Former NFL general manager and league executive of the year Steve Keim is being implicated in multiple defamatory schemes, but he has yet to respond to those except to friends and business associates he’s communicated with.

Accusations Against Keim

Keim, the former Arizona Cardinals general manager, is being accused by former Cardinals player DeAndre Hopkins of somehow setting him up for a failed NFL test that returned positive results for performance-enhancing substances.

That test eventually led to the Keim and the Cardinals releasing Hopkins in 2023. Hopkins was suspended for the first six games of the 2022 season after violating the NFL’s policy on performance-enhancing substances. An independent expert concluded the banned substance likely came from a “contaminated” supplement, but the NFL upheld the suspension because players are strictly liable for prohibited substances found in their systems.

The suspension had significant financial consequences beyond the six-game NFL penalty. Because his contract contained maximum forfeiture language, the suspension cost Hopkins approximately $13 million in guaranteed money.

Other Allegations

Keim is also accused of participating in an alleged e-commerce scheme to cheat NFL players out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by persuading them to invest in fake Shopify stores.

Multiple NFL players have privately told Fox News Digital that they are routinely approached by companies pitching investment opportunities but they typically view these with skepticism.

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