Rusty Hardin won a judgment from a judge saying the Deshaun Watson’s accusers will have to be named publicly.
Hardin obviously is doing this in the hopes some will withdraw their lawsuits because they don’t want to go through the public scrunity.
One accuser is already getting death threats.
In this statement from Lawyer Tony Buzbee he says the women feel even stronger about coming out after this legal maneuver from Hardin.
Today during Court proceedings, the Watson team spent most of their time attacking me because they claimed that, without the identities of the women suing Wat- son, they could not properly investigate the case and defend Mr. Watson. I had previously explained to Watson’s team that most of the women, in this case, had already given me permission to release their names to Mr. Hardin, and that I had in- tended to do so in due course. Indeed, after they watched Ashley Solis provide her compelling and truthful statement, these brave women felt emboldened and strong enough to take this important step. They are ready to be identified. In lawsuits sometimes we push hard for something that may turn out to not be helpful. As I said in Court, “be careful what you ask for.” Identifying these women at this point adds even more credibility to the allegations being made, and I am proud to stand with these brave and courageous women.
While it likely won’t be all 22 women going forward with their lawsuits, it does appear according to Buzbee the majority will go public with their stories.
This is a game of chess and I am not sure who is winning.
Flip the page the evidence that Buzbee says he has.