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April 25, 2023
Inside Halsey and Alev Aydin’s Co-Parenting Relationship After Breakup
Despite breaking up, Halsey and Alev Aydin are choosing to be kind.
A source close to the situation told E! News there was no drama when the couple, who share 21-month-old son Ender Ridley Aydin, called it quits. “The split was amicable,” the insider shared, “and they plan to co-parent.”
So, why did recently Halsey file paperwork to request full physical custody and joint legal custody of their child? According to the source, it was a purposeful legal move.
“Halsey is going on tour this summer and plans to bring their son with her,” the insider explained. “They had to file this way so that their son could join the tour.”
The “Without Me” artist is already slated for performances in New Jersey, Florida, California and more states in June and July.
In court documents obtained by E! News on April 25, the singer, who uses she/her and they/them pronouns, asked that she and Alev both pay for legal fees. In addition, Halsey requested visitation rights for the film producer.
Donald Trump’s civil rape case goes to trial in Manhattan
Enlarge this image Writer E. Jean Carroll (C) arrives at Manhattan Federal Court on the first day of her defamation case against former President Donald Trump. She’s accused him of raping her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images
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NEW YORK — Lawyers for former President Trump and E. Jean Carroll, the woman who has accused him of raping her in an upscale Manhattan department store in the mid 1990s, presented diametrically opposing accounts of what did or did not happen to a jury on Tuesday, the first day of trial in Carroll’s civil suit against Trump.
Carroll’s attorney, Shawn Crowley, began her opening presentation by vividly recounting the story at the core of Carroll’s allegations. Crowley described Trump locking Carroll inside a changing room, and forcing her into sexual intercourse, even as she resisted. Crowley said now, nearly three decades later, Carroll is trying to hold Donald Trump accountable for what he did to her in that dressing room and to “restore her good name.”
There is no video or forensic evidence to support Carroll’s rape claim, and Carroll is not even certain whether the assault took place in 1995 or 1996. But Crowley told jurors this is not a “he-said, she-said” case, because Carroll’s allegations will be supported by the testimony of two friends of Carroll’s whom she told shortly after the alleged assault, with key details being backed up by two witnesses who worked at Bergdorf Goodman’s.
In his opening statement, Trump lawyer Joseph Tacopina attacked every element of the allegations, starting with Carroll’s character, saying she was motivated by money and fame. “You cannot let her profit from her abuse of this process and her attempts to deceive you,” Tacopina said, adding that her allegations undermine “real rape victims.” He said Carroll’s inability to remember the month or even the year of the alleged assault makes it impossible for Trump to provide an alibi.
Trump is accused of battery and defamation in this suit, which was filed late last year. Carroll has a separate civil suit against Trump for defamation only, which has not gone to trial.
The jury in the case is anonymous, for security reasons. The six men and three women will be known only by numbers assigned to them, and will arrive and leave every day by car, and be let out at undisclosed drop-off points.
Most of Tuesday morning was taken up by jury selection. But even before prospective jurors were questioned, New York federal district court Judge Lewis Kaplan bluntly admonished both legal teams to advise their clients and witnesses to avoid making statements that “are likely to incite violence or civil unrest,” and warned against “making comments or engaging in conduct that has the potential to jeopardize the safety or wellbeing of any individuals or the rule of law, particularly as it applies to proceedings in this courtroom.”
Trump has been known to attack judges and lawyers, and Carroll herself, on social media.
In addition to Carroll’s friends and the former Bergdorf’s staffers, Carroll’s lawyers say they will call to the stand two women who say Trump made aggressive and unwanted sexual advances, Natasha Stoynoff and Jessica Leeds. They will also present excerpts from the “Access Hollywood” video in which Trump boasts about his sexual conquests, in vulgar terms.
At the time it was released, Trump dismissed the tape as “locker room talk,” And Trump attorney Tacopina told jurors that’s what it was: “it’s not an admission of anything certainly,” he said.
Tacopina is not saying whether Trump will take the stand in his defense; if he does not, then the defense team has only one witness, Dr. Edgar Nace, a psychiatrist.
