Cincinnati police reports show. that Bengals wide receiver Jermaine Burton is accused of assaulting a woman he was dating, but she refused to press charges, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports.

An assault was reported the morning of Dec. 30, just days before the Cincinnati Bengals nixed Burton from traveling with the team to Pittsburgh, the last game of the season.

The Enquirer also learned that Burton is facing eviction from his apartment at The Banks. Those proceedings started Dec. 17.

The Bengals did not say why Burton did not travel other than stating it was a coach's decision, raising questions about why and prompting The Enquirer to make a public records request for information related to Burton. Two reports and a recording of a 911 call the woman made were released Wednesday morning.

Rumors of a possible assault swirled on social media over the weekend. In a cryptic Instagram story posted Saturday, Burton wrote "*lies*. Stop hitting my phone."

The Bengals responded to The Enquirer's request for comment with the following statement: "We are aware of information related to Jermaine Burton. We will continue to evaluate as we gather additional details and will have no further comment at this time."

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