TOM Brady was the sufferer of theft following the New England Patriots’ historic comeback Tremendous Bowl 51 win over the Atlanta Falcons.

The legendary NFL quarterback had his $500,000 large sport jersey stolen – and an FBI investigation uncovered main particulars about who did it, and the way it occurred.

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Brady and the Patriots overcame a 28-3 Falcons lead and got here away with the thrilling 34-28 Tremendous Bowl time beyond regulation win on February 5, 2017 at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas.

It was the fifth of Brady’s eventual seven Tremendous Bowl titles, however, after the competition, the Patriots icon seen one thing significantly uncommon.

On the time, a video noticed Brady, who seen his jersey had been taken from a bag he had put within the locker room.

“Hey did somebody take my jersey? I put it in my bag. I completely one hundred pc put it in my bag,” he mentioned at his locker within the Patriots locker room.

The FBI acquired concerned and led an investigation that pointed to worldwide journalist Martin Ortega, who stole Brady’s jersey from that Tremendous Bowl.

The identical media member additionally stole the Tremendous Bowl 49 jersey Brady wore after the Patriots’ 28-24 victory over the Seattle Seahawks.

The FBI retrieved each objects and so they additionally retrieved a Denver Browns helmet that belonged to Tremendous Bowl 50 MVP Von Miller, one other large sport object that was stolen by Ortega.

How did the authorities discover out that Ortega had dedicated the crimes?

The FBI used footage from Fox, which confirmed Ortega getting into the locker room and, together with his again to the digicam, reaching into Brady’s bag and placing the jersey right into a plastic bag and leaving.

The authorities checked out over 20,000 media credentials at Tremendous Bowl 51 and concluded that Ortega was the individual of curiosity.

Ortega had additionally taken a selfie with Brady simply minutes earlier than stealing the jersey.

An settlement was reached for an unspecified sufferer within the US to not press costs on the previous journalist in trade for the jersey’s return.

It was revealed that the Tremendous Bowl 51 jersey was valued at $500,00 – the identical determine that sports activities auctioneer Ken Goldin, who has sold-game-used Brady jerseys earlier than, mentioned he thought it was value if it have been to be auctioned off.

Sport-used Brady jerseys from regular-season video games have been within the $50,000 vary.

The Tom Brady domino impact

Tom Brady will take his seat in Fox’s high NFL announce crew alongside Kevin Burkhardt.

And his arrival on the community has set off a domino impact with each different announcer transferring down one spot.

Which means Fox’s NFL protection in 2024 will characteristic completely new broadcast pairings.

Greg Olsen, who beforehand labored alongside Burkhardt, will now be a part of the No. 2 announce crew with Joe Davis.

The opposite Fox pairings for 2024 are:

• Adam Amin-Mark Sanchez
• Kenny Albert-Jon Vilma
• Kevin Kugler-Daryl Johnston
• Chris Myers-Mark Schlereth

Quick ahead to 2025 and Brady has been out of soccer for 2 years and completed up his first season as Fox’s NFL sport analyst.

It was the primary 12 months of his 10-year, $375 million contract with the community.

Brady was an announcer for Tremendous Bowl 59, and after the sport, he referenced his stolen large sport jersey historical past throughout an interview with Philadelphia Eagles star quarterback Jalen Hurts.

“What I need you to be ok with is, do not let that jersey out of your sight,” Brady mentioned to Tremendous Bowl MVP Hurts.

“I had a couple of of them stolen over time, so maintain monitor of that.

“It may be memorable down the street.”

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