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Dalvin Cook’s Ex-Girlfriend Sues Over Alleged Abuse; RB Says ‘I’m The Victim’

Content warning: The following story contains descriptions and pictures of alleged domestic violence.

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -– A woman has filed a civil lawsuit against Vikings running back Dalvin Cook, alleging he physically abused her in a November 2020 incident at his home in Minnesota.

Gracelyn Trimble, Cook’s ex-girlfriend, filed the lawsuit in Dakota County Tuesday. In it she alleges previous instances of “aggressive behavior and proclivity towards violence” toward her, but the suit focuses on a November 2020 incident in which Trimble flew to Minnesota from Florida after learning of alleged infidelity by Cook.