Tom Brady took plenty of hits against the Giants in Super Bowl XLII, but dodging Ines Gomez Mont at Media Day was his cleanest escape of his career.
Gomez Mont, the former Mexican TV host, now finds herself sitting in a Florida detention center after ICE picked her up in Miami last month over an immigration violation.
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That arrest capped years on the run from a separate $160 million fraud and money laundering case back home, which originally kicked off when Mexican prosecutors obtained arrest warrants for Gomez Mont and her husband, attorney Victor Manuel Alvarez Puga, back in 2021.
Ines Gomez Mont of TV Azteca asks New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady to marry her during media day for Super Bowl XLII at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., on Jan. 29, 2008. (Getty Images)
Ines Gomez Mont poses for photos during HBO Latin America Red Carpet at Foro Indierocks on July 12, 2016, in Mexico City, Mexico. (LatinContent via Getty Images)
Longtime NFL fans will undoubtedly remember Gomez Mont from Super Bowl week in 2008, right before the Giants famously wrecked New England’s perfect season. She showed up at Media Day in a wedding dress and veil, then proposed to Brady on live TV. He laughed it off and reminded her he was already with Gisele Bündchen.
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Fast-forward nearly two decades.
Mexican prosecutors allege the couple ran a sprawling shell-company network tied to government contracts worth roughly $160 million, including prison system funds. The allegations include organized crime, money laundering and tax fraud.
Quarterback Tom Brady of the New England Patriots looks on during Super Bowl XLII against the New York Giants on Feb. 3, 2008, at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. The Giants defeated the Patriots 17-14. (Getty Images)
New York Giants defensive end Osi Umenyiora (72) hits New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) on the final drive of Super Bowl XLVI at Lucas Oil Stadium on Feb. 5, 2012. (TYSON TRISH/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Image)
Inés Gómez Mont poses for photos during a press conference to present the show ‘Familias Frente al Fuego’ at Televisa San Angel on June 24, 2019 in Mexico City, Mexico. (Getty Images)
Once the warrants were issued, the couple left Mexico, with Gomez Mont hopping on social media to claim her innocence before the pair was eventually tracked down in South Florida.
Mexican authorities kept up the chase.
Officials say they requested her provisional detention for extradition in late 2025 and prepped a formal request with the Department of Justice. Alvarez Puga had already been picked up by ICE on immigration violations before posting bail, and his current location has been kept quiet.
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As for Gomez Mont, she remains held at the Broward Transitional Center while her legal team fights back with a sealed habeas petition. A federal judge recently shot down her emergency request to block a transfer out of South Florida, though the court did order the government to explain why her petition shouldn’t be granted. That leaves her balancing two separate legal tracks: her ongoing U.S. immigration detention and Mexico’s extradition request.
Sidestepping that wedding proposal turned out to be Brady’s easiest read of the week, and seven rings later, things worked out just fine.
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