While Crowley kept a calm demeanor as she laid out Carroll’s claims, Tacopina at times appeared to be genuinely angry, his hands gripping the lectern and his voice rising.
The Giants are likely to trade the 2023 NFL Draft with 10 picks
The Giants are young across the roster, and that could make general manager Joe Schoen restless when the NFL Draft begins Thursday night.
After drafting 11 players in 2022, Schoen is armed with 10 more picks over seven rounds thanks to two compensating picks added for free agency starts and two picks added in past trades (one before he arrived).
That seems like an advantage for building a cost-controlled roster when “there are players making big money on our team and contracts on the horizon potentially,” Schoen said, but a case of too the youngsters could force the Giants into the trade market.
The Giants devoted an NFL-high 18,302 snaps to players 25 or younger last season, while the Steelers (16,451) ranked second, according to Sharp Football Analysis.
Adding 10 more rookies could mean hiring 39.6% of a 53-player roster later (or 30.4% of a full roster if you’re willing to risk running a draft pick through waivers to the practice squad) to the last two draft classes while trying to get back to the playoffs.
Finding other ways to capitalize on resources is an alternative.
Giants General Manager Joe SchoenBill Kostrun/New York Post
“If there’s someone we want to advance for, we have extra capital to do that,” Schoen said. “If we want to step back and recover [picks], We can do that too. You have to watch the list, not just today, but 2024, 2025.”
League sources told the Post they believe the Giants will actively pursue their trade by packing some of their seven picks in the fourth round or later.
Or try flipping a pick for a veteran with contract flexibility who could play important snaps at a position of need — like cornerback, safety or defensive tackle, sources said before the run was added on Monday. stuffer A’Shawn Robinson on the line.
“We will always pursue any type of opportunity to improve the roster,” Schoen said when asked if it was possible to do a defensive version of the previous trade of a third-round pick for tight end Darren Waller. “Whether it’s trade, draft, late round, college, free agency, whatever it is, definitely.”
Late first-round picks are usually a successful trade commodity, but that might not be the case if just 15 to 18 prospects receive first-round grades, as Cowboys executive vice-president Stephen Jones said Monday. , in what looked like a representation of scouting. community consensus.
The No. 25 pick, which the Giants own, has been traded in each of the last six drafts. Excluding the time the pick was traded 18 months before the draft, there was one trade down (to No. 31 to add a fourth-rounder and fifth founder) and four trades (to No. 12 involving separation with a future first; at n° 22 with a sixth for n° 25 and a fourth; at n° 22 for a fourth and a sixth; and at n° 23 for a fourth).
The likeliest place for the Giants to be aggressive and stay consistent with their approach to finding profitable starters, rival team sources said, is in the second round, with a possible trade from No. 57. , especially if a starting-caliber center is within range.
For reference, the Seahawks traded a third round to move from No. 59 to No. 48 in 2020 and the Browns traded a third round and received a fourth round in return (dropping 24 spots overall) to move from No. 59. at No. 52 in 2021.
Schoen traded twice in the second round last season, but it was a case of circumstances with few options to set a tight salary cap and want to reshuffle the bottom of a legacy roster. A year later, he even left open the possibility of tapping into 2024 draft capital to help the 2023 squad.
Giants coach Brian DabollPA“If he’s the right player and the value lines up, I’ll go up,” Schoen said. “If it was a future pick, I’d do it too. Last year, where we were at financially, we needed as many deep bits as possible. So going back a few times last year made sense. It gave us more body, so it was kind of the thought process that led to that.
The thought process could this time focus on quality rather than quantity.
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Black youth leader says he was mistakenly detained and escorted half-naked by Los Angeles County deputies
A young black California leader says he woke up last week at 4 a.m. to find deputies in his bedroom, guns in hand, who then escorted him out of his house half-naked – only to let him go after realizing he was not a burglary suspect. we are looking for.
Derrick Cooper, 54, said when he was wrongfully detained on April 18 he felt “less than human” and “humiliated”.
“I was not valued as a human being,” he said on Tuesday. “To blatantly walk in and out of my safe place and put me in a place where I’m helpless and scared for my life – that’s one of the worst things imaginable.”
