Garafolo said he had heard Harrison had left before the room was trashed, adding onto a Marvez report saying Hopkins had left hours before the incident: https://twitter.com/MikeGarafolo/status/325006869049520129
Thanks. On the one hand, there's a sense that of course that's exactly what the agents would say. Someone else did it, my client left hours before that happened. On the other hand, Kyle Flood was pretty emphatic saying that he's never seen anything even close to that kind of thing from Mark Harrison, and meanwhile I could swear Nuk Hopkins' character is considered pretty clean.
Ah OK, so Mark Harrison being "cleared" is from NFL sources who have told Adam Schefter that they are "absolutely convinced" that Mark Harrison had nothing to do with it. DeAndre Hopkins on the other hand so far only has his agent Hadley Englehardt saying he checked out 6 hours before anything happened to the hotel room. I haven't seen coaches or NFL sources rushing to his aid. But it does sound like both players may be in the clear.
Gives new meaning to the concept of a smear campaign. Note: as per hotel employees, the bathroom was smeared all over with poo and had urine everywhere.
yeah I'd be shocked as sh-t to see something like that Nuk. He's been nothing but class and exudes high character. Here's Hopkins' statement: He also said