Giants’ Josh Brown admitted to abusing wife in journal entries, other documents

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Giants kicker Josh Brown admitted to abusing his wife in journal entries and other documents which were obtained by multiple outlets. These documents were turned over to police by Brown’s wife after his May 2015 arrest, which led to a fourth-degree domestic violence charge that was dropped five days later. They include personal journal entries, emails from Brown to his then-wife, Molly, and a letter to friends in which he detailed his own behavior.

Brown was suspended one game, the Giants’ opener, for a violation of the league’s personal conduct policy. He described the incident publicly as “just a moment,” despite his wife accusing him of more than 20 separate instances of domestic violence.

The documents released by the Kings County (Wash.) Sherriff’s office reveal Brown’s own admissions of guilt. He wrote that he saw himself as “God basically,” and his wife as his slave. He admits to a history of abusing women and calls himself a sexual deviant, acknowledging “consistent” viewing of pornography.

"I have physically, mentally, emotionally and verbally been a repulsive man," Brown wrote in one of his journal entries. Just below that he circled the words "I have abused my wife."

Josh went even further in a letter he wrote to friends in March, 2014, apparently as part of his counseling sessions with Molly.

"I have been a liar for most of my life," he wrote. "I made selfish decisions to use and abuse women starting at the age of 7 to fill this void. I objectified women and never really worried about the pain and hurt I caused them. My ability to connect emotionally to other people was zero. My empathy levels were zero. Because I never handled these underlying issues I became an abuser and hurt Molly physically, emotionally and verbally. I viewed myself as God basically and she was my slave.”

According to NJ.com, Brown also admitted to potentially needing an anger counselor. His wife, in another journal entry that was released, wrote that Brown “pushes, shoves hits me because I challenge him” and that he “says women like me get hit because we can't shut up.”

The Giants have yet to respond to the new information after ownership and head coach Ben McAdoo threw their support behind Brown over the summer.

http://www.si.com/nfl/2016/10/19/josh-brown-giants-wife-abuse-journal-entries?xid=aol_home
 
Finally they did the right thing, even if not for the right reason.

"The New York Giants have cut kicker Josh Brown from the team nearly a week after the National Football League reopened an investigation into his admitted history of domestic abuse.

The league now claims it didn’t know the extent of Brown’s abuse until the release of last week’s documents: letters, journal entries, police reports, and emails that contain admissions of repeated attacks and Brown describing his delusion that his wife was his “slave.” That’s why NFL commissioner Roger Goodell reduced Brown’s boilerplate six-game suspension to a single day off. On Tuesday, Giants President John Mara said in a statement that team officials “believed we did the right thing at every juncture in our relationship with Josh,” but “our beliefs, our judgments, and our decisions were misguided. We accept that responsibility.”

Make no mistake: The only reason the Giants are letting Brown go now is because of the bad press the team and the NFL are getting in the wake of the newly public police documents, which are truly horrifying to read. If the league didn’t know he was a longtime abuser—and it almost certainly did—it’s because officials were trying their hardest to avert their eyes from the evidence that was right in front of them.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_facto...rk_giants_cut_admitted_abuser_josh_brown.html
 
A feminist writer at deadspin which is a liberal sports site wrote an interesting piece saying the woman is double victimized here by having her husband lose his job and his source of income to support his family. Not able to post the article at the moment but it offered an interesting perspective on why some women want the abuse stopped but don't want their husbands punished or put in prison because of the financial burden it would have on them and their children.
 
christiefan915 said:
Giants kicker Josh Brown admitted to abusing his wife in journal entries and other documents which were obtained by multiple outlets. These documents were turned over to police by Brown’s wife after his May 2015 arrest, which led to a fourth-degree domestic violence charge that was dropped five days later. They include personal journal entries, emails from Brown to his then-wife, Molly, and a letter to friends in which he detailed his own behavior.

Brown was suspended one game, the Giants’ opener, for a violation of the league’s personal conduct policy. He described the incident publicly as “just a moment,” despite his wife accusing him of more than 20 separate instances of domestic violence.

