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Everson Griffen is being evaluated in a Minneapolis area hospital following an incident this weekend in which police were called to the hotel where the Minnesota Vikings' defensive base is located, a source said. to Josina Anderson.
The source said Griffen "received assistance on personal matters" and that the league was "comfortable with a good support system around him".
According to an incident report obtained by ESPN, authorities from the Minneapolis Police Department were called Saturday at the Ivy Hotel because a person was threatening to shoot at someone. he was not allowed to enter his room.
Although her name was expunged from the incident report, sources told Courtney Cronin of ESPN that the individual in question was Griffen, the defensive player of the ninth year of the Vikings.
The Vikings said Monday that they were concerned about Griffen's well-being.
"We are aware of the situation regarding Everson Griffen and certainly concerned about what we have heard," Vikings general manager Rick Spielman said in a statement. "We are currently focusing on the well-being of Everson and are providing the proper support for him and his family."
The incident report indicates that hotel staff believed that Griffen was perhaps under the influence of alcohol or narcotics. The report says he went to the hotel last week and caused trouble "every time he walked through the lobby." On Saturday, the situation worsened to the point that Griffen threatened to attack the hotel staff.
According to Minneapolis Police Department Information Officer John Elder, Griffen told the authorities "I'm leaving" after the police arrived at the scene. The police found no firearms and no arrests were made.
A league source contested some of the details of the incident report, saying there were "discrepancies" between the report and what had really happened.
A number of professional athletes, including Minnesota Wild and Twins players, live in the downtown Minneapolis hotel, built in 2008 and renovated in 2015.
Griffen, a three-time Pro Bowler, did not participate in the third week after being ruled out of a knee injury on Friday. Sources told Anderson that a number of Vikings players and coaches were unaware of Saturday's incident, even at the time of Sunday's matches.
Coach Mike Zimmer was asked to clarify why Griffen was not sidelined, to which he replied, "He has a personal problem and I will leave it there.
Griffen, 30, was arrested twice after his rookie season, the first incident having occurred on January 28, 2011, while he was suspected of public intoxication in Los Angeles. He was arrested a few days later for allegedly assaulting an officer during a roadside check.
Griffen played in his nine seasons with the Vikings and signed a four-year extension last year.
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