Browns quarterback Brady Quinn claims that he wasn’t involved in a New Year’s Day incident involving alleged taunts to patrons of a gay bar in Columbus, Ohio.

“At no time that night was I involved in a verbal or physical altercation, nor did I have any interaction with the police,” Quinn said in a statement issued by the team.  “I want to be clear that I did not engage in any of the alleged conduct, nor did I make inappropriate comments to anyone.  Any allegations to the contrary are either untrue or the result of misidentification.”

But the report in the Cleveland Plain Dealer wasn’t based solely on the 911 call placed to police; a Columbus police spokesperson says that, when officers arrived, Quinn was involved in an argument with a man who later was arrested.

The statement also points out that Quinn had dinner on New Year’s Eve with his girlfriend.  Girlfriend.  As in, “I’m neither gay nor curious.”