As it turns out, IK Enemkpali's locker room altercation with Geno Smith isn't the first time the linebacker has been in trouble for using his fists. ESPN's Outside the Lines reported Wednesday night that Enemkpali punched a man in 2011 who he thought was a woman with whom he had arranged to have sex with. Enemkpali was not charged in the incident, but did miss his college team's season opener because he broke his hand.
IK Enemkpali reportedly once punched a man who posed as a woman and offered sexual favors
Enemkpali arranged to meet with a “Missy Lee” on Facebook, who wound up being a man covered in a blanket.
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According to the police report, Enemkpali started corresponding with a new Facebook friend named “Missy Lee” on Sept. 1, 2011. That friend offered to give him oral sex if he came over to her house. But when Enemkpali arrived, he told police the person was “covered head-to-toe” in a blanket and refused to move it.
Enemkpali then left the house, but returned after “Missy Lee” convinced him to come back. He told law enforcement the person still refused to take off the blanket, and he could see facial hair on “Missy Lee” after a cellphone in the room rang. Another person supposedly entered the room shortly thereafter, and Enemkpali said he struck the blanket-covered male in the face before leaving the residence through a window.
Then, things got really weird:
”Enemkpali told police he started receiving threatening texts in which “Missy Lee” accused him of punching her and knocking out her teeth. “U are going to jail,” read one of the texts. He offered $500, but “Missy Lee” demanded $1,000 or the police would be called. “He [Enemkpali] would be ‘finished’ if that happened.” The texts were followed by phone calls from someone claiming to be “Missy Lee’s” father and demanding payment.“Enemkpali told police about the incident three days later. Law enforcement identified “Missy Lee” as Ketryn Anderson, who eventually admitted to communicating with Enemkpali on Facebook and pretending to be “Missy Lee’s” father. Police believe Anderson, 34, wanted to use Enemkpali’s criminal history and uncertain status with the Louisiana Tech football team as a way to extort money out of him.
A league source tells ESPN at least one team removed Enemkpali from its draft board because of this incident. The Bills signed Enemkpali earlier this month after the Jets had released him.
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