“Shocking” - Tyreek Hill’s agent Drew Rosenhaus on police incident

this is Stephen a SP right here over the digital Airways of YouTube and of course iHeart Radio my guest has been ranked the number one agent by Sports Business Journal having negotiated over7 billion do in NFL and major league baseball player contracts he is the founder of Miami based rosenhouse Sports and the man who represents Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill he is the one and only Drew Rosen house right here with me Drew how are you buddy how's everything man it's it's uh better you know yesterday was one one of the most frustrating days of my 37 years as an agent Stephen a as an agent you never dream you're gonna get a call like I did from my client John new Smith on the Dolphins who calls me frantically saying Drew you got to get to the stadium right away the cops are beating on Tyreek they're choking him they're hitting him they have him on the ground in handcuffs I was like John are you kidding me is this some kind of joke how's this possible and uh I rushed to the stadium I immediately called the Dolphins and notified them in their security so they can go help out and I get there Tyreek still in handcuffs it was just mindboggling I I spent quite a bit of time talking to Tyreek he said Drew I I give you my word I didn't do anything to deserve that they uh apparently stopped him in route to entering the stadium to play the game about two hours and maybe 20 minutes before game time they gave him a ticket for reckless driving and uh the video is just uh it's appalling this is this is Tyreek Hill I mean any human being shouldn't be treated this way for um a traffic incident they uh they put him in handcuffs they had him on the ground they they had their knee on him he was just trying to go to work I mean he's literally outside the stadium you can see him in the background there in the video and what are they doing to him I mean he wasn't fighting back but by no means did he resist this is completely abusive unnecessary scary it was one of the low points of of my my career to see a client treated this way at his own stadium now now you said you one of your clients Janu called you and told you that they were beating him they were kicking him whatever once you got there and he was still in cuffs first of all what did you specifically see once you arrived well once I got there uh the Dolphins head of security Drew Brooks was there as well and they took the Cuffs off uh at approximately the same time that I arrived at that point I was just uh working with Tyreek to just settle him down he was so upset with the way they have treated him he was so uh Disturbed that you know his family would would be exposed to seeing him treated this way uh you know his teammates Kus Campbell and John new Smith were both there the police were giving them a hard time uh both of those players were very upset very distraught told me that they thought the force was excessive it's just a sad situation to see an individual forget that Tyreek a a player but anybody just for uh giving a citation for moving violation who's clearly not a threat or fighting back to be treated that way is just mindboggling and and if I could just say yeah Ty Tyreek is obviously he's obviously driving his sports car he's obviously black they were white officers I mean it's just really sad in oury to see this type of treatment I don't know that they know whether he was Tyreek or not but but have some awareness that he's trying to get to the game and go to work Drew let me ask you this question you're you know you've been obviously you're very influential very powerful agent you've been in the World of Sports for so many years like you said 37 years and counting for crying out loud I I would ask you this you've also been based down there you were smart enough to be based down there there a no state income tax state down there you've been smart enough to be down there all of these years you're obviously a very influential individual when you showed up did you say anything specifically to the officers did they say anything to you I was really focused on Tyreek uh I I said to the officers involved what what's going on here you know and and initially they were uh very rude to me as well initially didn't want to let me get to Tyreek I said look I'm tyre's agent I'm a lawyer as well you're not going to stop me it was just a shocking scenario to see our client treated in this capacity with that being said where you where do you go from here because I I know they say there's an investigation going on but they did Issue a statement saying that they felt Tyreek Hill was uncooperative but one of the officers has been resigned to desk Duty I guess um where do you go from here what's your recourse from this point forward well I trust Tyreek he said he wasn't uncooperative but uh even if he even if he was uh explaining that he was trying to get to the game trying to get into the stadium explaining who he was that doesn't lend itself to put a guy in cuffs and put him on the ground and uh hit him and and put their knee on his back and Tyreek said they put him in a choke hold at one point I mean he wasn't resisting at all obviously the citation was just for reckless driving it is where do we go from here we're we're going to investigate we're trying to get the footage from the body cams Tyreek what he says is gold as far as I'm concerned with the way he was treated but we'll document everything we'll get the evidence and if it's warranted we'll take legal action we want to make sure this doesn't happen anymore we want to make sure that not only is uh you know the people involved here from the police standpoint that mistreated my client that they're punished that they're disciplined for this and and hopefully this sets an example that this type of conduct will not be tolerated uh not just towards professional athletes but anybody that doesn't deserve this there should be no abuse of police power Tyreek said to the police look I I love police officers one day I would would love to be involved with law enforcement but the way you guys treat to me was not right and was out of hand and he uh he was just so upset Stephen A we were trying to settle him down and and obviously he did calm down and what he did was unprecedented I've never seen a professional athlete go go from being arrested to playing in a game and scoring a touchdown and a brilliant one as it was I mean just you got to give Tyreek a lot of credit obviously he uh made light of the situation with his celebration with the Handcuff gesture but it was certainly no laughing matter by any means and I had dinner with Tyreek last night with his family and they were still trying to process this and and his attorneys are going to take whatever action they can to make sure that these people involved here these police officers um you know are are held accountable and will not be able to do this again to anyone else under these circumstances certainly didn't warrant that typee of physical uh treatment last question to you how supportive are the Miami Dolphins not of him I know they're supportive of Tyreek Hill but on you and Tyreek Hill potentially pursuing further action in light of what transpired what are the dolphin position on that well I thought they they couldn't have been any more supportive of Tyreek they were uh obviously very upset in my interactions from the owner Steven Ross to the general manager Chris Greer obvious so I spent time with them um they reached out to me yesterday and said that I talked to the team president Tom garfinkle he said he was going to do everything within his power to pursue this on behalf of Tyreek uh the Dolphins reached out to me and said there was an internal affairs investigation that was taking place that they were going to help us with that so I take my hat off to the Dolphins the NFL players Association reached out to me countless players coaches General Managers from other teams were really upset seeing the way that Tyreek was treated there's no place for this and our society and uh and obviously I was encouraged to to do everything I can to help Tyreek and straighten this situation out for the future and I will Drew rosenhouse one of the best in the business ever good seeing you my man good looking forward to seeing you again in the very very near future take care Tyreek and we'll catch up later all right thanks Stephen take care take care when only Drew Rosen house you heard what he had to say