Johnson has yet to be formally charged with any crimes, but he sure as hell took to Twitter almost immediately after the accusations surfaced to clear his name.

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“False news!!!!!” he tweeted.

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A rep for the East Carolina product offered a similar statement to TMZ (“There’s no validity to any of these accusations”), but Twitter, however, remains unconvinced.

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In 2015, the former NFL Offensive Player of the Year went on CBS Radio to discuss the profound impact that his friend’s shooting death had on him at the time.

“It was a life-changing experience,” Johnson said. “It showed you how to enjoy life and how to enjoy every day waking up. Because just as easily as it was one of my best friends that was sitting right next to me—the one that got killed—it easily could have been me. So these days, I’m just enjoying life and making sure I enjoy each day.”

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For Johnson’s sake, hopefully, “enjoying each day” didn’t involve arranging a murder-for-hire plot in retribution.