Eagles player accused of performing lewd act at red light

Philadelphia Eagles safety Nate Allen spent more than five hours Monday night in a holding cell at the Fort Myers Police Department after being accused of performing a lewd act at a red light.

Allen, who went to high school in Fort Myers said he didn’t even find out until around 9:30 p.m. why he was pulled over and detained.

He vehemently denied doing anything wrong.

“It’s disgusting to even be associated with something like this,” Allen told the News-Press. “Just the fact that there’s an accusation with my name, about doing something that repulsive.

“The whole time I was sitting there in this holding cell, I’m thinking, ‘Football isn’t even worth all this.’ I don’t even like considering myself a celebrity. I hate how people idolize us. Because this is the type of stuff that comes with being idolized.

“This is the stuff that comes from it.”

Allen has not been charged, and the district attorney still is conducting an investigation.

“Good,” Allen said of the ongoing investigation. “I hope so. Please. I said, ‘Can you look at some cameras. Can you find something that shows that I didn’t do this?’”