Last week, following ESPN NFL Draft analyst Matt Miller’s serious car accident that resulted in the amputation of his right arm, his sister-in-law launched a GoFundMe campaign. In less than a week, the effort generated more than $51,000 in donations, including generous contributions from ESPN colleagues such as Pat McAfee, Mel Kiper Jr., Adam Schefter, and Wright Thompson.
Despite the campaign’s apparent success, it was paused Friday, just one week after it first opened.
The timing of the campaign’s closing, first noted by ProFootballTalk, came just hours after the Missouri Attorney General’s Office announced it was opening an investigation into Miller following several complaints regarding his use of funds as a fantasy football commissioner, as well as questions regarding his prior public charity efforts.
The Missouri Attorney General’s Office confirmed to Front Office Sports that an investigation into Miller is ongoing. Awful Announcing first broke the news of the investigation after previously publishing a story detailing the vast claims against Miller, who ESPN hired full-time in 2022.
While Miller’s accident and the ensuing coverage shed a spotlight on the claims against him, they had been circulating for nearly a month before he was involved in a life-threatening crash.