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said Compton station deputies were dispatched to an attempted burglary call near the facility of the LA City Wildcats, a youth athletic academy that Cooper has run since 27 years old. Cooper’s apartment is in the same building, he said.
Cooper was held at the facility, but was later determined not to be a suspect and was released, the sheriff’s department said in a statement.
Derrick Cooper, 54, said when he was wrongfully detained on April 18 he felt “less than human” and “humiliated”.NBC Los Angeles“Please Don’t Shoot Me”Cooper said he thought he was dreaming at first when he heard three deputies yelling at him in his bedroom, shining lights on him early in the morning.
When he realized what was happening, he said, “I just went into survival mode.”
“I’m like, ‘They’re either here to kill me or I did something that I’m not aware of,’” he said. “I said, ‘I’m unarmed, I live alone, please don’t shoot me.’”
The deputies ordered him to get up and walk towards them, and he told them that he would obey but that he was naked from the waist down. He asked to put on underwear or pants, but was told he couldn’t.
“Even though I wanted to reach for something to cover, I just knew that if I did that, it wasn’t going to be good for me. So, as embarrassed as I was, I chose to be embarrassed to experience a another day,” he said.
He was then handcuffed. Cooper said he repeatedly asked, “Why am I arrested?” but no one ever told me why.
Deputies escorted him out of his home, into the commercial part of his building and out the door, he said.
“I thought [a deputy] was going to say, ‘Sit down, cover up, let me tell you why we’re here.’ It didn’t happen,” Cooper said. “That’s not right. He kicked me out of my apartment building on Compton Boulevard with no shoes or socks” and his lower half exposed.
He was put in a patrol car for about 20 minutes and said he heard the dispatch radio say, “You’re in the wrong building. Let him go.”
The sheriff’s department wouldn’t say if the deputies arrived at the wrong address. It read: ‘Compton Station is thoroughly investigating the incident.
Shortly after, officers apologized and Cooper returned to his apartment building, he said.
“I am exposed. I’m already embarrassed. I walked in and sat there for a very long time thinking, ‘I can’t believe this is happening,’” he said.
Cooper reviewed security camera video of both the exterior and interior of his building and found that the deputies had entered through the letter slot, reaching to unlock two locks to open the door.
Cooper’s lawyer, Jaaye Person-Lynn, said he and Cooper reviewed security video from an hour before the deputies arrived and saw no one lurking around, let alone a burglary suspect .
Liability requirementsPerson-Lynn said they still don’t know why the deputies contacted Cooper.
“We have not received any information, such as calls to 911 or any other information related to this call. So at this time we still don’t know what actually led the officers to show up,’ he said.
The ordeal shook Cooper.
“It’s just hard to sleep at night. I take it day by day. Some days it’s fine. Some days are not,” he said.
He has also not been able to be active in his youth academy, where he coaches basketball, football, cheer, dance and drums.
“The biggest disappointment I’m dealing with right now is that I can’t get involved with the kids in the community I serve,” he said. “Mentally, I can’t do them that favor right now. It’s so unfair to me. ‘Cause all I ever wanted to do in life was do what somebody did for me, give me a chance to be a kid, give me a chance to make memories and give me a chance to be a productive citizen.
Now Cooper wants to be held accountable.
He wants law enforcement to have proper training to make sure something like this doesn’t happen again, and he wants to hear from the sheriff’s office.
“It’s been a week since this happened to me, and no one has reached out or even shown empathy or sympathy for what happened to me from their department. This is simply unacceptable,” a- he declared.
A claim is filed; planned eventPerson-Lynn, the attorney, said he filed a lawsuit Monday against the sheriff’s department for damages on Cooper’s behalf. He claims multiple civil rights violations against Cooper, as well as negligent training, negligent supervision, assault and battery, false imprisonment, and false arrest.
In California, a government claim must first be filed before legal action can be taken, he said.
A peaceful protest and march demanding justice has been held on May 7, when protesters will march to Compton City Hall and the Compton Sheriff’s Station to demand justice for Cooper.
“I will not rest until justice is served. It’s so much bigger than me,” Cooper said. “I want to speak on behalf of those who have been killed in their homes by law enforcement and have been unable to speak. If God is going to use me in this capacity, so be it. accepted.”
