NFL star Deshaun Watson is being sued for more than $1million after being accused of sexual assaulting a women in Texas four years ago.
The Cleveland Browns quarterback, who in 2022 reached confidential settlements with 20 women over sexual misconduct lawsuits, is alleged to have assaulted the woman at her apartment.
According to TMZ, she claims Watson stripped naked and ‘demanded’ the woman ‘massage his butt’ before grabbing her and committing sexually assault. Watson has not publicly addressed the allegations.
In 2021, the then-Houston Texans star was hit with 26 sexual-assault lawsuits and has since settled 23 of them, with the other remaining cases expected to go to civil trial.
Despite not yet being hit with criminal charges, the NFL suspended him for 11 games during the 2022 season while also issuing a $5million fine.
Deshaun Watson is being sued for more than $1million after being accused of sexual assault
Watson signed the then-largest guaranteed contract in NFL history when he put pen to paper on a $230m deal with the Browns, who traded six draft picks, including three first-rounders, to the Texans in return back in 2022.
After spending the majority of his time in Cleveland on the sidelines due to injury and his NFL suspension, he threw two interceptions and took six sacks in a 33-17 blowout loss against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday.
The woman’s attorney is Tony Buzbee, who also represented the 20-plus other women who made sexual-assault allegations against Watson told TMZ, ‘This is an extremely serious matter.’
‘We intend to pursue this case with the same aggressiveness with which we pursued the others. We want a jury trial.’
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