NFL Reportedly Knew Alvin Kamara Was a Suspect in Assault Case Prior to Letting Him Play in Pro Bowl

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Las Vegas Metropolitan Police arrested New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara on a battery charge Sunday night following the Pro Bowl, but revealed that they and the NFL knew Kamara was a suspect hours before the Pro Bowl began.

According to TMZ, the Las Vegas Police Department informed the NFL “hours before” the Pro Bowl that Kamara “was a suspect in a felony battery.” But the league maintains that it was only aware that the LVPD wanted to speak with Kamara, not that there was an arrest warrant.

“We were notified that law enforcement wanted to speak to him after the game regarding an incident. There was no arrest warrant at the time and he said he would speak to law enforcement which he did,” a league spokesman told ProFootballTalk.

NFL knew police wanted to speak to Alvin Kamara before Pro Bowl began. https://t.co/7wgL5KU6nG

— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) February 9, 2022

Twitter reacted to the news:

https://twitter.com/kdnets77/status/1491234653956866051

We're talking about the Pro Bowl, not the Super Bowl. Conspiracy theories are kinda weird. NFL isn't dying on the Pro Bowl hill.

— Joespizza (@Joespizza1) February 9, 2022

Uh oh https://t.co/s00o1hppRL

— ERIKA (@SKYBABE37) February 9, 2022

And they still let him play https://t.co/R57Eytz6EL

— Cornelius (@SportsTweet89) February 9, 2022

Letting him play in the Pro Bowl is just pretty much saying we don’t care what he allegedly did.

The NFL is going to have deal with this PR nightmare now.

As for Kamara, he’s probably facing a suspension.

What a mess.

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