Cops waiting for former Steelers WR Antonio Brown to turn himself in

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Hollywood cops said Thursday they are waiting for former football star Antonio Brown to turn himself in after they issued a warrant for his arrest.

The warrant allows cops to take Brown into custody if they have contact with him, said agency spokesman Christian Lata. “It’s not a warrant to go into his house and capture him,” Lata said.

Hollywood police issued the arrest warrant after an alleged battery and burglary at his home Tuesday, which resulted in the arrest of his trainer, Glenn Holt.

Brown, 31, faces charges of burglary with battery, burglary of an unoccupied conveyance and criminal mischief less than $1,000, Lata said.

Police responded to a 911 call alleging battery about 2 p.m. Tuesday, and issued the warrant about 9:30 p.m. The alleged victim told officers he was battered by Brown and Holt.

It’s unclear who, if anyone, is representing Brown.

On Wednesday, Brown wrote on Twitter: “They want my name slandered.”

Police were called to Brown’s house on Estate Oak Circle several times in the past month to deal with incidents between him and his live-in girlfriend of eight years and the mother of three of his children.

After one of the confrontations, Hollywood cops last week returned $5,000 to Brown that was meant for kids’ football.

Citing “an irreparable rift” between police and Brown, they gave him back his money after they said he treated them “with disrespect and disdain.”

Last week, cops were called again and Brown was angry with Hollywood cops and waved a bag of gummy candies shaped like penises at his girlfriend.

This arrest adds to his legal troubles.

In September, he was accused of rape by a former trainer. Britney Taylor says Brown sexually assaulted her on three occasions, according to a federal lawsuit.

Taylor said Brown reached out to her via Facebook in June 2017 and asked the former gymnast for help with improving his strength and flexibility.

According to the lawsuit, Taylor was sexually assaulted by Brown on separate training trips to Pittsburgh and Florida that same month. The suit includes what it says are text messages from Brown bragging about the second assault.

Taylor says in the suit she then cut off ties with Brown. But she agreed to work with him again after she says he apologized and agreed to provide hotel accommodations for each training trip.

According to the lawsuit, Taylor and Brown were in Miami in May 2018 when he raped her in a bedroom at his home. Taylor says she shouted “no” and “stop,” but Brown refused.

But the lawyer who was representing him at the time said Brown was approached by Taylor in 2017 about making a $1.6 million investment in a business project. He declined. His lawyer also said Taylor traveled to his home on multiple occasions and asked for tickets to a Pittsburgh Steelers game.