If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck, then it very well just may be a duck.
On Monday, it was reported that a lawsuit had been filed against the Houston Texans for their alleged enabling of current Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson, who is still dealing with four remaining active civil lawsuits regarding accusations of sexual misconduct during massage sessions after his legal team settled 20 of the cases.
Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio took the time to examine the petition and found that more women may come forward accusing Watson of inappropriate behavior.
“It is now known that in many of Watson’s multiple massage interactions, more than massage therapy occurred — indeed, with at least thirty different women, the ‘more’ that occurred included unwanted sexual advances and outright sexual assault by Watson,” reads a section of the lawsuit. “Each of those thirty plus women, most of which are complete strangers to one another, experienced strikingly similar conduct from Watson.”
The suit, which was filed by Houston attorney Tony Buzbee, claims the Texans were alerted to Watson “seeking out unqualified strangers for massages via Instagram” by a company that had been contracted by the franchise to provide professional therapeutic services to Houston players.
The lawsuit contends the Texans ignored complaints about Watson’s behavior from the owner of Genuine Touch, Joni Honn, who allegedly told the franchise the quarterback was seeking out “strangers” for services through Instagram.
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The Texans said they were notified of the suit Monday:
“We are aware of the lawsuit filed against us today,” a team spokesman said in a statement. “Since March 2021, we have fully supported and complied with law enforcement and the various investigations. We will continue to take the necessary steps to address the allegations against our organization.”
