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Jury finds Tyreek Hill liable for 2 battery counts, awards $500,000 to the NFL star's estranged wife

Marcus Chen
Managing Editor · Wednesday, October 14, 2026 at 3:58 AM · 1 min read
Jury finds Tyreek Hill liable for 2 battery counts, awards $500,000 to the NFL star's estranged wife — News4JAX Sports, Nocatee Sports news
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A Miami jury on Tuesday found Tyreek Hill liable for two counts of battery but not liable for the eight remaining claims made by Lakeeta Vaccaro — ending the high-profile civil trial involving the NFL wide receiver and his estranged wife.Hill, who has played for the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs and Miami Dolphins, was found liable for two counts of battery — one stemming from an incident in January 2024, and another from April 2025. The jury awarded Vaccaro $500,000 in compensatory damages but did not award her punitive damages.The jury found Hill, 32, not liable for eight other counts that included battery, assault and continuing domestic violence.The trial involved allegations of abuse made by Vaccaro, 30, who on the stand described instances in which Hill allegedly pulled her hair and “treated me like I was, just, a man.” Hill took the stand last week and mostly denied what he called “false allegations” made by his estranged wife, while saying in one instance he shoved Vaccaro and “crea

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