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NFL quarterback Deshaun Watson accused of sexual assault
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Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson has been accused of sexually assaulting one woman and exposing himself to two others, according to lawsuits filed this week in Harris County, Texas. The NFL is investigating the allegations, which Watson denies.
The women, all massage therapists or masseuses, say they were assaulted by Watson during separate incidents in 2020. The most serious allegation claims that Watson, 25, forced a woman to perform oral sex on him during a massage therapy session in December of that yea. That woman, identified only as "Jane Doe," claimed that soon after she started massaging Watson, he "aggressively started dictating the massage and where he wanted Plaintiff to touch him on his body," allegedly directing her to focus on his glutes, his "inner thighs" and his "inner glutes." "Watson made clear, repeatedly, that he was a professional football player, who could help, or hurt, her career," the suit alleges.![](/newspic/picid-6252001-20250216030556.jpg)
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