MIAMI (AP) — A Miami jury on Tuesday found Tyreek Hill liable for two counts of battery but not liable for the eight remaining claims made by Lakeeta Vaccaro — ending the high-profile civil trial involving the NFL wide receiver and his estranged wife.
Hill, who has played for the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs and Miami Dolphins, was found liable for two counts of battery — one stemming from an incident in January 2024, and another from April 2025. The jury awarded Vaccaro $500,000 in compensatory damages but did not award her punitive damages.
The jury found Hill, 32, not liable for eight other counts that included battery, assault and continuing domestic violence.
The trial involved allegations of abuse made by Vaccaro, 30, who on the stand described instances in which Hill allegedly pulled her hair and “treated me like I was, just, a man.” Hill took the stand last week and mostly denied what he called “false allegations” made by his estranged wife, while saying in one instance he shoved Vaccaro and “created a hole in the wall."
Hill, wearing a dark polo shirt on Tuesday, embraced one of his attorneys and shook hands with others following the verdict before leaving the courtroom by himself.
It wasn't immediately clear what the verdict means for Hill's return to the NFL. He is still working his way back from a dislocated knee and torn ligaments suffered in September 2025 while he was with the Dolphins, but his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, has indicated that he could be ready to play by November.
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FILE - Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill sits in the end zone before an NFL football game against the New York Jets, Sept. 29, 2025, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Martin Pospisil scored the tiebreaking goal with 4:22 left, Yegor Sharangovich added an empty-netter with 1:22 remaining and the Calgary Flames beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-2 on Tuesday night.
Adam Klapka and Aydar Suniev added goals, and Dustin Wolf stopped 22 of 24 shots as the Flames (1-5) won for the first time this season. Beckett Sennecke and Leo Carlsson scored goals, and Lukas Dostal had 32 saves for the Ducks (4-2).
Pospisil’s decisive goal came after he took a pass from Suniev at the center circle, skated down the left side, deked Anaheim defenders Tyson Hinds and Tristan Luneau by faking a shot and snapped the puck past Dostal’s short side for a 3-2 lead.
Anaheim gave up the game-tying goal just eight seconds after killing Calgary’s 5-on-3 advantage — with the help of Dostal’s four saves — for two minutes of the second.
As Sennecke (tripping) and Alex Killorn skated out of the penalty box, Flames winger Ryan Strome snuck a cross-ice pass from the outside the left circle to Suniev, who snapped a shot from the inside edge of the right circle past Dostal’s blocker for a 2-all tie at the 8:02 mark.
The Flames took a 1-0 lead 8:32 into the first when Maksim Tsyplakov intercepted a pass in the Anaheim slot and touched a pass back to Klapka, who beat Dostal.
But the Ducks tallied twice within a 1:56 span of the first for a 2-1 lead. Sennecke stole the puck at his own blue line and beat Wolf glove-side for a breakaway goal with 7:51 left, and Carlsson's shot from the right circle went over Wolf’s left shoulder for a power-play goal with 5:55 left.
Roger McQueen, Anaheim’s first pick in the 2025 draft, made his NHL debut after being recalled from the AHL San Diego Gulls. The 20-year-old center did not find the score sheet in 11 ½ minutes of ice time.
McQueen replaced center Ryan Poehling, who suffered a medial collateral ligament sprain that will sideline him for six to eight weeks. Ducks forward Cutter Gauthier missed the game because of a lower-body injury and is day-to-day.
Ducks: Host Boston on Friday.
Flames: At Vegas on Thursday.
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Anaheim Ducks defenseman Drew Helleson (14) shoots as Calgary Flames center Yegor Sharangovich (17) defends during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)
Anaheim Ducks left wing Jeff Malott (39) checks Calgary Flames defenseman Zach Whitecloud (28) during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)
Anaheim Ducks left wing Jeff Malott (39) fights against Calgary Flames right wing Adam Klapka (43) during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)
Calgary Flames defenseman Kevin Bahl (7) checks Anaheim Ducks left wing A.J. Greer (18) during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)
