Tony Busby, a lawyer representing all 24 women who have filed civil lawsuits against Deshon Watson, said his law firm would “soon join the Houston Texas organization and others as defendants” in the quarterback lawsuits.
The New York Times reported on Tuesday that the non-disclosure agreement Watson gave some of the plaintiffs to sign came from Texas Security Director Brent Nakara. The Times also reported that the Texans provided a hotel room at The Houstonian Hotel, where several massages were held.
“What has become clear is that Houston Texans and their ‘massage therapy company’ have facilitated Deshaun Watson’s behavior,” Buzbee said in a statement. “In many of these cases, the Texans provided an opportunity for this behavior. We believe that the Texas organization was well aware of Watson’s problems, but did not take action. They knew or should have known.
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“We intend to make sure that everyone involved in Watson’s behavior is held accountable, in addition to Watson himself.
The Texans did not specifically respond to allegations in the history of the New York Times, but said in several statements that the organization did not know about Watson’s actions until March 2021, when the first case against the quarterback was filed.
23 lawsuits were filed against Watson from March 16 to April 14, 2021. One was dropped after the judge ruled that each petition must be amended to include the name of each plaintiff. Two more lawsuits were filed against Watson last week, bringing the total to 24 active civil cases.
Although two major jurors in Texas refused to file criminal charges against Watson earlier this year, the NFL is investigating whether he violated its code of conduct and interviewed the quarterback in person last month as part of the investigation. At the league’s spring meeting, Commissioner Roger Goodell said he believed the NFL was nearing the end of its investigation, but could not give a timetable for when a decision could be made.
Houston exchanged Watson for the Cleveland Browns in March after the first grand jury announced it would not prosecute Watson on criminal charges.
Watson denied any wrongdoing.
“What I can go on with is telling the truth,” he said on March 25, his first and only media interview since joining Brown. “And that is that I have never in my life attacked, respected or harassed any woman.
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