Tyreek Hill's attorney denies domestic violence claims following TMZ report

David Goodhue, Miami Herald on Sep 9, 2025

Published in Football

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MIAMI — Attorneys for Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill strongly deny domestic violence allegations levied by his estranged wife in a recent filing in their divorce proceedings.

Celebrity news website TMZ reported Monday that Keeta Vaccaro alleges in the filing that Hill was abusive to her several times during their 17-month-long marriage.

Hill’s lawyer, Julius Collins, released a statement Tuesday saying the allegations are not true and are part of an effort to get more money from Hill.

“The new allegations that Ms. Vacarro and her counsel have decided to allege are all unsubstantiated, untrue and an attempt to generate bad media coverage for Mr. Hill and therefore extort a large settlement offer from Mr. Hill, of which we believe Ms. Vacarro is not entitled in this 17 month marriage,” Collins wrote in a statement provided to the Herald.

According to TMZ, the filing, which the Miami Herald has not seen, alleges eight instances of domestic violence that began in January 2024, two months after the couple wed in Austin, Texas. Vaccaro filed for divorce in Miami-Dade County, where family court records are not available online and often require redactions before being made public. A spokesperson for the 11th Circuit did not immediately respond to a request to make recent filings in the case available to the Herald.

Vaccaro accused Hill of throwing her to the ground, ripping her hair out, twisting body parts, spitting on her and shoving a marijuana cigarette in her face, according to the TMZ article.

Vaccaro’s attorney, Evan R. Marks, told the Herald in an email that the statement about the allegations his client gave in an amended divorce petition “is Verified — meaning that that she has sworn that the allegations contained therein are true and correct.”

“Evidence will be presented to a Jury who will then decide whether Ms. Vaccaro is entitled to be compensated for the damages that she sustained due to the conduct of Mr. Hill as alleged in the Verified Amended Petition,” Marks said, declining to comment further on the case.

Vaccaro filed for divorce on April 8. She and Hill have a child together.

Collins said the allegations are a “shakedown” effort by Vaccaro, who is hoping the judge in the case will order Hill to pay for her legal fees.

“It is our opinion that the actions taken by Ms. Vaccaro and her counsel is [sic] about money, not the truth,” Collins wrote.

Even if there is no criminal investigation, the NFL has the authority — in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement — to independently investigate the allegations in a civil suit and discipline Hill under the league’s personal conduct policy. The NFL generally does not disclose what players are being investigated.

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