{"id":725300,"date":"2026-06-25T14:37:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/725300\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T14:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:37:08","slug":"former-nfl-dt-deshawn-williams-sues-contractor-over-memorabilia-stolen-after-2024-hurricane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/725300\/","title":{"rendered":"Former NFL DT DeShawn Williams sues contractor over memorabilia stolen after 2024 hurricane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former NFL defensive tackle DeShawn Williams has filed a lawsuit over memorabilia that he believes was stolen from his home.<\/p>\n<p>The theft wasn\u2019t the garden-variety smash-and-grab. Via Tampa Bay 28, Williams claims that contractors hired after Hurricane Helene damaged the home in 2024 entered the premises without permission, took items belonging to Williams, and then <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay28.com\/news\/local-news\/i-team-investigates\/former-nfl-player-says-contractors-took-memorabilia-from-his-hurricane-damaged-home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">posted them for sale on Facebook Marketplace<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>DeShawn Williams and his wife, Ashlee, contend that their mortgage company hired Solid Foundation Properties LLC, which then subcontracted with Colvin Inspections to inspect and preserve the property. They claim that Colvin Inspections also removed certain property.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey call it securing the property or winterizing the property,\u201d their attorney, Matt Weider, told Tampa Bay 28. \u201cBut in fact, they\u2019re just entering into a property and violating a homeowner\u2019s security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Williamses contend that DeShawn\u2019s Denver Broncos helmet and his Bengals jersey were listed for sale on Facebook Marketplace, for $800 and $200, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>DeShawn Williams, undrafted in 2015, played for the Bengals, Broncos, and Panthers. Earlier this year, he joined the Oklahoma coaching staff as a defensive analyst.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former NFL defensive tackle DeShawn Williams has filed a lawsuit over memorabilia that he believes was stolen from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":725301,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-725300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=725300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725300\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/725301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=725300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=725300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=725300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}