Another week and more lawsuits have hit the internet accusing Deshaun Watson of sexual micsonduct or assault.
Nineteen women have now accused Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson of sexual assault after two massage therapists filed separate lawsuits this past weekend.
The Houston Chronicle has the details:
“The latest accusations involve women who said Watson assaulted and harassed them during massage sessions in 2020.
One of the lawsuits involves a licensed massage therapist who said she gave Watson three massages, including at least one at his home. He came to her through the suggestion of a mutual friend, and during the sessions, he exposed himself and purposely touched her with his penis, she alleges in the lawsuit.
The second woman, a massage therapy student, said she conducted two sessions in November 2020 at her mother’s house in Pearland. He purposely touched her with his penis and ejaculated onto her, she claims.
Before the massage, Watson texted her, “…I even have a NDA I have therapist sign too,” according to the lawsuit.”
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Plaintiff is a flight attendant, who also owns her own business in Houston, Texas. She is a single mother and was a single mother at the time of the incidents. She was a massage therapy student at the time of the incidents. She would share her journey of massage therapy school with her followers on Instagram.
Watson sent Plaintiff a direct message on Instagram asking about her availability for a massage. Plaintiff had never worked with any athletes from the Texans organization. Plaintiff found it somewhat peculiar that Watson would seek services from her, because she was only a student at the time and did not have her license and it was her belief that a player like Watson likely had access to an entire team of professional trainers and the like.
She replied to him affirmatively that she could get him in for a session at some point in the future. Watson asked for her phone number. Later, Watson initially asked Plaintiff to come to a hotel at his private suite to do the massage. This request did not sit well with her because they had mutual friends so she did not want the massage to seem fishy being at a hotel. She declined to do the massage at a hotel after she refused the first time, Watson kept barraging her with messages.
She felt harassed. Watson then reached out to a mutual friend of hers. This friend reached out to her best friend. Her best friend encouraged her to do the massage and said it would be okay. She then felt better doing it after her friend said it was okay. She then texted Watson back, saying she was not comfortable with the hotel.
She said she did not have an official place yet to do the massage but when she was prepared with a location she would get back in touch with him. Nevertheless, Watson was persistent in wanting to schedule a massage with her. Indeed, at one point Watson got so persistent that he offered to drive to Plaintiff in Pearland, Texas to her mother’s house so they could do the massage.
The first session eventually took place at Plaintiff’s mother’s house on November 6, 2020. Before the massage, Watson texted Plaintiff, stating “… I even have a NDA I have therapist sign too.” Because she had never worked with high profile athletes, Plaintiff thought maybe a NDA was normal. Now she has come to learn that Watson has massage therapists sometimes sign NDAS before or after sessions.
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She now knows there is no reason for someone like Watson to ask for a NDA, other than the conduct to come, or that has happened, is wrongful. For the first massage, Plaintiff left the room to allow Watson to get undressed. Watson left his Non-Disclosure Agreement on the table for her to sign. When she came back into the room, she saw Watson laying on the table completely naked on his stomach with only a towel covering his buttocks.
Plaintiff was trying to be professional and do the massage. By the end of the massage, she was sweating. Watson was being very aggressive with what he wanted her to do. He kept saying “get up in there” and “don’t be scared” and “use your fingers.” Plaintiff did not understand what Watson wanted her to do. There was nowhere for her to go. If she went any further down, she would have to massage his butt hole/butt crack area, which would have been inappropriate.
Plaintiff thusly refused. Watson eventually flipped over onto his back. The towel was so small that the towel kept sliding off Watson’s penis, to where he was completely exposed. Plaintiff had to keep putting the towel back in place. Watson also continued to direct her to his groin. Watson repeatedly stated “get up in there” and “don’t be scared.” Plaintiff was extremely uncomfortable because basically Watson was telling her to touch his penis. Plaintiff was not going to do it and refused.
Plaintiff was very confused.
The massaged ended at 6:00 p.m. Watson left and walked outside. At 6:06 pm he texted Plaintiff while in the driveway saying, “Hope that wasn’t bad.” Plaintiff thought the massage had gone horribly. At around 7:00 a.m., the next day he texted her asking for another session.
The second session occurred on November 10, 2020 at around 11:00 a.m. at her mother’s house in the living room. When Watson arrived at her mother’s house, he told Plaintiff that he had just come from practice and had just gotten a massage before coming to the house. Plaintiff thought it was odd that Watson would now want to get another massage, but Watson explained he was an athlete and it was normal for him to get several massages in a day. The massage started the same way.
Watson got completely naked and got on the massage table, laying on his stomach with only a small towel covering his buttocks. Again, Plaintiff was trying to be professional and do the massage the best she could. By the end of the massage, Watson was being very aggressive with what he wanted her to do. He kept saying “get up there” and “don’t be scared” and you can use your fingers” and “you can get closer.” Plaintiff did not understand what he wanted her to do.
Again, there was nowhere for her to go. If Plaintiff went any further down, she would have to massage his butthole/butt crack area. That would have been inappropriate. Plaintiff refused. Watson kept telling Plaintiff “I am just trying to help you and show you how it’s done.” Watson eventually turned over onto his back, and Plaintiff started to massage near his groin area. He got an erection.
That made the towel slip off making him totally exposed. His penis also touched Plaintiff’s hand several times because Watson kept aggressively moving his penis towards Plaintiff’s hand. Plaintiff attempted to remain professional. Watson then ejaculated. The semen got all over Plaintiff’s arm and hand. Plaintiff was trying to be professional but she was deeply disturbed at this point.
She wiped the semen off and finished the massage as quickly as possible.
Watson got dressed and was grabbing his belongings when he asked her about getting another massage that same day. Plaintiff told him she would let him know just to get him out of the house. After Watson left the house, he sent her a text saying “Maybe 4:30 pm? At Houstonian. I see you’re getting comfortable with certain techniques and areas.” When Plaintiff declined to do the next massage, Watson texted her incessantly almost every day afterwards asking for a massage.
Plaintiff did not respond to his messages. Watson would also call Plaintiff almost three times a day. Plaintiff would not answer his calls, Plaintiff felt violated, disgusted and betrayed, Plaintiff reached out to one of her friends who played for the NFL and told him the complete story.
Last week, the Houston Police Department said that it had not received any “documentation of evidence” from Tony Buzbee.
“Plaintiffs have not brought these cases for money or attention; instead Plaintiffs seek a change in behavior with regard to Watson, and a change of culture in the NFL,” the 19th lawsuit reads.
A 3rd woman, who is a licensed massage therapist, claims Watson exposed himself and touched her with his penis during an October 2020 session.
Buzbee first alluded to lawsuits against Watson on March 16 in an Instagram post. Watson responded to the allegations on the same day:
He has remained silent ever since.
