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New England Patriots backmost Drake Maye has yet surgery his soundlessness connected coach Mike Vrabel’s photograph scandal pinch sports newsman Dianna Russini.
“Yeah, we’re present for Coach, we emotion Coach,” nan athlete told WHDH-TV 7News successful Boston Wednesday. “What he does for us, what he’s done for america this past year, you can’t speak into words, and conscionable thankful he’s our caput coach.”
Maye, 23, added that though he knows Vrabel is “dealing pinch immoderate worldly disconnected nan section and retired of nan coaching world,” he and his teammates are “here for him.”
“I cognize he’s gonna travel back,” he shared.
The NFL star’s remark comes astir a period aft Page Six released exclusive photos of Vrabel, 50, and Russini, 43, holding hands and hugging astatine a luxury edifice successful Sedona, Arizona.
The coach and nan sportscaster — who are some joined to different group — insisted they were joined by different friends astatine nan resort, contempt aggregate eyewitnesses disputing their claims.
“These photos show a wholly guiltless relationship and immoderate proposal different is laughable. This doesn’t merit immoderate further response,” Vrabel told america successful a connection astatine nan time.
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Russini said successful her ain statement, “The photos don’t correspond nan group of six group who were hanging retired during nan day. Like astir journalists successful nan NFL, reporters interact pinch sources distant from stadiums and different venues.”
Despite their denials, Russini was sidelined by nan New York Times and past resigned from her position arsenic elder NFL insider astatine nan Athletic.
For his part, Vrabel announced that he would not beryllium pinch his squad for Day 3 of nan 2026 NFL Draft to attraction connected family and individual matters and seek counseling.
A time later, Page Six published photos of Vrabel and Russini cozying up together astatine a dimly-lit New York City bar successful 2020 — six years earlier their Arizona edifice outing.
“They were kissing and they were each complete each other,” an eyewitness told Page Six. “He had a ringing on.”
At nan time, Mike was already joined to his wife, Jen Vrabel, while Russini was group to opportunity “I do” to her now-husband, Shake Shack executive Kevin Goldschmidt, conscionable six months later.
Following nan merchandise of nan latest batch of photos, Russini deleted her societal media accounts.
Page Six besides exclusively reported that nan pics prompted Mike and his wife, Jen, to person an emergency 24-hour matrimony summit successful Park City, Utah.
Mike and Russini each stock 2 children pinch their respective spouses.
