Browns QB Deshaun Watson has filed a motion to have the identity of an accuser who filed suit against him last week for allegedly pressuring her into a sex act during a message session in 2020.
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — The legal team representing Browns QB Deshaun Watson has filed a motion in Texas District Court to have the identity of an accuser who filed suit against him for allegedly pressuring her into a sex act during a message therapy session.
According to court records, Watson's attorneys requested that the woman's identity be revealed after the her was lawsuit filed. Watson's legal team then filed a Motion for Special Exception to Plaintiff’s Original Petition, Motion for Emergency Hearing and a Motion for Sanctions. Watson's attorneys said that according to Texas law, use of a pseudonym is not permitted when filing a civil lawsuit, unless done so by a minor, and by doing so, she violated civil procedures set forth by the state.
Doe's attorney pushed back in a special exception petition to Watson's motion, stating that"case law supports plaintiff’s right to plead anonymously and a continuation of anonymous filing is within the court’s discretion."
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