On Thursday morning, TMZ Sports published a story detailing the accounts of three women who accused Green of sexually assaulting them. Two of the women are alleging the linebacker raped them, and a third claims Green groped her inappropriately.

It didn’t take long for the Falcons to address the situation, with their official Twitter handle posting at 10 a.m. ET simply: “The Falcons have waived LB Torrey Green.” 

Although his name was not mentioned (due to him not being formally charged), The Salt Lake Tribune ran a detailed story last month regarding these womens’ claims and how they were handled by the university and police. As proof that the story was about Green, let’s look at the similarities between the stories.

TMZ’s report lists two dates: January 14, 2015 and November 21, 2015. The Tribune’s story lists both of these dates, and in the January accusation, it lists the same quote used by the accuser in the TMZ story. 

“You aren’t the kind of girl that would report rape [are you]? Because that would ruin my career,” is what the woman claims Green told her.

In addition, two posts to Imgur (an image uploading site) also accuse Green of sexual assault. In an image with the headline “Torrey Green rapist” uploaded in May, the caption reads:

In the second image, uploaded last month, the photo links back to the Tribune’s article and mentions that it’s a former Utah State football player who signed a free agent contract with the Falcons. Even though his name isn’t mentioned in the post, Green is the only player who fits that description.

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“Over the course of about six months, four USU students independently reported to police and the school that the same student had violently raped them,” part of the caption reads. 

The uploader claims they are personal friends with one of the accused victims, and says they noticed their friend had “finger print shaped bruises on her thigh and neck where he held her down and choked her so she couldn’t scream.”

Here’s what they claim happened with their rape accusations:

No charges were ever filed against Green, although TMZ claims three cases are being reviewed by D.A.’s office.

After raping one of his victims, the football player went so far as to preemptively call the detective and warn him that his victim was going to report him for rape, but that of course it was false. The detective didn’t seem to think this was out of the ordinary. The police forbade the victims from speaking to each other or meeting each other. Something that is not only detrimental to an investigation but illegal. My friend told the police she wanted to put up fliers around campus to try to find other victims that could help.

The police forbade her from doing so saying that it would ‘interfere with the investigation.’ They said that after they brought him in for questioning she could search for other victims. They never brought him in for questioning. My friend was unable to contact them for months, calls and texts were ignored. Finally, she received a short text stating that her case had been dismissed. And that was it."

“We take any reports about our players very seriously, and with regard to the allegations, until we find out more information, we will not make any other comments,” Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff said in a statement.

Utah State University sent a statement to the Tribune last month saying in part, “We continue to review our policies for better efficiencies and effectiveness. We also are constantly evaluating the already-extensive support services we have available so we can pro-actively help address the problem of sexual assaultand its effects on students enrolled at USU.”

UPDATE: 

Zack Teperman of ZTPR, a California-based public relations firm, that is representing Torrey Green says, “Our client Torrey Green would like to apologize to Arthur Blank, Dan Quinn, Jeff Ulbrich and the entire Falcons organization for this distraction and the unfortunate accusations. At this time Torrey has complete faith that any further investigation will prove his complete innocence and he will be exonerated. It’s a shame his name is being dragged out there in the media and that this young man’s bright future in the NFL is taking a major hit. Torrey will continue to cooperate with authorities if needed, and looks forward to his next NFL opportunity.”