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The Biggest Revelations From Madison Beer’s Book The Half of It
A Close CallMaking the music video for her song “Reckless,” one scene required a water tank and, Beer recalls, that was going to be the last scene they shot that particular night before calling it a day.
While she was exhaustedly getting ready, she writes, her manager came in and informed her that the tank had burst and all the water had flooded into the parking lot. They ended up shooting the scene later that very night in Beer’s pool at her house and everyone agreed that the underwater shots they needed were better than if they’d used that relatively confining tank.
As everyone was packing up, Beer recalls, a crew member told her that the lining of the tank was made of plastic. It ripped from the bottom and all the water sucked down like a funnel, he explained, and if she’d already been in the tank, she “‘would have been dragged under, too'” and been badly injured or stuck underwater.
Beer recalls how devastated she’d felt when the tank broke—but now she had the perfect shot, and she hadn’t been hurt in a freak accident. “I’ll never know exactly why it happened,” she writes, “but I went to bed that night feeling oddly grateful that it had.”
April 24, 2023
LeBron James leads Lakers to thrilling Game 4 overtime win over Grizzlies
The Los Angeles Lakers needed overtime, but they came away with their third win of the first-round series against the Memphis Grizzlies, 117-111, to take a 3-1 lead.
It was LeBron James who delivered the decisive blow to Memphis, as he made a lay-up at the wheel while being fouled by Dillon Brooks for a chance and one with 29.1 seconds left in overtime .
Although he missed the free throw, James’ layup made it a five-point game with 29.1 seconds left, and the Grizzlies couldn’t stage another comeback.
Austin Reaves #15 of the Los Angeles Lakers celebrates a three-pointer during Game 4 of the 2023 NBA Playoffs against the Memphis Grizzlies on April 24, 2023, at Crypto.Com Arena in Los Angeles, California. (Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images)
James finished the game with 22 points on the night on 8-of-18 shooting. But he had a stellar 20 rebounds to lead the game in this category with seven assists and two blocks.
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It was also James who took the game in hand when the Lakers dropped two points after Desmond Bane’s bucket with 6.1 remaining in the game, which made the score 104-102 in favor of the team. of road.
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James again drove to the basket and hit a layup with just a tenth of a second left in the game, causing the Crypto.com Arena crowd to erupt.
Ja Morant, who struggled on the field in this one, tried to hit a 21-footer for the win on the ensuing inbound play, but Anthony Davis blocked it to force overtime.
Austin Reaves continues to shine in the playoffs, as he led the Lakers in scoring with 23 on 7-of-16 shooting, including two three-pointers. He also had four rebounds, six assists and a steal.
Ja Morant #12 of the Memphis Grizzlies heads for the basket during Round 4 of the 2023 NBA Playoffs against the Los Angeles Lakers on April 24, 2023, at Crypto.Com Arena in Los Angeles, California. (Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images)
Davis struggled offensively for the Lakers in this one, but luckily the big man star’s missed shots ultimately didn’t cost his team. He was 0 of 5 from the floor with just two points in the first half and ended up finishing 4 of 13 for 12 points with 11 rebounds.
As for Morant, he only came out 8 of 24 from the field with 19 points on the night as well as four rebounds and seven assists. Bane would lead the game in points with 36 points on 13-of-29 shooting.
Los Angeles Lakers’ LeBron James #6 dribbles the ball during Game 4 of the 2023 NBA Playoffs against the Memphis Grizzlies on April 24, 2023, at Crypto.Com Arena in Los Angeles, California. (Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images)
However, Bane only made three of his 12 three-point attempts, despite being a perfect 7 of 7 from the charity strip.
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The series returns to Memphis for a must-see fifth game for the home team on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. ET.
Scott Thompson is a sportswriter for Fox News Digital.
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Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick stop swiping bans in just 14 seconds on Viral TikTok
Just like his character in “Footloose”, Kevin Bacon takes a stand against a ban through dancing.
The ‘Mystic River’ star posted a video on TikTok on Sunday in which he and his wife, actor Kyra Sedgwickdance to Taylor Swift’s “Karma” wearing matching t-shirts.
