An attorney for NFL star Deshaun Watson has denied allegations made against his client alleging sexual assault.
Jane Doe says that in 2020, she went on a date with Watson. He drove out to take her out on the date, but when he arrived, she was not ready, so she asked him to sit in her living room while she got ready in her bathroom.
When she exited the bathroom, she was shocked to find the athlete naked on her bed. She was then coerced into giving him a massage before the athlete forcibly penetrated her.
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“Deshaun strongly denies the allegations in the Jane Doe lawsuit filed Monday,” Watson’s attorney Rusty Hardin wrote Wednesday in a statement. “We have asked him not to comment further while this matter works its way through the courts, but are comfortable he will ultimately be vindicated. We will be ready to defend this case in court at the appropriate time, but don’t intend to conduct our defense in the media. We would ask that people be patient while the legal process runs its course.”
The new allegations echoes those made by more than 20 women who accused the athlete of similar crimes back in 2021.
