Ex-wife’s Adrian Griffin allegations resurface amid hiring

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The Milwaukee Bucks grabbed headlines on Saturday after it was revealed the front office had decided to hire Adrian Griffin as their new head coach. Unfortunately for the Bucks, the 48-year-old coach was embroiled in shocking controversy as soon as he landed the top job in Milwaukee.

Three years ago, Griffin was embroiled in a nasty legal battle with his ex-wife, Audrey Griffin. Adrian’s former wife went public with her allegations, taking to social media to accuse Griffin of physically assaulting her. The ex-couple took their dispute to court and it turned into an ugly controversy in its own right.

Unsurprisingly, those accusations have resurfaced now that Griffin has been hired as the Bucks’ new head coach. CBS Sports reporter Sam Quinn provided the troubling details of the Griffins case:

In a 2020 social media post, Audrey Griffin accused Adrian of choking her, throwing her against a wall and dragging her across the lawn while pregnant, among other things. Griffin has denied the charges and hasn’t been charged with anything, Quinn wrote in his tweet.

Here is Audrey Griffin’s original post from August 2020:

Raptors assistant coach Adrian Griffin, Audrey Griffin’s ex-wife, accuses Griffin of abuse.

It’s not a good look for Toronto. pic.twitter.com/rhpUVLfR0m

ContentNBA (@ContentNBA) August 13, 2020

For his part, Griffin has denied all the allegations, even going so far as to counter his ex-wife. In a public statement, the Adrian Griffins camp reversed Audrey’s situation by exposing her alleged lies:

These are all lies, completely fabricated to take advantage of the current online climate where a woman’s unsubstantiated accusation would be inherently crude, no matter how false or outlandish, Griffins’ attorney wrote in the lawsuit, per TMZ. Sports. In today’s lost cancel culture, where angry mobs patrol the bowels of social media ready to pounce, an accusation, with or without evidence, equals a conviction. Sterling knew his accusations were false. She made them anyway and persisted in making them until her bloodlust was quenched. Either way, that can’t be a good look for the Bucks right now. There is no doubt that the organization is well aware of this scandal and has done due diligence with the same. Certainly, this was taken into account when they made their decision.

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