FBI investigating alleged extortion try towards Bucs’ Rachaad White

Tampa Bay Buccaneers working again Rachaad White was reportedly the sufferer of a regarding alleged crime.

Ian Rapoport of NFL Community posted a press release on Tuesday from attorneys Michelle Gervais and TJ Grimaldi. The assertion revealed that the FBI is at the moment investigating an alleged extortion try made towards White and his household.

“The FBI and different acceptable authorities are trying into an extortion try towards Rachaad White,” the assertion learn. “Unlawful and defamatory threats and calls for towards Rachaad and his household might be met with zero tolerance. We’ll proceed to train all authorized avenues to guard Rachaad’s rights as a sufferer of extortion.”

The assertion is the first-known public revelation that White was dealing with an alleged extortion try. No additional particulars got, however Jenna Laine of ESPN confirmed that White was certainly coping with “what was described … as an extortion try” and had retained the companies of Gervais and Grimaldi in response.

White, 26, was a third-round choose by the Buccaneers in 2022 (No. 91 total) and simply accomplished his third season with the workforce. After speeding for 990 yards as a sophomore in 2023, White cut up carries with rookie teammate Bucky Irving in 2024, ending with 613 speeding yards and three touchdowns (to Irving’s 1,122 yards and eight TDs).

About to enter the ultimate yr of his rookie contract in 2025, the previous Arizona State star White is just not the one NFL participant who has just lately confronted an alleged extortion try. Final summer season, a Seattle Seahawks defender additionally discovered himself on the heart of the same case.