Baltimore Ravens cornerback Marlon Humphrey stirred the conversation around Daejon Love’s alleged romance scam with a blunt take on his podcast, questioning whether Love should even be in jail for the case.
Love is accused of posing as a San Francisco 49ers player on dating apps and using that false identity to pull money from women as part of what authorities say was a $1.3 million scheme. He was arrested last week alongside his accomplice, Taylor Chan, and is reportedly facing charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud.
Humphrey didn’t hold back when he weighed in.
"I will be honest with you. Daejon Love, what crime has he truly committed?"
Humphrey said. "They say he had vague documents, from my understanding.
I say free Daejon. He's basically going to jail for lying.
One of my teammates says he told somebody I can 10x your money in four days. That's just, come on, you can't believe that."
He added: "The thing is, we don't know his story. We haven't let him speak yet. ...
Yeah, I don't know how deep he went down the rabbit hole. But I feel like he should not go to jail for lying, but anyway, man, I don't care."
According to the report, Love allegedly targeted 26 women across California, Idaho, Oregon and Washington.
Former NFL star Emmanuel Acho took the opposite approach, turning his criticism toward the victims and the wider culture around professional athletes.
"An individual can pose as being a professional athlete and can dupe 26 women into giving you $1.3 million?" Acho said. "What does it say about the culture that people are such gluttons for professional athletes that if I throw on some jewelry, wear a nice rock, flash a Lamborghini, say I got a couple cribs in South Beach, all of a sudden you will jump at the chance to be with me both in public and in private."
Love is reportedly being held in Ada County after his arrest and is expected to be transferred to Oregon for his court proceedings.
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