Deshaun Watson may be building relationships with his new teammates, but he is still dealing with civil lawsuits from 22 women who accused him of sexual misconduct or assault.
Two of the women who are accusing Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson of sexual misconduct will appear tonight on HBO’s ‘Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel’ to recount the alleged abuse they suffered.
The accusers, Ashley Solis and Kyla Hayes, spoke on their interactions with the Browns QB.
ASHLEY SOLIS: As I’m working, he deliberately grabs himself and put his penis on my hand. And I pulled my hand away instantly and I started crying. And I told him that I’m done. I don’t wanna do this anymore.
KYLA HAYES: He wanted me to kinda make a V motion in his pelvic area. So go across his stomach to his thighs, back to his stomach. I just kept massaging and did what he asked until his penis kept touching me repeatedly as I did it. He was moving his penis back and forth as my hands moved as well.
SOLEDAD O’BRIEN: It allowed him to, kind of, put his penis on to your hands?
HAYES: Exactly.
O’BRIEN: And you thought that was intentional?
HAYES: It was intentional
O’BRIEN: So how did it end?
HAYES: At some point, he did ejaculate. That was mortifying and embarrassing and disgusting.
Solis recalled how her experience with Watson ended.
SOLIS: He just said, “I know you have a career to protect.” And “I know you don’t want anyone messing with it just like I don’t want anyone messing with mine.” To me, that’s when that’s when I got really scared.
O’BRIEN: Why?
SOLIS: Because that sounded like a threat to me.
One interesting nugget that is rarely talked about is Watson admitted to having sex with at least three women who were massaging him, but stated it was consensual. According to him, each girl initiated the sex between them after the massage was over.
O’BRIEN: Deshaun Watson has insisted that in these massages, that he was looking for nothing other than professional services, but we know he did have sex with three women, right? Oral sex with two, vaginal sex with another. So how do you explain unintentionally ending up having sex with people who are giving you professional massages?
GRAHAM: Well, in every massage, I will tell you he did go, intending just for a professional massage, and only those three instances where sexual conduct occurred– consensual sexual activity– it occurred after the massage session had ended. And Mr. Watson has testified and is insistent that that sexual activity was initiated by the plaintiff in every single instance.
O’BRIEN: He said he has no regrets. Is that still true? He has no regrets?
GRAHAM: As he testified in his depositions last week, yes, he has no regrets because he did nothing wrong. He did nothing wrong in these massages. And although– to your first question, “How can he be innocent?” I think the real question is, “What evidence is there of any guilt?”
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The 26-year-old Watson met with NFL investigators last week, which many believe may be one of the final steps of the league’s investigation that should conclude with a suspension for the 2022 season.
Watson has thus far maintained his innocence, stating at his introductory press conference: “I never assaulted, I never disrespected and I never harassed any woman in my life.”
