The Times verified that Watson had appointments with 66 women over 17 months, and he went to many of them multiple times. Under questioning during a deposition, attorney Tony Buzbee reportedly asked Watson if he inquired about the experience level of one of the women, and Watson said more than once that he hadn't because it wasn't a priority for him. Another woman was an aesthetician who told Watson her license allowed her to provide only a back facial, with cleansers and such, and not a massage. Via Vrentas' reporting, one of the women who has filed a lawsuit against Watson was a flight attendant who began taking massage therapy classes during the pandemic. If Deshaun Watson has "never disrespected a woman," what does that say about how he viewed his alleged sexually charged massage sessions? (AP Photo/David Richard) He apparently had no interest in therapeutic massage, and was not looking for top-notch care for his body, which is a necessity for an NFL player. ![]() “Like I told you at the beginning of this depo, I’m still trying to figure out why we in the situation we are in right now, why I’m talking to you guys, why you guys are interviewing me," Watson reportedly said. He has testified under oath, according to The Times, that he doesn't understand why he was called to answer questions. ![]() It's why he continues to assert that he did nothing wrong, despite a member of his own legal team confirming sexual conduct took place in three of the sessions, and despite acknowledging that one of his accusers, Ashley Solis, had tears in her eyes at the end of their session and his texting her "sorry about you feeling uncomfortable" immediately after. He saw them as sex objects, hired for his depraved pleasure, whether they wanted to provide it or not. Reading the newest reporting on Watson's alleged behavior from The New York Times' Jenny Vrentas, it's clear now:ĭeshaun Watson didn't really see the alleged victims as women, not in the way he presumably sees his mother and aunts. Men accused of sexual assault or any kind of wrongdoing against women almost always trot out the women in their lives as a shield, as if their existence means they couldn't have done what's asserted they did, much in the same way racists trot out their one Black friend as cover. During Deshaun Watson's pathetic introductory news conference with the Cleveland Browns in March, as Browns general manager Andrew Berry and head coach Kevin Stefanski spoke of having confidence in "Deshaun the person," that very person claimed more than once he has "never assaulted, harassed or disrespected any woman in my life."įor good measure, he used his mother and her two sisters, his aunts, as a shield, saying that's not how they raised him.
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