San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick was mentioned by TMZ.com on Thursday as one of three NFL players involved in a “possible sexual assault” investigation in Miami. However, police quickly responded by saying no one has been charged and there is no evidence that a sexual assault occurred, but they did confirm that they are in the early stages of investigating a “suspicious incident.”
Kaepernick was silent after the reports surfaced on Thursday, but he took to social media on Friday morning to respond to the allegations made against him in the media.
(1/3) The charges made in the TMZ story and other stories I’ve seen are completely wrong. They make things up about me that never happened.
— Colin Kaepernick (@Kaepernick7) April 11, 2014
(2/3) I take great pride in who I am and what I do, but I guess sometimes you have to deal with someone who makes things up.
— Colin Kaepernick (@Kaepernick7) April 11, 2014
(3/3) I want to thank all of the people who have shared their encouraging sentiments. I assure you that your faith is not misplaced.
— Colin Kaepernick (@Kaepernick7) April 11, 2014
The 49ers have also said that they plan to look into all information from the investigation, so we will still have to wait to see how this all plays out.
Prior to Thursday, Kaepernick has had a clean image off of the field and it would be a shame to see an irresponsible report from a celebrity gossip site be what tarnishes that image.