The documents released by the Kings County (Wash.) Sherriff’s office reveal Brown’s own admissions of guilt. He wrote that he saw himself as “God basically,” and his wife as his slave. He admits to a history of abusing women and calls himself a sexual deviant, acknowledging “consistent” viewing of pornography.

"I have physically, mentally, emotionally and verbally been a repulsive man," Brown wrote in one of his journal entries. Just below that he circled the words "I have abused my wife."

Josh went even further in a letter he wrote to friends in March, 2014, apparently as part of his counseling sessions with Molly.

"I have been a liar for most of my life," he wrote. "I made selfish decisions to use and abuse women starting at the age of 7 to fill this void. I objectified women and never really worried about the pain and hurt I caused them. My ability to connect emotionally to other people was zero. My empathy levels were zero. Because I never handled these underlying issues I became an abuser and hurt Molly physically, emotionally and verbally. I viewed myself as God basically and she was my slave.”

According to NJ.com, Brown also admitted to potentially needing an anger counselor. His wife, in another journal entry that was released, wrote that Brown “pushes, shoves hits me because I challenge him” and that he “says women like me get hit because we can't shut up.”

The Giants have yet to respond to the new information after ownership and head coach Ben McAdoo threw their support behind Brown over the summer.

http://www.si.com/nfl/2016/10/19/josh-brown-giants-wife-abuse-journal-entries?xid=aol_home
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"I have been a liar for most of my life,"??

Did he plagiarize that from Hillary's bio ?
 
cawacko said:
A feminist writer at deadspin which is a liberal sports site wrote an interesting piece saying the woman is double victimized here by having her husband lose his job and his source of income to support his family. Not able to post the article at the moment but it offered an interesting perspective on why some women want the abuse stopped but don't want their husbands punished or put in prison because of the financial burden it would have on them and their children.
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Josh has been kicking for a long time. Hopefully he's got some money in the bank. For a guy who has always been pretty clutch, he should at some point have been one of the highest paid kickers.
 
#4

Trump made a joke about recent plagiarism by his wife; plagiarizing wholesale from Michelle Obama's speech.

Trump passed it off as a rigged election.

When Obama's wife says it in a speech, she gets a pass. But when Trump's wife gives the same speech, there's a big fuss about it.

Good one Donald.
 
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Josh has been kicking for a long time. Hopefully he's got some money in the bank. For a guy who has always been pretty clutch, he should at some point have been one of the highest paid kickers.
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That article spoke to this that most of the reasons he beat her were financial related. (He probably fell into the category of made a lot, spent a lot)
 
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That article spoke to this that most of the reasons he beat her were financial related. (He probably fell into the category of made a lot, spent a lot)
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Huh? He says he's been abusive since the age of 7, when he presumably had no money problems. He's just a bad guy who seems to have a personality disorder.

"The Daily News had previously reported that Molly Brown had accused the Giants kicker of being physically violent with her on more than 20 occasions, beginning when she became pregnant with their daughter in 2009."
 
christiefan915 said:
Huh? He says he's been abusive since the age of 7, when he presumably had no money problems. He's just a bad guy who seems to have a personality disorder.

"The Daily News had previously reported that Molly Brown had accused the Giants kicker of being physically violent with her on more than 20 occasions, beginning when she became pregnant with their daughter in 2009."
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I was speaking to 3D's comment about them being economically secure.

Here's the article. What's your take on it?

https://www.google.com/amp/deadspin...-josh-brown-achi-1785483758/amp?client=safari
 
christiefan915 said:
It looks to me like finances triggered one attack but were not necessarily the reason for all the attacks.

The team and the NFL look pretty bad in this article.
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From a woman's perspective do you agree with the authors idea of the abused woman being double victimized?

Edit: to be clear this was meant as a real question not a gotcha
 
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Honestly, I don't fault the Giants on this. They don't commit to kickers for very long. I was surprised when they dumped Tynes and picked-up Brown. He wasn't going to be in NJ for long. Brown had an excellent reputation for being a quality kicker that is good under pressure. Not sure how well-known his issues were, because a local sports talk show had him on as a guest within the past year. They seemed to think he was a safe guest.
 
On the plus side, I think we've settled the "who do you like more, Brown or Hauschka?" question. Of course, Brown probably would have made that final kick in Arizona.
 
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