO HER DEATH. HOWEVER, AS YOU GUYS MENTIONED, POLICE ARE ASKING FOR INFORMATION FROM ANY PERSON OR BUSINESS AROUND HERE ON JEFFERSON STREET BY LATROBE MEMORIAL STADIUM BETWEEN THE HOURS OF SEVEN, EIGHT, 9 A.M. ON SATURDAY MORNING. THAT’S WHEN THEY BELIEVE THE PERSON OF INTEREST CAME OUT OF THE APARTMENT AND WAS WALKING AROUND. SO ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ENCOURAGED TO CONTACT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR THE WESTMORELAND COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE. COVERING WESTMORELAND COUNTY TONIGHT IN LATROBE. ED DIORIO, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. OBVIOUSLY GOING TO STAY ON TOP OF THAT STORY. ED, THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. PITTSBURGH POLICE ARE ALSO INVESTIGATING A STABBING THAT HAPPENED DOWNTOWN. WE CAN SEE POLICE HERE FOCUSED ON A TRASH CAN LAST NIGHT ON LIBERTY AVENUE. A MAN WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL IN STABLE CONDITION. PUBLIC SAFETY SAYS HE WAS UNCOOPERATIVE WITH OFFICERS. AND IT WAS RIGHT AROUND THE SAME TIME. PITTSBURGH POLICE ALSO RESPONDED TO A SHOOTING IN BROOKLINE. OFFICERS FOUND A MAN SHOT IN THE LEG ON GALLION AVENUE. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL IN STABLE CONDITION AND WOULD NOT TELL POLICE WHAT LED TO THE SHOOTING. WE ARE LEARNING NEW INFORMATION TO WHAT LED UP TO A DEADLY SHOOTING LAST MONTH IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY. WE TOLD YOU ON FRIDAY THAT THREE MEN WERE UNDER ARREST. ONE OF THEM FACING HOMICIDE CHARGES. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER MARCIE CIPRIANI IS JOINING US LIVE NOW OUTSIDE THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY JAIL. MARCY, YOU GOT AHOLD OF THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINTS TODAY. WHAT ARE THEY REVEALING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED THERE? YEAH. KELLY, THOSE DOCUMENTS WERE JUST UNSEALED. AND IN THEM, POLICE DESCRIBE HOW THEY SAY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PAGANS AND TWO MEMBERS OF THE MOTORCYCLE CLUB ACTUALLY PLANNED THE ATTACK THAT ENDED IN KENNETH HAYMAN’S DEATH. NOW, ACCORDING TO THOSE DOCUMENTS, JUST RELEASED, VICTOR CRUZ, WHO POLICE IDENTIFIED AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE ERWIN CHAPTER OF THE PAGANS, ALONG WITH MEMBERS ALBERT AND JACOB BAKER, TRACKED DOWN KENNETH HEYMAN, WHO WAS RIDING HIS MOTORCYCLE IN WHITE OAK ON OCTOBER 12TH. COURT PAPERS SAY THE THREE THEN EXITED THEIR VEHICLE WEARING MASKS AND APPROACHED HEYMAN. POLICE SAY HEYMAN TOOK COVER. THEN, ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS, HE AND BAKER BEGAN SHOOTING AT EACH OTHER BEFORE THE THREE MEN LEFT, AND POLICE SAY HEYMAN, INJURED, DUCKED INTO THE NEARBY WENDY’S FOR HELP BEFORE DYING FROM HIS INJURIES. INVESTIGATORS SAY THIS SHOOTING WAS THE RESULT OF A FIGHT BETWEEN TWO RIVAL MOTORCYCLE CLUBS. OKAY, MARCIA, SO DID POLICE SAY THE REASON WHY THESE MOTORCYCLE CLUBS WERE FIGHTING IN THE FIRST PLACE? YEAH, ANDREW, ACCORDING TO COURT PAPERS, HEYMAN WAS A MEMBER OF THE WAR DOGS, AND INVESTIGATORS SAY THE MEMBERS OF THE PAGANS BELIEVE THAT HE WAS INVOLVED IN A FIGHT IN WASHINGTON COUNTY WITH ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE PAGANS. AND THEY SAY THIS WAS RETALIATION. SO AT THIS POINT, CRUZ HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY JAIL. BAKER AND THEY REMAIN HERE AT THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY JAIL. BAKER IS CHARGED WITH HOMICIDE. CRUZ AND COCO ARE CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY. NOW NEW, AT 5:00, THE UNDERCOVER OPERATION THAT POLICE SAY LED TO THESE ARRESTS. COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY FROM THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY JAIL MARCIE CIPRIANI PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. ALL RIGHT, MARCI, THANK YOU. NOW, MAJOR HEADLINES OUT OF OUR NATION’S CAPITAL THIS AFTERNOON. A FEDERAL JUDGE IS DISMISSING CASES AGAINST JAMES COMEY AND LETITIA JAMES. A JUDGE FOUND THE APPOINTMENT OF INTERIM U.S. ATTORNEY LINDSAY HALLIGAN BY THE U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL WAS INVALID. AND THEREFORE, THE INDICTMENTS DO NOT STAND. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HANDPICKED HALLIGAN FOR THE ROLE IN ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA. WITHIN DAYS. SHE SUBSEQUENTLY BROUGHT THE CRIMINAL CASES AGAINST COMEY AND JAMES, WHOM TRUMP SAID HAD TARGETED HIM POLITICALLY. THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THE DOJ WILL APPEAL. MEANTIME, THE PENTAGON OPENING UP AN INVESTIGATION INTO DEMOCRATIC SENATOR MARK KELLY. IT’S IN CONNECTION TO THE VIDEO HE AND FIVE OTHER CONGRESS MEMBERS APPEARED IN ENCOURAGING U.S. TROOPS TO DISOBEY, QUOTE, ILLEGAL ORDERS. THE PENTAGON IS CITING A FEDERAL LAW THAT ALLOWS RETIRED SERVICE MEMBERS TO BE RECALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY ON ORDERS OF THE DEFENSE SECRETARY FOR POSSIBLE COURT MARTIAL OR OTHER MEASURES. LOCAL CONGRESSMAN CHRIS DELUZIO, ALSO APPEARING IN THAT VIDEO. IT IS OFFICIALLY THE HOLIDAY SEASON HERE IN PITTSBURGH ON SATURDAY. THE ANNUAL LIGHT UP NIGHT FESTIVITIES ATTRACTED THOUSANDS TO DOWNTOWN, COMPLETE WITH THE TREE LIGHTINGS, PERFORMANCES AND THE FIREWORKS. AND WHILE THOSE BIG EVENTS DID GO OFF WITHOUT A HITCH, THERE WERE SOME OTHER INCIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. THAT’S RIGHT. OFFICIALS SAY THREE PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED, 18 OTHERS CITED. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER SHELDON INGRAM IS JOINING US LIVE NOW AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE ASSISTANT PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR TODAY, SHELDON. YEAH. THIS AFTERNOON WE HAD A CHANCE TO TALK WITH THE ASSISTANT PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR, WHO SHARES WITH US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DISTURBANCES ON LIGHT UP NIGHT. AND WE’RE TALKING MOSTLY YOUNG PEOPLE, TEENAGERS AND YOUNG ADULTS WHO ARE RUNNING AND YELLING THROUGH THE STREETS HERE IN THE AREA SURROUNDING MARKET SQUARE. AND OF COURSE, AS WE REPORTED, THERE WERE MULTIPLE ARRESTS, BUT ALSO THERE WERE OUTREACH GROUPS, COMMUNITY OUTREACH GROUPS WHO ARE WORKING WITH THE YOUNG PEOPLE. AND IN THE NEXT HOUR, WE HEAR ABOUT THEIR ROLE IN TRYING TO KEEP THE PEACE THROUGHOUT THESE DISTURBANCES. ANDREW KELLY NOW, SHELDON, WHAT ARE THOSE OUTREACH GROUPS SAYING ABOUT ALL THIS? WELL. WELL, THERE ARE ABOUT A HALF DOZEN THAT PARTICIPATED. AND WORKING WITH THE YOUNG PEOPLE. AND ONE OF THE GROUPS TELLS ME THAT AT TIMES IT WAS INTENSE AND SOMETIMES IT WAS OVERWHELMING, BUT THEY STILL MAINTAIN CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE YOUNG PEOPLE. AND IN THE END GAME, THEY SAY THAT THERE WERE NO SHOOTINGS, AND THAT’S WHAT THEY’RE HAPPY ABOUT. AT THI

