▁not ▁allow ▁W EE I , ▁[ Pat ri ots ▁owner ▁Robert ] ▁Kraft ▁or ▁anybody ▁to ▁make ▁me ▁the ▁center pie ce ▁of ▁a ▁story ▁that ▁has ▁been ▁mis report ed ▁far ▁beyond ▁anything ▁I ▁did ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁ 4 8 ▁hours ." ▁ ▁On ▁August ▁ 3 , ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁Mort ensen ▁was ▁interview ed ▁on ▁ESP N ' s ▁Dan ▁Le ▁Bat ard ▁Show ▁regarding ▁his ▁controvers ial ▁twe et ▁about ▁the ▁under - infl ated ▁football s . ▁Short ly ▁after , ▁he ▁deleted ▁the ▁twe et ▁from ▁Twitter . ▁As ▁of ▁August ▁ 2 7 , ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁Mort ensen ▁stands ▁by ▁his ▁initial ▁report . ▁ ▁On ▁August ▁ 2 7 , ▁Mort ensen ▁claimed ▁on ▁the ▁Doug ▁& ▁Wolf ▁Radio ▁Show ▁in ▁Arizona ▁that ▁Patri ot ' s ▁Robert ▁and ▁Jonathan ▁Kraft ▁called ▁him ▁and ▁apolog ized . ▁Jonathan ▁Kraft ▁rejected ▁that ▁claim , ▁stating , ▁" We ▁don ’ t ▁bl ame ▁the ▁rep or ters , ▁we ▁bl ame ▁their ▁sources ... ▁We ▁haven ’ t ▁[ ap olog ized ] ▁and ▁we ▁have ▁no ▁need ▁to . ▁Our ▁issue ▁is ▁with ▁the ▁people ▁who ▁were ▁le aking ▁mis information ." ▁ ▁Other ▁Work ▁Mort ensen ▁is ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 1 ▁book ▁Play ing ▁for ▁K ee ps : ▁How ▁One ▁Man ▁Ke pt ▁the ▁M ob ▁from ▁S inking ▁Its ▁Hook s ▁into ▁Pro ▁Football . ▁ ▁Personal ▁Mort