Tyreek Hill and Keeta Vaccaro are continuing to trade jabs through their divorce proceedings.
Vaccaro has accused the Dolphins wideout of trying to silence and intimidate her, according to a filing by her lawyers that was obtained Tuesday by the Daily Mail, which was in response to Hill’s motion requesting a gag order on their legal battle, originally filed by his attorneys on June 23.
“In terms of purpose, the Husband’s motion is a clear attempt to silence and intimidate wife’s counsel and control the representation that she receives in this litigation,” Vaccaro’s legal team stated, accusing Hill of displaying a “pattern of coercive control” in the matter.
“The Goose-Gander Rule is instructive, and its application reveals the hypocrisy of husband’s position,” Vaccaro’s lawyers said.
“He wants to silence the wife’s lawyers while his own pleadings disparage and denigrate the wife.”
The remarks from Vaccaro’s lawyers were in reference to Hill’s June 23 filing, in which his attorneys, Michael Gottlieb and Christi Bright, asked Miami Judge Spencer Multack to prohibit Vaccaro from making “denigrating, disparaging and uncivil statements” that may harm his reputation in future filings.
In her response, Vaccaro’s attorneys, Evan Marks and Carolyn West, said the eight-time Pro Bowler wants a special grant for a gag order “because he is famous’ and doesn’t want to “look bad.”
Vaccaro also alleged Hill, with whom she shares an 8-month-old daughter, Capri, hasn’t paid temporary spousal or child support, among other things.
“In the context of Husband not providing exclusive use of the martial residence, not providing use of a vehicle, not providing temporary spousal or child support or attorney’s fees pendente lite, not agreeing to any timesharing schedule if it is not 50/50 and other behaviors and demands of Husband, the motion is another example of the Husband’s pattern of coercive control, and it must be denied, because there is no legal basis for it,” her filing read.
Since filing for divorce from Hill earlier this year, the split between Vaccaro and the Dolphins wideout has only gotten messier.
Hill — currently entering his fourth season with the Dolphins amid offseason trade rumors — accused Vaccaro of stealing cash and “fraudulently obtaining access” to his financial accounts to make unauthorized transfers to herself, her business and her 62-year-old mom, according to the Daily Mail.
“Three days before he filed his motion to enjoin, he filed a pleading in which he alleged, through counsel, that the wife ‘has a history of stealing; and related statements, leading to the publication of one article with the headline: ‘NFL Star Tyreek Hill Accuses Ex Keeta of Stealing From Him,'” Vaccaro’s attorneys wrote.
“Instead of asking this court to enjoin the husband’s lawyers from making such statements, the wife is marshalling the evidence that she will present to prove they are false.”
Vaccaro filed for divorce in April, calling her marriage to Hill “irretrievably broken.” The filing took place a day after police responded to a domestic dispute at their Miami residence, during which Capri was present.
Vaccaro’s mother, Alesia Vaccaro, said she called 911 because she feared for her daughter’s safety after seeing a “very aggressive and impulsive” Hill throw a laptop on the floor and walk toward the 35th-floor balcony with her granddaughter, according to an incident report.
Police said Capri appeared to be in good health, but did notice a bruise on Vaccaro’s upper chest.
No arrests were made in the incident.
In a separate emergency court filing, Vaccaro alleged that Hill disappeared in the aftermath of their dispute for two nights only to return and take the couple’s infant daughter without the mother’s consent.
The motion requested temporary exclusive use of the couple’s home for Vaccaro, along with limiting Hill’s access to Capri to “supervised timesharing.”
Hill and Vaccaro tied the knot during Miami’s bye week in November 2023, after the pair had been engaged since July 2021.
Hill has three children with ex-fiancée Crystal Espinal — son Zev and twins Nakeem and Nyla — in addition to multiple alleged children from other relationships.