Duke Blue Devils cornerback Kimari Robinson has issued a public apology for his behavior toward a female trainer.
Robinson was seen swatting away a Blue Devils trainer while one of his teammates was down on the field injured in the third quarter of Saturday night’s loss to North Carolina. A female trainer rushed onto the field to help her coworkers as a player was down on the field injured. She tried to push Robinson out of the way, so she could do her job, but the Blue Devils football player reacted by swatting her away.
The moment quickly went viral on social media, with fans and media urging Duke to punish the defensive back.
Robinson has owned up to his behavior. The Duke Blue Devils football player said that he was simply too focused and worried about his teammate, one of his closest friends on the team, and he acted wrong in the moment.
The Duke Blue Devils cornerback issued a full apology and admitted that he was completely in the wrong and will do better moving forward.
Duke cornerback issues a public apology
The Blue Devils cornerback issued a public apology on X, formerly known as Twitter, early on Monday morning, October 19.
“I want to publicly apologize to the member of our training staff for how I acted toward her during Saturday’s game. I was completely wrong, and she did not deserve that,” he wrote.
“Immediately after the game, I apologized to her personally and checked to make sure she was okay. The injured player on the ground, DaShawn Stone, is like family to me, and I was scared he might be seriously hurt. But being worried about him does not excuse how I treated her. I should have controlled my emotions, and I didn’t.
“I’m truly sorry for my actions and for letting her, myself and our program down. I have to be better than that.”
It’s a strong apology from the Duke football player and it’s good to know that he understands he was wrong.
