The ongoing legal saga involving Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson took a big turn on Tuesday. Watson agreed to settle civil lawsuits with 20 of his 24 accusers, leaving just four active complaints of sexual misconduct against Watson from his time with the Houston Texans.
Many have long held the belief that the NFL is waiting to mete out its disciplinary action on Watson once the civil cases were resolved. But despite the resolution of 83 percent of the cases with the settlements, the NFL is not going to proceed before it has to. NFL spokesperson Brian McCarthy told Mary Kay Cabot of cleveland.com,
“Today’s development has no impact on the collectively bargained disciplinary process.”
