Brandon McManus is given deal with new NFL team – just days after he was cleared in sexual assault case
NFL kicker Brandon McManus has signed a one-year contract with the Green Bay Packers after being acquitted in his sexual assault trial last month.
In May, it was reported that two flight attendants claimed McManus “rubbed himself against them” during a Jacksonville Jaguars flight to London last September.
On September 30, it was announced that the NFL found there was insufficient evidence to discipline McManus, despite him being fired by his previous team, the Washington Commanders.
Now, McManus has found a new landing spot in the NFL, signing a one-year deal with the Packers.
He is expected to kick for the team in their game against the Houston Texans on Sunday.
NFL kicker Brandon McManus has signed a one-year contract with the Green Bay Packers
McManus, who until May had a one-year, $3.6 million contract with the Washington Commanders, strongly denied the allegations when they came to light in May.
“To be clear, these are absolutely fictitious and demonstrably false allegations made as part of a campaign to defame and discredit a talented and respected NFL player,” said Brett R. Gallaway, Partner, McLaughlin & Stern, McManus’ legal team. statement.
“We intend to aggressively defend Brandon’s rights and integrity and clear his name by exposing what these claims really are: an attempted extortion.”
The Jags played two games in London in the 2023 season, against the Atlanta Falcons at Wembley on October 1 and then against the Buffalo Bills at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on October 8. McManus played in both.
According to the lawsuit, the Jaguars flew to the United Kingdom on a charter flight from Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings on September 28, 2023, and the two women worked as flight attendants for the team.
They allege that the trip “quickly turned into a party” and that McManus and several other players “disregarded flight attendants’ personal space, air travel safety and federal law.”
Two female flight attendants said McManus tried to kiss one of them and rubbed against both of them while they were working. Pictured: The Jags during their September 28 flight to London
One of the women – identified only as Jane Doe I – accuses McManus of trying to kiss her while she was seated during a period of turbulence and squeezing her twice as she served meals to passengers.
The second woman, Jane Doe II, claims McManus resisted her as she served the second of the flight’s two meals before confronting him and then “grinned and walked away.”
Last season, the NFL star earned $2 million on his one-year contract with the Jacksonville Jaguars after being released by the Denver Broncos.
He made 30 of his 37 field goal attempts in 2023, and all 35 of his extra-point attempts.