At the end of the 14-second clip, the two show off their shirts, which read, “Drag is an art and drag is a right.
The shirts – which protest a growing wave of government drag bans across the US – also include an illustration of a drag performer holding a fan adorned with a mustache and goatee to his face.
@Kevin BaconSlip bans are bad karma. Right now, drag artists and the LGBTQIA+ community need our help. Tap the link in my bio to purchase the #SixDegreesOfKB campaign supporting the @aclu Drag Defense Fund in the national effort to protect creative expression or giveaway. #DragIsARright
♬ Karma – Taylor Swift
“#DragBans are bad karma,” Bacon captioned the video on Twitter Sunday. “Right now, drag performers and the LGBTQIA+ community need our help.”
Bacon added that the shirts can be purchased through his nonprofit organization SixDegrees.com, which supports the American Civil Liberties Union advocacy fund.
Bacon’s videos quickly went viral, receiving 9.9 million views on Twitter and 2.3 million views on TikTok.
Republican state lawmakers have introduced 469 anti-LGBTQ+ bills in the United States this year, according to an ACLU legislation tracker.
Tennessee became the first state to restrict public drag performances in March. The law, signed by Republican Gov. Bill Lee, imposes criminal penalties on “a person who engages in an adult cabaret performance on public property,” where minors may view it. On the same day, the state also banned all gender-affirming care for transgender youth.
At least 14 other states — including Arkansas, Kentucky, North Dakota and Texas — have introduced bills in similar language.
Bacon and Sedgwick aren’t the only celebrities speaking out against slip bans. Over the weekend, Lizzo invited drag performers on stage at a concert in Knoxville in a powerful act of defiance against the Tennessee ban. The state law has since been temporarily blocked by a federal judge.
“In light of recent and tragic events and current events, I’ve had people online say to me, ‘Cancel your shows in Tennessee,’ ‘Don’t go to Tennessee,’” Lizzo said in Knoxville on Friday. “Their reason was valid, but why wouldn’t I reach out to the people who most need to hear this message? The people who most need to feel this version? Why don’t I create a safe space in Tennessee where we can celebrate drag artists?
She added, “What the people of Tennessee do is provide hope, so thank you so much for standing up for your rights, protecting each other, and holding accountable the people who should be protecting us.”
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Actor Danny Masterson drugged and raped women, prosecutor says
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Danny Masterson drugged and then raped three women in his Hollywood-area home between 2001 and 2003, a prosecutor told jurors Monday in his opening statement at the star’s retrial. “That ’70s Show”.
Assistant District Attorney Reinhold Mueller said Masterson put substances in drinks he gave to a longtime girlfriend and two women he knew through circles of friends around the Church of Scientology, that Masterson is all charged with rape.
“The evidence will show they were drugged,” Mueller told the jury. The defense denies the existence of such evidence.
A direct discussion about drugs was missing in the first trial – which ended in a mistrial when a jury deadlocked on all three counts – Mueller instead having to involve him through testimony from the women, who said they were dizzy, disoriented and sometimes unconscious on the nights they described the actor raping them.
But Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Charlaine F. Olmedo allowed the direct assertion at the second trial.
Masterson’s attorney, Philip Cohen, said in the defense’s opening statement that those fuzzy stories and claims are all the prosecution has, and he told jurors, “there is no charge drugs in this case”.
Lawyers for both sides have acknowledged there is no forensic evidence of any substances Masterson may have given the women, as the police investigation that led to the two trials did not begin until some 15 years after the events.
But Mueller said he would call an analyst from the police toxicology unit, “who will tell you how some of the more common drug-facilitated sexual assaults, how some of the more common date rape drugs work, at what speed they are metabolized, what the side effects look like.
Cohen replied that “a toxicologist can give his opinion on whatever he wants, but there is no toxicology report, there is no urine, no blood test, no DNA”.
Cohen was not allowed to refer to testimony from the first trial — something Olmedo repeatedly chastised him — but he said he expected the testimony this time to show that the one of the women Masterson is accused of raping watched him make the alleged drug addict drink. he gave him.
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Cohen told jurors that another of the women, a young actress who spent an evening alone with Masterson at his home in 2003, made no mention of drugs at the time.
