You have 21 massage therapists saying that Deshaun Watson acted inappropriately.
Now, you have 18 that says he acted appropriately.
Here is the problem if you are Deshaun Watson’s attorney, but things could be true. A man can be inappropriate with one woman and have been nice every other woman he met in his life, that doesn’t make him any less inappropriate.
I am not sure if this helps or hurts Watson.
During the past two weeks, the law office of Rusty Hardin & Associates has received dozens of unsolicited phone calls, letters, emails, and text messages from professional massage therapists who have worked with Deshaun Watson.
These women say they are deeply troubled by the accusations made against Deshaun and that these claims are wholly inconsistent with their experiences with him and who they believe him to be. All of them stated that Deshaun never made them feel uncomfortable or demanded anything outside the scope of a professional massage. None of them experienced any of the behavior alleged by anonymous plaintiffs in the numerous lawsuits filed by the same Houston attorney.
The following 18 women are voluntarily issuing statements in support of Deshaun – with their names attached. “Collectively, they have worked with Deshaun more than 130 times over the past five years,” said Rusty Hardin, founding partner of Rusty Hardin & Associates. “These statements show the other side to this story that has been so lacking in the flurry of anonymous complaints filed by opposing counsel.”
In the end, it doesn’t matter how many women Deshaun Watson acted appropriately, what matters is if he acted inappropriately with any.
Even if it is just one, that is one too many.
The real question is there a smoking gun?
Right now we have 18 who have come to his defense, 21 that have filed lawsuits against him, and 1 who hasn’t filed a lawsuit but backs up the accusers’ claims. That is 40 massage therapists in 18 months.
Flip the pages for the 18 women who have vouched on his behalf.