This just took a wild twist.
The Las Vegas Raiders' release of Christian Wilkins at the end of last week seemed to come out of nowhere.
Now, the story has a surprising twist.
There's already been lots of reporting on Wilkins going against team medical advice after an injury, which is what seemingly caused the Raiders to void the rest of his guaranteed money.
ESPN's Adam Schefter has unrelated information, though: A kiss was also involved.
Schefter appeared on The Pat McAfee Show to share that Wilkins had "playfully" kissed a teammate on the top of his head, and that teammate didn't like it.
"What's everybody dancing around and tip-toeing around, when you speak to people there, they say that Christian playfully went to kiss a teammate on top of his head," Schefter said. "Those same people said that player took offense to it. That's what everybody has been dancing around, an incident in the locker room where he allegedly, playfully kissed a teammate on top of the head, and that's what a lot of this talk has been about."
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That doesn't seem ideal.
There may still be more details to come out here, but Schefter seems to have at least that much information on good authority.
It also could complicate Wilkins' grievance against the Raiders for voiding his guaranteed salary.
This could also limit Wilkins' potential options for signing with a new team.
It seems like this story still has a long way to go.
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