New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft was “enraged” when he learned of threatening messages Antonio Brown sent to one of the women accusing him of sexual harassment, according to a report.
But while the team owner was steamed by the news of Brown’s latest transgression, his star quarterback was blowing the troubled player online kisses.
Tom Brady left three heart emojis beneath a photo of himself and Brown that Brown posted to Instagram shortly after his Friday firing.
“Love ya champ that was fun! #GoWinIt #DoItForMe,” Brown captioned the image, which was taken Sunday during Brown’s only game with the team.
But the star quarterback’s apparent affection wasn’t enough to save Brown’s job.
Kraft was on a business trip when reports surfaced Thursday that Brown included his female accuser in a group chat with his underlings, accusing her of trying to extort money from him, The Athletic reported. Kraft then decided with coach Bill Belichick to release Brown.
“Let’s lok[sic] up her background history see how broke this girl is,” Brown allegedly texted his subordinates — along with the unnamed accuser — after she publicly accused him of firing her from a painting job at his home when she rejected his sexual advances.
The woman provided screenshots of the texts to Sports Illustrated.
Attorneys for the woman applauded Brown’s firing, which came 11 days after the team signed him.
“The NFL and the Patriots clearly took our client’s concerns seriously,” lawyers Lisa Banks and Debra Katz said in a statement.
“She wanted the threats and intimidation to stop, and we hope that will be the case,” they added.
Brown’s agent, Drew Rosenhaus, tweeted, “It’s unfortunate things didn’t work out with the Patriots. But Antonio is healthy and is looking forward to his next opportunity in the NFL.”
Meanwhile, Brown spent Saturday night glued to Twitter — responding to ex-Bronco and TV football analyst Shannon Sharpe’s tweet calling him “conceited” by quickly retweeting a post about Sharpe’s history of harassment accusations. Brown then quickly deleted the retweet.