Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill’s estranged wife, Lakeeta Vaccaro, has accused him of ripping her hair, throwing her to the ground and other instances of domestic violence in a newly unsealed document in the divorce case between the two that prompted an NFL review in September.
Though filed in September, the document was only made public Tuesday, after six news outlets requested the court unseal the records. TMZ had reported on the contents of the document last month, but it was confidential and not publicly available at the time.
The document, filed as an amendment to Vaccaro’s April petition for a divorce and published by multiple news outlets on Tuesday, including CBS News and Defector, alleges that Hill pressured Vaccaro to sign a postnuptial agreement, “becoming increasingly aggressive, violent, and demanding over time” when raising the topic.
Attorneys for Vaccaro and Hill did not immediately respond to requests for comment. But in a Sept. 4 letter from another one of Hill’s lawyers, Seth Schneiderman, to Vaccaro’s lawyer, Evan R. Marks, Schneiderman said the allegations in the amended petition are “demonstrably false, exaggerated, and distort prior events in a manner that suggests bad faith litigation.” That letter was also released alongside the unsealed document and published by Defector on Tuesday.
The NFL and the Dolphins did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The newly unsealed document details several allegations of violence by Hill throughout 2024 and 2025, including spitting in Vaccaro’s face, trying to forcibly remove her wedding ring, throwing her to the ground, “twisting and tugging on Plaintiff’s intimate body parts,” pulling her hair and more.
In one alleged incident outlined in the filing, Hill ripped a necklace from Vaccaro’s neck, “causing a physical injury including a cut and bruise.” Another part of the filing alleges that Hill threw Vaccaro’s phone at her, “threw a punch and tried to hit her pregnant stomach, but she deflected it.”
In another incident, Vaccaro said she was on the phone with her mother while in the car with Hill and that Hill told Vaccaro’s mother to tell Vaccaro “to get out of the car ‘before she gets hurt,’ and he told her that he had friends who would ‘hurt’ Plaintiff (Vaccaro).”
One of the allegations detailed in the filing is similar to a police report from April 7, in which authorities were called for a domestic disturbance but ultimately declined to charge Hill and closed the investigation. The divorce filing describes Hill shoving Vaccaro and throwing her computer in the presence of their daughter and Vaccaro’s mother. In the police filing from April, Vaccaro’s mother said she saw Hill throw the computer, describing Hill as “very aggressive and impulsive.” According to the police report, Hill and Vaccaro said the argument was not physical.
The September letter from Schneiderman urged Vaccaro’s lawyer to “reconsider proceeding with this amendment” and suggested future legal action could come.
“You and your client are undoubtedly aware that any filing of this nature will be scrutinized by the media and become part of the public record. Should these baseless allegations trigger an NFL investigation, suspension or loss of income for Mr. Hill, the reputational and financial damage will be substantial and may be actionable,” Schneiderman wrote.
The letter continues: “It is not in your client’s best interests and may expose all involved to significant liability. Should Mr. Hill suffer any reputational or financial harm as a result of this abuse of process filing and should the falsity of these claims be proven at trial, my client will pursue all available civil remedies against your client, your firm and you personally. Please govern yourself accordingly.”
The NFL opened a review into the allegations in September. The status of that review is unclear. Hill is out for the season after injuring ligaments in his knee in the Dolphins’ Week 4 game against the New York Jets.
Hill has faced legal trouble in the past. He was arrested in 2014 and pleaded guilty in 2015 to domestic assault and battery by strangulation of his pregnant girlfriend at the time, which led to his dismissal from the Oklahoma State football team and three years of probation.
In 2019, police investigated Hill but did not file charges around potential child abuse, and in 2023, he reached a settlement with a marina employee around allegations that he hit the employee during a dispute. In 2024, model and social media influencer Sophie Hall sued Hill, alleging he broke her leg during a football lesson.