KANSAS CITY, Mo. The 3-year-old son of Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill recently was removed from the custody of Hill and the boys mother, sources have told The Kansas City Star.
That development comes a month after news surfaced that Overland Park police took two reports involving Hill, one for battery and the other for child abuse and neglect.
Both incidents occurred at Hills Johnson County home, according to police reports dated March 5 and March 14, and involved a juvenile.
It isnt clear when their son was removed. Or who he is staying with now.
The Kansas Department for Children and Families would not confirm that the child had been removed. Federal and state laws prohibit the agency from talking about a specific case, a spokesman said.
Sources have told The Star in recent weeks that Hill and his fiancee, Crystal Espinal, have been working through a family court process called a child in need of care case. The couple was at the Johnson County courthouse Wednesday.
Generally, child in need of care cases involve the Department for Children and Families and the county court in instances where there are concerns about a family situation. A judge and lawyers representing the parents and the child discuss and make decisions about the childs safety and care.
In some cases, it can result in a child being removed from a home.
Earlier this week, when players including Hill reported for the first day of offseason workouts, Chiefs coach Andy Reid said he had nothing further to say about the investigation involving Hill.
I dont want to make judgment on anything other than he is here and he is working, Reid said. If there is anything to comment on, we will always put it out there for you. We are not hiding it.
Records obtained this week show that the NFL requested documents from Overland Park Police on March 12 asking for any relevant information, including photos and 911 calls, regarding Hill, his fiancee and their young son as it relates to alleged injuries sustained by the couples minor child. The Star first reported the child abuse investigation into Hill on March 15.
When asked Thursday about Hill, general manager Brett Veach said there wasnt much he could say.
I think its going to work itself out here, and well deal with the information as it comes, Veach said. Like I said, theres nothing Id probably be in a position to say right now on that.
The Kansas Department for Children and Families said last month that the agency had received a report and was investigating. Contacted earlier this week and asked whether the agency had completed its investigation, a spokesman said he could not comment on the status of a child welfare case.
The investigations involving Hill raise questions about the wide receivers future after the Kansas City Chiefs confirmed last month that they were aware of the law enforcement probe. Since he was taken by the team in the fifth round of the 2016 NFL draft, Hill has become one of the Chiefs and the NFLs most high-profile players while seeming to put his domestic violence history behind him.
Hill pleaded guilty in 2015 to domestic assault and battery by strangulation and received three years probation. He was arrested in December 2014 after he assaulted Espinal, his then-girlfriend who was eight weeks pregnant at the time.