Deflataegate Scandal Update: Tom Brady Slams Suspension, Says he 'Did Nothing Wrong'

Tom Brady has declared his innocence via social media after his four-game suspension was upheld on Tuesday by NFL commissioner, Roger Goodell.

In a seven-paragraph post written on his verified Facebook page, the quarterback for the New England Patriots wrote:

"I did nothing wrong, and no one in the Patriots organization did either. Despite submitting to hours of testimony over the past 6 months, it is disappointing that the Commissioner upheld my suspension based upon a standard that it was 'probable' that I was 'generally aware' of misconduct. The fact is that neither I, nor any equipment person, did anything of which we have been accused. He dismissed my hours of testimony and it is disappointing that he found it unreliable....

Most importantly, I have never written, texted, emailed to anybody at anytime, anything related to football air pressure before this issue was raised at the AFC Championship game in January. To suggest that I destroyed a phone to avoid giving the NFL information it requested is completely wrong."

During the case, Goodell stated that Brady had informed an assistant to destroy his cellphone before or on March 6.

"He did so even though he was aware that the investigators had requested access to text messages and other electronic information that had been stored on that phone," Goodell explained. "During the four months that the cellphone was in use, Brady had exchanged nearly 10,000 text messages, none of which can now be retrieved from that device."

The Ted Wells report had concluded that the information from Brady's phone suggested that it was more probable than not that Brady knew something about the tampered footballs that were used by the Patriots in the AFC Championship game.

Brady will not be allowed to play in the first four games of the season.