Patriots' Moss denies attacking woman

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“She has her own house. She has her own car,” Moss said. “So how am I going to deny someone medical attention when you live by yourself and have your own vehicle?”

He said the allegation will not distract him in Sunday’s game against the San Diego Chargers.

“Last Friday, this man wanted to come out with it,” Moss said, apparently referring to someone siding with Washington, “just to try to distract the team and distract me.

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“There was much more said, a lot of verbal, a lot of cuss words, a lot of things that I should be doing. You better do this or else. ... Well, I thought it was bad because now you’re threatening me, so I brought it to coach.”

He said Patriots coach Bill Belichick told him to focus on football.

“They’re false allegations, something I’ve been battling for like the last couple of days of threats going public if I didn’t pay X amount of dollars,” Moss said. “So before people rush quick to judgment, I think you need to find out the facts about, really, what’s going on.

“This young lady by no means is hurt. I didn’t hurt her.”

Two teammates voiced support for Moss.

“I don’t know the situation,” linebacker Tedy Bruschi said. “He’s a teammate of mine so by me saying he’s a teammate of mine, it’s almost me saying he’s a family member.”

“I don’t think any of that situation is going to be on the field for us on Sunday so it doesn’t bother me,” running back Kevin Faulk said. “He’s our teammate, He’s like a brother.”

Moss said athletes are targets for false allegations.

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“It’s very unfair to athletes if a person makes a false claim. You know, there’s nothing that we can do,” Moss said. “The only thing that we can do is either pay up or sit back and listen to what’s being said or what’s being written.

“For someone to make a false claim about me, I’m kind of furious. It kind of hurts me deep inside for someone to do something like that because, you know, I’ve always said time and time again, I’m going to stand up for what’s right. If I’m right, I’m right. If I’m wrong, I’m wrong.”

Moss faced misdemeanor charges after a 1996 fight with the mother of his daughter, but they were dropped after both agreed to counseling.

He was asked if he thought people would believe his current denial.

“I think the best thing is to check my resume, ask around,” Moss said. “I’ve never hit a woman. I do not hit women.”

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