This is getting stranger by the moment.
According to Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio, the New England Patriots employee that is said to be a person of interest in the entire Deflate-gate scandal is shown on video taking 24 balls (12 from the Colts and 12 from the Patriots) into a stadium bathroom for 90 seconds before reappearing on camera.
First, per a league source, the other “area on way to field” is a bathroom. The bathroom consists of one toilet and one sink and a door that locks from the inside.
Second, according to the same source, the person carried two bags of balls into the bathroom: the 12 balls to be used by the Patriots and the 12 balls to be used by the Colts.
Third, from the same source, the evidence comes from a surveillance video that was discovered by the Patriots and given to the NFL early in the investigation.
Fourth, again from the same source, the video shows the employee in the bathroom for approximately 90 seconds.
Earlier on Monday, Fox Sports Insider Jay Glazer reported that a locker room attendant employed by the Patriots was a person of interest in relation to the events that took place prior to the AFC Championship game against the Indianapolis Colts. Glazer’s report indicated that the league had video evidence of the individual in question.
The question now becomes whether important members of the Patriots, including quarterback Tom Brady and Bill Belichick, knew about what the employee was doing.
In any event, this has become absolutely absurd.