Houston Texans minority owner Javier Loya has been handed an indefinite suspension by the NFL and fined $500,000 for violating the league’s personal conduct policy.
The league announced that Loya may apply for reinstatement no sooner than June 2026.
In 2023, Loya faced charges in Kentucky including one count of first-degree rape, five counts of first-degree sexual abuse, and one count of third-degree sexual abuse. The felony sexual assault charges were ultimately dropped after he accepted a misdemeanor harassment charge with intent to annoy last year.
In March 2024, he entered an Alford plea, maintaining his innocence while recognizing that prosecutors had sufficient evidence for a potential conviction.
“Following a thorough investigation conducted with the full cooperation of the Texans, the commissioner concluded that Mr. Loya’s conduct breached the NFL’s personal conduct policy,” the league stated. It noted that Loya has had no involvement in club or league matters since the charges were filed in spring 2023.
The Texans released a statement saying: “We fully cooperated with the NFL’s investigation and support the suspension of Javier Loya, one of our limited outside partners. This type of behavior has no place in our organization or community. Mr. Loya has been barred from all Club and League activities since the charges were filed, and that prohibition will remain in place indefinitely per the NFL’s ruling.”
Loya, co-founder of OTC Global Holdings and a minority stakeholder in the Texans since the franchise’s inaugural 2002 season, responded
