Deshaun Watson really needs to think about settling these massage cases because it looks like the police are getting closer to charging him with a crime. It likely won’t be a felony, but even a misdemeanor for any sexual misconduct could put his 2022 season in jeopardy.
New information has come out from nine women who have filed criminal complaints against him.
While some of the information is similar to what he has been accused of by 22 women in civil lawsuits, there are some new details that don’t paint Watson in the best of lights.
The Houston Chronicle has outlined them.
Houston police have at least nine reports accusing Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson of sexual misconduct during massage therapy sessions, with search warrant records showing that investigators are eyeing indecent assault — a misdemeanor crime — as a possible criminal charge.
The three search warrants — signed in October by a judge to collect data from Watson’s Instagram and Cash App usage.
In two incidents at The Houstonian Hotel, the football player pressured the women into performing fellatio, court records show.
The bulk of the incidents reported to police happened in 2020 but one of the women — also a licensed massage therapist — said Watson was inappropriate to her earlier than that, during sessions in September and October 2019 at his Westchase home. He showed her his erect penis during the first session and during the second, he asked her to massage around his genitals, according to the search warrants.
During a third session, Watson said he wanted the massage to end with sexual intercourse, documents continued.
Several incidents listed in the request for records happened through a Cypress Station-area business — A New U Salon Spa — whose owner arranged for Watson to meet at least two employees.
During the massage, Watson “grinded (sic) his pelvis, grabbed her butt” and then causing his penis to touch her hand, the investigator wrote. He ejaculated on her.
Watson encountered the same woman again in August — this time acting with more physical force, according to the search warrant. He told the woman during a session at the Cypress Station spa that he “wanted to ejaculate” and pulled her hand toward his buttocks, according to the search warrant.
“She’s good with her hands because she is a lesbian,” the woman alleged Watson as saying next. He then exposed his penis, tried to kiss her and “told her that she is not gay,” the documents continued.
When she pulled away, he grabbed the woman with his legs and slid her toward him. He then grabbed her head and pulled her face down — “trying to make her perform oral sex on him,” the investigator added.
In October, he tried putting his hands into her scrubs and asked her to touch his genitals.
It is highly likely if Watson can settle the cases, the women will drop the criminal complaints, but at the moment, Watson stubbornly is moving forward where almost anything will come out in the civil trial. Watson’s lawyer Hardin does not deny sexual encounters but says they were all consensual, and this is all a money grab.
Based on his cash app activity, Watson paid between $100-$300 for his happy endings, and it appears he had a liaison helping find the women he was looking for.
The FBI is poking their nose around, either looking into extortion or possibly an escort ring using massages as a front.
The NFL is just waiting to see if charges are handed down. That is when they would likely bring down the hammer on Watson.
Flip the pages for more descriptions of what Watson allegedly did behind closed doors during his massages.
