By KEN MAGUIRE
DUBLIN (AP) — A formal complaint had not been filed as of Monday in connection to reports that Pittsburgh Steelers player Skylar Thompson was assaulted and robbed in Dublin while his team was preparing to play a game in the city , Irish police said.
The national police, An Garda Síochána, said in a statement it did not have information to substantiate the reports involving Thompson, a reserve quarterback on the Steelers. Thompson was a backup quarterback for the Miami Dolphins in 2022-24.
The Irish Independent newspaper had reported that “a number of males were involved in an assault on Thompson near the Temple Bar area” and that his phone was stolen.
Police said officers patrolling Dame Street became involved early Saturday when they encountered a man who required m