They filed 21 sexual harassment lawsuits against an NFL star

The list of civil lawsuits against the Houston Texans starting quarterback, Deshaun Watson, of course sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior with massage therapists it rose to 21 with the presentation of two new ones.

While civil suits 20 and 21 against Watson have been made public, his lawyer responded by posting numerous official statements from 18 masseurs claiming that they had only had positive business interactions with Watson.

The lawyer’s strategy Rusty Hardin, who defends Watson, is to present your client as a person who regularly uses massage services, but without their having a “sexual” orientation.

Quite the opposite of what is presented in legal proceedings by the lawyer Tony Buzbee, who defends the 21 women who would have suffered the assaults and faults of Watson, who he always sought to “sexualize” the sessions massages as indicated.

While another woman, represented by Houston civil rights attorney UA Lewis, also provided Illustrated sports a first-hand account of a massage encounter with Watson in which she noted that the athlete sought to sexualize.

“I just want a sincere apology, for us and our community, to put us in these situations where we do not know what to do, ”he explained in this interview. And he added, “There are people who are against us, who say, ‘Why would he do that? You have no reason to do this. He has a beautiful girlfriend; He’s got this, this, this, and that. All of these things are true but fame does not create character ”.

All of the women who sued Watson are masseuses or have worked in a spa or similar business and have claimed that Watson was discovered, touched them with his penis in massage sessions, or kissed them without their consent. One woman even reported that Watson had forced her to give him a blowjob. All but one of the incidents occurred in Houston, and a woman traveled from Atlanta, according to the lawsuits. The first incident occurred in March 2020.

The latest information presented by Hardin appears to be intended to offer a narrative against the 21 women Buzbee defends, who allege a sliding scale of sexualized incidents between the different cases, ranging from inappropriate pressure to sexual harassment.

As the case has evolved into a more extensive public back-and-forth affair, Buzbee has previously said that would provide evidence to the Houston Police Department.

during los texans, even if they don’t want to come in to do any kind of specific assessment, they consider the case to be “worrying”. Watson is one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL and led the league with the most passing yards last season, and he also signed a four-year, $ 156 million contract extension with his current team. .

For its part the NFL reiterated it has its own open investigation process on the case and has nothing to comment so far, according to his spokesman, Brian McCarthy: “The matter is under consideration” related to the policy of personal conduct of the league “.

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