NFL Participant DeAndre Hopkins Mother Sabrina Greenlee Discusses Assault
by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton
August 14, 2025
She speaks in regards to the acid assault within the upcoming ESPN docuseries, ‘The Kingdom.’
Sabrina Greenlee, the mom of NFL broad receiver DeAndre Hopkins (a former Kansas Metropolis Chiefs participant, who will probably be enjoying for the Baltimore Ravens this upcoming season) is featured within the ESPN documentary, The Kingdom, the place she talked about experiencing a painful acid assault that left her blind in 2002.
In line with the Every day Mail, Greenlee, whereas talking on the docuseries that’s in regards to the present dynasty of the Chiefs, who’ve received three Tremendous Bowls prior to now 5 years (2020, 2023, and 2024), she recalled the horrible incident that occurred nearly 25 years in the past.
“The pores and skin immediately falls off of my physique,” Greenlee acknowledged. “In that second, I used to be pondering that is how I’m going to actually die.”
Sabrina Greenlee was attacked by Savannah Carlita Grant, who was with Greenlee’s boyfriend when the pair have been arguing. Because the pair argued, Grant threw a “concoction” of bleach and lye that hit her face, neck, and again and left her blind and with extreme burns. Grant was sentenced to twenty years in jail for assault and battery with intent to kill.
Hopkins, who was solely 10 years previous on the time, additionally spoke of the time that he and his siblings noticed Greenlee after she had been in a coma for a few month earlier than her restoration from the incident.
“The day I lastly obtained to see my mother with my siblings, as soon as she got here from the hospital, her complete face was wrapped up,” he stated. “And I simply bear in mind seeing her eyes and the way totally different they have been.”
After the incident, the 10-year-old Hopkins “grew to become the person of the home,” Greenlee stated.
“He’d learn to me, describe what’s on the tv. And it’s like if he’s not giving up, how dare I? I sat my kids down and I stated: ‘This doesn’t outline us.”
The ESPN docuseries is slated for launch on August 14 at 8 p.m.
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