Ja’Marr Chase apologizes one week after spitting on Steelers’ Jalen Ramsey during game

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Updated: 8:17 PM EST Nov 24, 2025

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Ja’Marr Chase apologized Monday for spitting on Jalen Ramsey during the fourth quarter of the Cincinnati Bengals’ loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Nov. 16.VIDEO: Top Stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 Chase was suspended by the NFL for Sunday’s game. His statement of apology was addressed to his team, the Bengals and Steelers organizations and the NFL community, but the star wide receiver did not mention Ramsey by name.“Please know I am speaking from my heart when I say I take full responsibility for my actions during last Sunday’s game at Pittsburgh,” Chase said in the statement, which was posted on social media. “What I did was wrong. The circumstances don’t matter. My passion for the game is no excuse. There’s zero place in our sport or in life for that level of disrespect. I want to personally apologize to everyone within the Pittsburgh Steelers organization. I let my emotions in the moment get the better of me.”Chase added, “This has been a tough season with some incredibly hard losses. We’ve all been frustrated. But instead of stepping up with calm, class, and leadership, I let you down. My having to sit out yesterday’s game makes my actions even more inexcusable.”According to the NFL Players Association database, Chase was docked at least $448,333,33 in base salary as a result of the suspension.Cincinnati lost 26-20 to New England on Sunday and did not have its top two receivers on the field for the final series. Tee Higgins suffered a concussion with 4:50 remaining. Higgins has been ruled out for Thursday night’s game at Baltimore. The Bengals (3-8) have dropped eight of nine, but are expecting to have quarterback Joe Burrow back from a turf toe injury that required surgery and has sidelined him for nine games.Chase is fourth in the league with 79 receptions and fifth in receiving yards with 861. He led the NFL in catches, receiving yards and touchdown catches last season.

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Ja’Marr Chase apologized Monday for spitting on Jalen Ramsey during the fourth quarter of the Cincinnati Bengals’ loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Nov. 16.

VIDEO: Top Stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4

Chase was suspended by the NFL for Sunday’s game. His statement of apology was addressed to his team, the Bengals and Steelers organizations and the NFL community, but the star wide receiver did not mention Ramsey by name.

“Please know I am speaking from my heart when I say I take full responsibility for my actions during last Sunday’s game at Pittsburgh,” Chase said in the statement, which was posted on social media. “What I did was wrong. The circumstances don’t matter. My passion for the game is no excuse. There’s zero place in our sport or in life for that level of disrespect. I want to personally apologize to everyone within the Pittsburgh Steelers organization. I let my emotions in the moment get the better of me.”

Chase added, “This has been a tough season with some incredibly hard losses. We’ve all been frustrated. But instead of stepping up with calm, class, and leadership, I let you down. My having to sit out yesterday’s game makes my actions even more inexcusable.”

According to the NFL Players Association database, Chase was docked at least $448,333,33 in base salary as a result of the suspension.

Cincinnati lost 26-20 to New England on Sunday and did not have its top two receivers on the field for the final series. Tee Higgins suffered a concussion with 4:50 remaining.

Higgins has been ruled out for Thursday night’s game at Baltimore. The Bengals (3-8) have dropped eight of nine, but are expecting to have quarterback Joe Burrow back from a turf toe injury that required surgery and has sidelined him for nine games.

Chase is fourth in the league with 79 receptions and fifth in receiving yards with 861. He led the NFL in catches, receiving yards and touchdown catches last season.