NFL star Tyreek Hill’s estranged spouse awarded $500,000 damages in battery trial

A Miami jury on Tuesday discovered Tyreek Hill liable for 2 counts of battery however not answerable for the eight remaining claims made by Lakeeta Vaccaro – ending the high-profile civil trial involving the NFL broad receiver and his estranged spouse.

Hill, who has performed for the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs and Miami Dolphins, was discovered liable for 2 counts of battery – one stemming from an incident in January 2024, and one other from April 2025. The jury awarded Vaccaro $500,000 in compensatory damages however didn’t award her punitive damages.

The jury discovered Hill, 32, not answerable for eight different counts that included battery, assault and persevering with home violence.

The trial concerned allegations of abuse made by Vaccaro, 30, who on the stand described cases by which Hill allegedly pulled her hair and “handled me like I used to be, simply, a person.” The jury was additionally proven a photograph Vaccaro took of markings on her chest that she says have been made throughout an argument between the pair. Hill took the stand final week and principally denied what he known as “false allegations” made by his estranged spouse, whereas saying in a single occasion he shoved Vaccaro and “created a gap within the wall.”

Hill embraced certainly one of his attorneys and shook arms with others following the decision earlier than leaving the courtroom by himself.

Vaccaro’s lawyer, Paul Schwiep, had requested the jury to “restore her dignity” and was searching for $8m in damages from Hill.

“Money doesn’t undo the hurt, but it surely’s simply how our civil justice system works,” Schwiep stated.

Christi Bright stated Hill was grateful after the trial.

“Mr Hill was more than happy that he was in a position to get his story out and to have the ability to inform the global community what he’s not been in a position to talk about,” Bright advised reporters. “He’s very grateful.”

Hill remains to be working his means again from a dislocated knee and torn ligaments suffered in September 2025 whereas he was with the Dolphins, however his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, has indicated that his shopper needs to return to the NFL.