The lawyer representing Deshaun Watson’s sexual assault accusers said Tuesday two more lawsuits were filed against the Texans quarterback, which brings the total number to 21, but he also dropped some huge info about the Houston police.
Tony Buzbee released a lengthy statement and expressed a “worry” with the possibility of giving information to authorities that could potentially lead to criminal charges against Watson.
“Our team has been roundly criticized because these numerous brave women haven’t filed formal criminal complaints with HPD (although we have provided info to other organizations.) Here is my worry: When I ran for Houston mayor against the CURRENT mayor, I called for the resignation of the former police chief. I was thus reluctant initially in these important cases to provide info to HPD, at least while Art Acevedo was the Police Chief—even though my brother in law is a long-term HPD officer,” Buzbee wrote on social media.
“Mr. Acevedo has now left Houston for Miami. Yet, I’ve since learned that my legal opponent, Mr. Hardin, has a son who is on of the exclusive Command Staff of HPD. I am not saying in any way that Deshaun Watson’s lawyer, Mr. Hardin, has a son who has a position that would compromise HPD and its investigation. I support his service, along with all Houston police officers—I think the rank and file know that. But, I am saying that me and my clients will go elsewhere to provide our evidence to investigative authorities. Stand by.”
Texans general manager Nick Caserio finally addressed the allegations against Watson as he called them “troubling.”
“It’s a legal process so we’re certainly respectful of that,” Caserio said on the Texans’ All-Access podcast. “We certainly take them very seriously. The allegations, what’s been discussed, are certainly troubling. Organizationally that’s not something that we can condone, those types of actions. But, again, we’ll let the legal process take care of itself.”
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One of the last two allegations accused Watson of deleting Instagram messages to allegedly cover-up communication with the massage therapists in question. His lawyer, Rusty Hardin, responded.
“Like a lot of people, Deshaun regularly deletes past Instagram messages,” Hardin said Monday. “That said, he has not deleted any messages since March 15th, the day before the first lawsuit was filed. We categorically deny that he has reached out directly to his accusers in an attempt to settle these cases.
“Opposing counsel’s continued statements that these cases aren’t about money do not square with the facts in at least two of these cases. It is incredibly irresponsible to continue to make these types of false allegations in this avalanche of anonymous lawsuits, particularly while we are still trying to find out who the accusers are. We will address these issues, and others raised in these cases, in our formal response to the court in the coming weeks.”
