NFL: Deshaun Watson sexual assault allegations

[spintheblackcircle]

If these allegations didn't happen and Houston was to trade him, what's the WORST they could get for him?

.....and instead of that, they made-up a story so they get nothing for him?

I am not saying the allegations are true. I am saying there is just no chance a billion dollar organization does THAT.

 

[93LEAFS]

If these allegations didn't happen and Houston was to trade him, what's the WORST they could get for him?

.....and instead of that, they made-up a story so they get nothing for him?

I am not saying the allegations are true. I am saying there is just no chance a billion dollar organization does THAT.

Considering SF just traded 12th overall and 2 future firsts to get likely the 3rd best QB on their board, a lot. I know the crazy value a good QB on a rookie deal provides, but Watson is a star. Houston making it up makes no sense.

 

[Blitzkrug]

A Massage Therapist Tells Her Story of Deshaun Watson’s Behavior

Seems like SI did their homework here and it doesn't look good for Watson given that specific pelvic thrust thing lines up with other allegations.

 

[RockLobster]

A Massage Therapist Tells Her Story of Deshaun Watson’s Behavior

Seems like SI did their homework here and it doesn't look good for Watson given that specific pelvic thrust thing lines up with other allegations.

Talked to some other people about this specific one and yeah--that's just incredibly damaging to Watson's claims of innocence.

Also of particular note--this accuser declining to have Buzbee represent her because she felt "pressured" to sign a contract with them. That raised my eyebrow strictly for how...I guess I'll term it "ambulance chase-y" he's come off with this situation. I hope this accuser gets the justice she deserves, in whatever form it takes.

 

[GKJ]

 

[chicagoskycam]

Teams were/are definitely trying to trade for him. They didn't stop when accusers moved forward. Factual. Insiders would be reporting it if so.

I’m sure any team engaged in trade discussions put the brakes on really quick when the news 1st came out. How can you trade assets for a guy that you know may be suspended or in jail for a while.

It would be a great time for a lowball offer, however the negative press coming to a team for trading for Watson - no way

 

[jcs0218]

I’m sure any team engaged in trade discussions put the brakes on really quick when the news 1st came out. How can you trade assets for a guy that you know may be suspended or in jail for a while.

It would be a great time for a lowball offer, however the negative press coming to a team for trading for Watson - no way

Bill Belichick loves his lowball offers.

But not even he was willing to go along with the Antonio Brown fiasco after Brown was caught sending threatening text messages to a group chat about one of his accusers.

And I think Watson is in hotter water than Brown was.

 

[TheAngryHank]

Bill Belichick loves his lowball offers.

But not even he was willing to go along with the Antonio Brown fiasco after Brown was caught sending threatening text messages to a group chat about one of his accusers.

And I think Watson is in hotter water than Brown was.

Much hotter water from how things appear, Brown Fed himself out of a boatload of money , will be interesting how this effects Watsons bank account.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

 

[Canes]

These women will regret going with this sleazeball lawyer but ultimately I'm still not sure his incompetence says anything about the guilt or innocence of Watson.

 

[RockLobster]

These women will regret going with this sleazeball lawyer but ultimately I'm still not sure his incompetence says anything about the guilt or innocence of Watson.

It doesn’t. But it has a high likelihood of allowing Watson to get away with this stuff (if he is, in fact, guilty...that SI article was really damnig).

 

[Canes]

It doesn’t. But it has a high likelihood of allowing Watson to get away with this stuff (if he is, in fact, guilty...that SI article was really damnig).

Yeah that's why I am saying they will regret it. Many of them could have very legit complaints but Buzbee went about this almost all wrong in every way. Clown lawyer who literally believes any publicity is great publicity even if it means letting down his clients.

 

[Shockmaster]

18 massage therapists, with names attached, voice support for Deshaun Watson - ProFootballTalk

 

[Bakayoko Ono]

How many masseuses has this guy gone through?

 

[The Burdened]

That's a lot of bj's, hj's and zj's

 

[Big Poppa Puck]

At the end of the day this will all probably end with settlements and a 4-6 game suspension.

 

[chicagoskycam]

Bill Belichick loves his lowball offers.

But not even he was willing to go along with the Antonio Brown fiasco after Brown was caught sending threatening text messages to a group chat about one of his accusers.

And I think Watson is in hotter water than Brown was.

Yeah, but a good deal of the Brown info came out after he was traded to the Pats, and then he was also let go.

Edit, you're saying the same thing. I don't see how a team trades for Watson right now. It would be a PR mess.

 

[PanniniClaus]

I start to wonder if he knew this avalanche of shit was coming and was the push for his trade request and no thought of reconciliation.

 

[TheAngryHank]

18 massage therapists, with names attached, voice support for Deshaun Watson - ProFootballTalk

Unrelated , 18 new vespa scooters were sold in houston this morning.

 

[StreetHawk]

How many masseuses has this guy gone through?

I’m sure there is also a group of therapists that are staying silent. Either don’t want to come forward with either an allegation or support.

no logical reason for a pro athlete to be seeing so many different therapists. Have one or two in his teams city and another one or two wherever he makes his off season home.

something is out of the ordinary with him.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

Is this the "But my best friend is black, I can't be a racist?" point?

 

[Avs44]

18 massage therapists, with names attached, voice support for Deshaun Watson - ProFootballTalk

So their retort is literally, “Watson didn’t sexually assault these 20+ massage therapists — see, here’s 18 massage therapists he spent time with and didn’t sexually assault!”

Ok...now I want to now why the hell he sees so many different massage therapists. There’s 24? women massage therapists accusing him right now? Watson’s camp hasn’t denied that he at least saw any of them yet, plus it should be easy to prove if he visited their businesses at the least, so I’ll assume he actually did...plus his side just confirmed another 18...so what, he has minimum gone through 40+ (all women) massage therapists in the past few years? On top of that, the team has their own therapists — so if this is supposedly all innocent, why does he see a different woman every couple weeks outside the team therapists, all of whom would know his medical history and body far better than brand new outside therapists?

Uh huh.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

No, their defense is we have almost as many women who say he’s a good person and directly contradicts the accusers.

It doesn’t matter whether you agree with the strategy, it’s about casting doubt on those accusations.

 

[member 51464]

The only plausible explanation to me would be something like it is standard for NFL players to switch where they go regularly to avoid fans or something.

That is stretching it (no pun intended), and I don't really buy it, but it is about the only explanation I can think of. It would seem easier to just have a full-time person that goes to the practice facility or to his house (I am not sure what the laws are in Texas on that).

 

[Avs44]

No, their defense is we have almost as many women who say he’s a good person and directly contradicts the accusers.

It doesn’t matter whether you agree with the strategy, it’s about casting doubt on those accusations.

It’s not, though...A direct contradiction would be “we were present at the alleged incidents, they didn’t unfold as the accusers say.”

This is literally just “he’s a good person, see these 18 other massage therapists say they think he’s a good person and he didn’t sexually assault them.”

It reeks of desperation. I’m well aware it’s just to cast doubt on the accusers, but it really shouldn’t. This isn’t some vote on who has more people who say Watson is good/bad — these other 18 massage therapists who swear he didn’t touch them means literally nothing. None of them have any clue what went on in the alleged incidents.