Even though Browns QB Deshaun Watson won’t be allowed to take the field in at least the first six games of the regular season, he still has a chance to start during the preseason
’s Mike Florio this week that the Browns plan to utilize Watson during the preseason. It’s unclear if the team plans to start him in all three games, but as of now, it is likely that Watson will take the field on Friday, Aug. 12 vs. the Jaguars in their first preseason game. If this happens, it will mark Watson’s first time playing since Jan. 3, 2021. on Wednesday, and the league is looking for an indefinite suspension for the quarterback.
This week’s ruling comes after the league’s investigation into the sexual harassment and assault allegations against Watson. More than two dozen women havegraphic accounts of sexual harassment and sexual assault that occurred during massage therapy sessions. The accounts range from Watson allegedly refusing to cover his genitals to the quarterback “touching [a plaintiff] with his penis and trying to force her to perform oral sex on him.
in April ’21. Watson, then, agreed to settle 20 of the 24 civil lawsuits in June ’22. Tony Buzbee, the attorney representing the plaintiffs, announced the news, saying the terms and amounts agreed to are confidential and that they “won’t comment further on the settlements or those cases.”
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
NFL appeals 6-game suspension for Browns quarterback Deshaun WatsonIn her 16-page report, Former federal judge Sue L. Robinson described Watson’s behavior as “more egregious than any before reviewed by the NFL.”
Read more »
The N.F.L. Is Still Failing to Hold Deshaun Watson Accountable“Deshaun Watson, far from facing serious consequences, is richer than he has ever been,” louisahthomas writes, and “more powerful than he was before a series of women told the police and the press what he had done to them.”
Read more »
The Deshaun Watson Disaster Was Coming From a Mile AwayThe bleak forces behind the quarterback’s slap on the wrist.
Read more »
NFL drafts former NJ attorney general for Deshaun Watson appealThe NFL picked a former New Jersey attorney general Thursday to oversee the appeal hearing that aims to overturn a six-game suspension for Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson.
Read more »
Women who sued Deshaun Watson disgusted by QB's six-game suspension, attorney saysA woman who sued Deshaun Watson said the quarterback's six-game suspension 'wasn’t even a slap on the wrist. It’s a kiss on the cheek,' according to her attorney.
Read more »
Deshaun Watson accusers’ attorney Tony Buzbee: We want NFL to care“Six games isn’t even a slap on the wrist,” Buzbee said, “It’s a kiss on the cheek.”
Read more »