Tyreek Hill, a free-agent NFL wide receiver, testified in his divorce proceedings and battery case in Miami on Thursday. During the testimony, he denied most of his wife Lakeeta Vaccaro's abuse claims but admitted to physically pushing her into a wall, leaving marks. He also claimed that their marriage led to decreased performance on the field due to constant arguments over finances and a post-nuptial agreement. The proceedings are set to continue with cross-examination by Vaccaro’s attorney scheduled for Friday.
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Free agent NFL wide receiver Tyreek Hill took the witness stand in his divorce and battery civil case in Miami on Thursday and it was as explosive as his speed and play-making ability on the field.
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During approximately two hours of testimony Hill ...
Claimed his 18-month marriage to Lakeeta Vaccaro Hill was punctuated by arguments about her refusal to sign a post-nuptial agreement, her stealing between $60,000-$100,000 a month from a family account, her insistence his family leave their sprawling Broward County estate, and occasionally him flirting with other women.
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Hill, 32, denied he ever punched Vaccaro's stomach while she was pregnant, twisted her breasts, pulled out her hair, shoved a lit blunt into her face, or left her on the side of a road – which Vaccaro claimed on the witness stand earlier this week.
But Hill did admit to throwing Vaccaro up against a wall of their Sunny Isle, Florida condo, creating a hole in the structure.
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He did admit to threatening her by saying he knew people who could hurt her.
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And he did apologize for cursing out both Vaccaro and her mother – a rant that is on tape.
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Hill accused Vaccaro for indirectly being responsible for causing the fire that burned down their home in Broward County.
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And he also accused her for causing him to play worse once they got married because of the constant fighting.
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"I felt like If you look at my career before and my career after I got married it was, like, trending down," he testified.
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I was like, man, am I really putting this product on the field? Do I really look that bad?
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Hill's testimony wrapped up at 5:41 p.m. but he is scheduled back on the witness stand on Friday because Thursday's session was all direct testimony.
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Vaccaro's attorney will have a chance for redirect on Friday.
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Hill and Vaccaro were married in November 2021 but there was no prenuptial or post-nuptial agreement.
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And that became one of the pillars of their constant fighting during the 18-month marriage.
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"Obviously the postnup is definitely one of the constant arguments and then finances," Hill said.
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"I think that's a very important topic that has to be explored through this whole entire thing.
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Then money getting stolen, and the mother of my kids.
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I would literally have conversations with the mothers of my [other] kids and she would be, 'You're doing, X, Y, Z with them.
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Hill admitted he and Vaccaro discussed the postnuptial seemingly countless times.
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And often those ended in arguments.
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Hill accused Vaccaro of marrying him because of her interest in his money.
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It began with Vaccaro taking $10,000 one time before their marriage.
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And then, he testified, the sums got larger after the marriage.
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"I was like, babe, why you stealing money?" Hill testified.
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"All you have to do is say, 'help me out.'
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She stole money then.
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She stole money during the marriage while getting what she was already getting, which she was getting $15K.
"Then she was taking around $60K a month and I would see that and it'd be, 'You're giving this person this and that person that.'"
Hill also said Vaccaro's monthly take at one point was $100,000 in one month.
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He also testified that Vaccaro didn't like his family around their baby girl.
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But when the couple's home burned and they moved to the swank Porsche Design Tower in Miami, she moved her mom in.
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"It was one of those where I said have your mom come down for a little bit to help you out at the beginning of the pregnancy," Hill said.
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"I didn't know she was going to come down and stay for two years."
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The couple split but agreed to get counseling.
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During one of those sessions, Hill said, both agreed many of their conversations "were getting out of hand."
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That included allegations by Vaccaro that Hill was physically abusive on at least eight different times.
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Hill denied all those happened except one time he came home to pack clothes and leave.
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"As I'm getting my clothes, I feel somebody brush up behind me," Hill said.
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"And that person brushing up behind me is my wife and I'm like, hold on, hold on ...
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That continued for like five minutes.
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"I told her don't you ever touch me again in your life.
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I pushed her against the wall.
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And I tried to force her to get off me.
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…and 14 more, not listed.
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