“She talked to her mom about how her date with Masterson went, she talked to her friends, she never said to a single person, ‘I was drugged.’ Never,” Cohen said.
She would only mention that she had been drugged years later after the investigation began, Cohen said.
This and many other similarities between the women’s stories stem from them talking to each other and “cross-checking” the details of their stories, which they did several times even after the detective in the case warned them. that such communication could taint the case against Masterson, Cohen said.
The drug allegations echoed the trial of Bill Cosby, where women testified to similar experiences. Cosby’s conviction after two trials was finally thrown out by Pennsylvania’s highest court.
The Associated Press generally does not name people who say they have been sexually assaulted.
Masterson, 47, could face up to 45 years in prison if convicted.
Mueller also told jurors that the women did not immediately turn themselves in to authorities because Church of Scientology officials told them not to, and they were told what happened to them didn’t happen. was not rape.
Masterson is a prominent member of the church. All three women are former members.
The church said in a statement after the women’s testimony at the first trial that it “has no policy prohibiting or discouraging members from reporting the criminal conduct of Scientologists, or anyone else, to law enforcement.” “.
In another difference from the first trial, Olmedo allows expert witnesses to testify about these policies.
Cohen said prosecution expert Claire Headley, a former member of the church’s leadership group, is someone who works “to rid the world of Scientology, rid people of Scientology,” and told the jurors that they were going to “hear huge bias” in his testimony. . The expert on the defense witness list is her father-in-law, a current top Scientologist.
Actress Leah Remini, a former Scientologist who has become the church’s most prominent critic on social media and through a TV series she hosted featuring dissident former members, sat in the front row of the courtroom in support of Masterson’s accusers.
Masterson, who has been out on bail since his 2020 arrest, sat at the defense table, with a large coterie of supporters behind him, many if not all church members, who also attended his first trial. They included his wife, model and actor Bijou Phillips; his sister-in-law, “One Day at a Time” actor Mackenzie Phillips; and his brother, “Malcolm in the Middle” actor Christopher Masterson.
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Meghan Markle Recalls Her Kids’ “Meaningful Milestones” at TED Event
Although Meghan was able to make a virtual visit to his presentation, there’s another big event coming up that you won’t see her at. A source told E! News on April 12 that she will not be in attendance at King Charles III‘s coronation on May 6, which falls on the same day as Archie’s birthday. While Meghan will be absent from the royal event, Harry will be present to see his father crowned.
Her TED Talk message also comes after, The Telegraph reported on April 21 that Meghan sent a letter to Charles, where she expressed concerns over unconscious bias in the royal family.
The outlet reported that this letter was sent around the time of her and Harry’s 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey, where Meghan alleged on camera that Harry had “several conversations” with an unnamed royal about “how dark” Archie’s skin would be.
The Telegraph added that this alleged correspondence between Charles and Meghan is “thought to be one of the factors” behind her choice to not attend the coronation.
In response to that report, Meghan’s rep told E! News in an April 22 statement, “The Duchess of Sussex is going about her life in the present, not thinking about correspondence from two years ago related to conversations from four years ago. Any suggestion otherwise is false and frankly ridiculous.”
NFL Star Aaron Rodgers Leaving Green Bay Packers for New York Jets
Aaron Rodgers is jetting off to a new team.
The longtime Green Bay Packers quarterback has been traded to the New York Jets, a source with knowledge of the terms confirmed to The New York Times on April 24. The move concludes Rodgers’ 18-year history with the Packers, which began in 2005 when he was drafted by the NFL team.
Rodgers first shared his intention to leave during a March 15 interview on The Pat McAfee Show. “I haven’t been holding anything up at this point,” he said on the show. “It’s been compensation that the Packers are trying to get for me and kind of digging their heels in.”
Amid the waiting period, Rodgers noted that he was taking a step back and sending love and gratitude to Green Bay.
During his time as Packers quarterback, Rodgers led the team to a Super Bowl win in 2011 with a compelling victory against the Pittsburgh Steelers. As rumors around his potential departure to the Jets swirled in March, Rodgers addressed the talk but kept tight on details.
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