MIAMI (Court TV) — NFL star Tyreek Hill’s ex-wife returned to the witness stand on Wednesday, alleging multiple instances of violence at the hands of the wide receiver during their marriage.
Lakeeta Vaccaro testifies on Oct. 7, 2026. (Court TV)
Lakeeta Vaccaro was married to Hill for 18 months after their 2023 wedding; as part of their divorce, she filed a lawsuit alleging that Hill attacked her multiple times. Hill has not faced any criminal charges from the accusations.
Vaccaro began her testimony on Tuesday, describing arguments that erupted shortly after the couple married because Hill wanted her to sign a postnuptial agreement. That agreement, her attorneys said, would have given her $1 in a divorce for any emotional damage or suffering.
On Wednesday, Hill’s attorney pressed Vaccaro on the couple’s relationship, which began in 2017. Vaccaro dismissed a suggestion from Hill’s attorney that her interest was piqued not by the wide receiver himself, but by the fact that he had just signed a lucrative contract with the Kansas City Chiefs. “Yes, but he also got drafted at, I think, sixth round, so it wasn’t like some stardom,” Vaccaro said. “My brother got drafted in the first round.” Vaccaro’s brother, safety Kenny Vaccaro, was drafted in 2013 by the New Orleans Saints.
Vaccaro said that while she wasn’t impressed by Hill’s newfound fame, that wasn’t the case for the doctors and police who were witnesses to the alleged abuse she suffered. Vaccaro called police in multiple Florida cities, including Orlando and Davie, but no criminal charges were ever filed. “The police are never writing exactly what’s happening,” Vaccaro said. “They want to make sure they’re protecting Tyreek.”
Hill’s defense showed the jury photos the police took of Vaccaro in the hours after she reported that she had been attacked by her husband. She admitted the photos showed no visible injuries. “I look beat down,” she said, arguing that the photos didn’t capture what had happened.
When Hill’s attorneys asked why she hadn’t reported the abuse to her doctors, including her OB-GYN and child’s pediatrician, Vaccaro said that the doctors were just as “starstruck” as the police had been. “The pediatrician was a fan of his; she even asked for a picture during labor,” Vaccaro said. “When I was in labor, she was like, ‘Oh! Can I take a picture with him?’ Like, it was not a place to share anything.”
Vaccaro has maintained that the injuries she suffered included scratches to her neck and collarbone, which Hill’s attorneys also questioned. Hill’s attorneys pointed out that the wide receiver has a known nail-biting habit and cannot have nails because “one of the hazards of his job as a wide receiver is that he cannot have a fingernail because that would interfere with his ability to catch the football.”
Defense: When I asked you literally three minutes ago if it was the fingernail, you said it was. Now that I’ve pointed out that Mr. Hill doesn’t have fingernails, and you agree because he’s a nail biter, you’re uncertain as to what caused that scratch?
Vaccaro: It could have been his fingernails. He doesn’t always have his fingernails groomed.
When Hill’s defense circled back to his earnings and how much he was making, Vaccaro said she wasn’t privy to the details of the contracts her husband had signed. “I wasn’t paying attention to every single contract,” she said.
Vaccaro and Hill share a son, who was born Nov. 25, 2024.
