MIAMI — Rapper Lil’ Wayne was involved in an altercation with Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant at a Miami nightclub that eventually led to the NFL star being detained by police, according to a report Wednesday from the Miami Herald.
The embattled Bryant’s mentor, David Wells, confirmed Tuesday that Bryant was involved in a scuffle at LIV nightclub at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach Sunday night.
On Wednesday it emerged that the scuffle had involved a famous rapper’s entourage, WFAA-TV reported, before a Herald source said that rapper was Lil’ Wayne.
The altercation reportedly started after Bryant was mocked for his subpar season and financial woes, but it was not specified who made the remarks.
Bryant had been trying to avoid the media spotlight since a report surfaced that he would be served with a lawsuit at the team hotel when the Cowboys were in the New York area to play the Giants on Jan. 1, FOX Sports Southwest reported.
The suit is being brought by Endurance Capital Fund, a New York-based finance company, which said Bryant owes more than $50,000 on an original $100,000 loan. The company said the debt was past due for more than a year and that Bryant had eluded process servers in Texas.
Earlier last season, Bryant settled two other lawsuits brought by jewelry makers. One of the lawsuits alleged Bryant owed $600,000 for jewels and sporting event tickets, the other claimed he owed $240,000 for jewelry.
Last March, Bryant was issued a criminal trespass warning and temporarily banned from an upscale Dallas mall. Bryant later apologized for directing profanity at an off-duty police officer who had asked the player and his companions to pull up their sagging pants.