Report: Bills' IK Enemkpali punched man he thought was a woman in 2011 incident
Buffalo Bills linebacker Ikemefuna Enemkpali, who was released by the New York Jets after punching teammate Geno Smith, reportedly punched a man he thought was a woman in a 2011 incident.
The altercation is said to have occurred between Enemkpali and a man he thought was a woman with whom he had arranged to have sex. He wasn't charged, but missed Louisiana Tech's 2011 home opener after undergoing surgery due to a hand injury sustained from the punch.
The details were reported by ESPN's Outside the Lines, which obtained the police report that the NFL linebacker filed against the man, who allegedly demanded money.
According to the police report, on Sept. 1, 2011, Enemkpali began exchanging messages with a new Facebook friend named "Missy Lee," who offered to perform oral sex on Enemkpali if he would come over to her house. He told police that after he entered the house through a side door, he saw a figure inside "covered head-to-toe in a blanket," and the person would not remove the blanket. "Enemkpali stated that he felt uneasy about the situation, so he left," the report states.
But Enemkpali returned to the house after "Missy Lee" called him and convinced him to come back. When he arrived, the person wearing the blanket still refused to remove it and also refused to turn on the lights. When a cellphone in the room rang, "the screen lit up the room enough to see that the person under the blanket had facial hair," the report states. Enemkpali said another person had also entered the room.
"Enemkpali stated that he felt that he was being 'set up' for a robbery of some type," the police report states. "Enemkpali stated that fearing for his safety, he then struck the subject in the blanket. Enemkpali stated that after he struck this person, their voice changed to that of a male. Enemkpali stated that he then left the residence through the window."
The incident reportedly caused at least one AFC team to take Enemkpali off their draft board.