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A new sexual assault lawsuit filed against Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson was settled confidentially, according to Cleveland.com’s Mary Kay Cabot.
The lawsuit, which prompted a new review from the NFL, accused Watson of sexual assault and battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress. It was similar to the nearly two dozen that were first filed against him when he played for the Houston Texans, though it was unrelated to the initial claims.
Terms of the settlement are not known.
The lawsuit filed a month ago against #Browns QB Deshaun Watson has been settled confidentially, a league source tells clevelanddotcom. @ProFootballTalk first to report it.
— Mary Kay Cabot (@MaryKayCabot) October 7, 2024
Watson again accused of sexual assault
Watson’s accuser filed her lawsuit anonymously last month, and said that she was supposed to go on a date with Watson in October 2020. According to the lawsuit, Watson struggled to find her apartment ahead of the date and called her, but he started “aggressively yelling and screaming” on the phone.
After that was resolved and Watson entered the apartment, the woman invited Watson in to wait in her living room while she finished getting ready. She said she kept trying to talk with Watson from the bathroom while she was putting on makeup, but he stopped responding.
When the woman came out of the bathroom, she said she found Watson “completely naked on her bed, lying face-down on his stomach.”
“While Jane Doe stood there in shock, Watson turned his head and aggressively insisted that she massage him, gesturing to his buttocks,” the lawsuit says. “Jane Doe asked if Watson meant he wanted her to massage his back, but Watson indicated that it was his buttocks he wanted massaged.
“Jane Doe was at this point in the encounter terrified. She was in her small apartment with a much larger man, and she was still reeling from…
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Publish date : 2024-10-08 00:02:36
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