A detailed report from The New York Times on Tuesday alleges that Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson met with at least 66 women for massages during a span of 17 months from late 2019 to early 2021.
The report follows two additional civil lawsuits being filed against Watson in the past week that raised his number of outstanding lawsuits to 24. All of those suits are alleging either sexual misconduct or sexual assault. The most recent litigation included claims that Watson once entered into a settlement negotiation that would have paid 22 accusers $100,000 each to settle out of court, and that he solicited “more than a hundred” massages with “strangers” through social media.
Hours later, the Browns QB would seemingly respond to the allegations by taking to his Instagram story and posting lyrics to a song.
Via Kimblerley Martin of ESPN.com:
“See the blogs can’t break me down, see, I’m the voice, I don’t reply. But the rumors y’all done hard, I’ma humbly deny, yeah, yeah.”
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In a statement released Monday evening, Watson’s attorney, Rusty Hardin, said: “We are unable to respond to the new lawsuit at this time. Our legal team has not had time to investigate this new filing and had not heard her name until today. Deshaun continues to deny he did anything inappropriate with any of the plaintiffs.”
