Nia Smith, a professionally approved cosmetologist in Texas, alleges she had 3 encounters with Watson beginning in 2020, whose conduct, she mentioned, “grew worse right through each and every therapeutic massage,” in line with a civil swimsuit filed Tuesday.
Watson allegedly requested the plaintiff to therapeutic massage inside of his anus, uncovered his erect penis, attempted to snatch the plaintiff’s buttocks, touched her between her legs and many times asked intercourse in incidents spanning 3 classes, the lawsuit alleges.
Smith alleges that she was once utterly traumatized through her interactions with Watson and give up her task on the salon.
Watson, in a commentary despatched by means of his attorney Rusty Hardin, “vehemently” denied the allegations Tuesday, and has many times denied the accusations of sexual attack and misconduct made in opposition to him.
“Deshaun Watson vehemently denies the allegations, simply as he has since she first mentioned them with individuals of our company in March of closing yr. She repeated the allegations on social media in August and he denied them then,” Hardin mentioned in a commentary.
“The one factor new about her contentions is the embellishment making them extra excessive than prior variations. Deshaun’s denial stays the similar,” he persisted.
Smith, who was once 21 on the time of the alleged incidents, first of all made up our minds to not document a civil swimsuit however says she modified her thoughts after looking at a section concerning the proceedings closing week on HBO’s “Actual Sports activities with Bryant Gumbel,” in line with the swimsuit. Two of his accusers gave the impression at the display and expressed their surprise and revulsion that Watson had simply inked a record-breaking contract.
“The issues which can be off the sphere presently that got here up stuck me through wonder as a result of I by no means did the rest that those persons are alleging,” he mentioned at a information convention introducing him to the Browns in March.
Watson stays below investigation through the NFL, who may droop him in the event that they to find he violated the league’s private behavior coverage. NFL officers met with Watson for 3 days in Might and feature additionally asked another day, Hardin advised CNN.
“I will be able to’t provide you with a timeline,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell advised journalists in a press convention closing week. “I feel we are nearing the tip of the investigative duration after which sooner or later this can be treated through our disciplinary officer. And that may occur in a while. After which we’re going to see the place that comes out.”
Watson nonetheless faces a complete of 23 civil court cases from his accusers, a lot of them alleging sexual attack and misconduct right through therapeutic massage classes.
