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Patriots owner: Jabrill Peppers ‘is gone’ if domestic violence allegations are true
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Patriots owner: Jabrill Peppers ‘is gone’ if domestic violence allegations are true

FOXBOROUGH – As the Patriots pursue due process against Jabrill Peppers, Robert Kraft said there will be zero tolerance if the allegations against the safety are true.

Peppers was arrested following a reported domestic dispute and is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, strangulation or suffocation, possession of a Class B substance (cocaine), and battery on a household or family member.

During an appearance on “The Breakfast Club,” Kraft said Peppers is “gone” if the allegations are true.

“When you read the (police report) for the first time, it turns your stomach,” Kraft said, via Mike Reiss of ESPN. “Once he is placed on the commissioner’s exempt list, they will conduct their independent review. We do ours. If what was reported is true, he’s gone. There have been some indications that this was a hoax and much of what has been reported is not accurate…We want to know the facts.”

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The NFL placed Peppers on the commissioner’s exempt list this week, meaning Peppers is barred from New England games and practices. Under league rules, he is still allowed to be at the facility, but Jerod Mayo said security won’t be the team’s responsibility for now.

“I just want to make it clear that absolutely any domestic violence is unacceptable to us,” Mayo said Wednesday. “As a team, whether players or staff, we are firmly against any kind of domestic violence. I know the organization’s position, which I fully support. With that in mind, I think Jabrill needs to go through the (legal) system, continue to go through due process and we’ll see how that works out. What I’m saying is that the league has placed him on the exempt list and that will give us more time to really gather more information in the future. He is currently not in the building and we will discuss this at a later date.

“As a father of three daughters, I fully understand the seriousness of the allegations and hope that they are not true. But we will go through that due process.”

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