Editor’s note: This story contains accounts of sexual assault. If you or someone you know is a survivor of sexual assault, contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at or at https://www.rainn.org
Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson was made available to reporters Tuesday after practice, where he fielded questions regarding the 24 active civil suits against him that describe sexual assault and sexual misconduct. Additionally, he was asked about the possibility of the total number of lawsuits reaching 26 soon.
The 24 civil suits filed by massage therapists each detail graphic accounts of sexual harassment and sexual assault that occurred during massage therapy sessions. The accounts range from Watson allegedly refusing to cover his genitals to the quarterback “touching [a plaintiff] with his penis and trying to force her to perform oral sex on him.”
