Deshaun Watson's lawyer releases statement denouncing new lawsuit

After learning of a new lawsuit filed against Deshaun Watson, his lawyer released a statement denying the allegations with details. On Tuesday, another woman filed a lawsuit accusing new Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson of additional sexual misconduct — the 23rd lawsuit Watson is currently facing. The latest accusations were filed after she watched a recent episode of HBO’s Real Sports that featured the stories of Watson’s accusers.

In the statement Watson’s lawyer released on Tuesday, Watson completely denies the latest allegations and claims it is part of an attempt to attack Watson even further.

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— Aaron Wilson (@AaronWilson_NFL) May 31, 2022

Deshaun Watson denies allegations in new statement

“Deshaun Watson vehemently denies the allegations, just as he has since she first discussed them with members of our firm in March of last year,” reads the statement. “She repeated the allegations on social media in August and he denied them then. The only new thing about her contentions is the embellishment making them more extreme than prior versions. Deshaun’s denial remains the same.

“The two highly respected lawyers from our firm, Letitia Quinones and Rachel Lewis, also vehemently deny there was any coercion or intimidation involved in the very cordial meeting at Vic and Anthony’s (Mr. Buzbee and the plaintiff are not even right about where the meeting was, much less what was said). They met her to see if she was one of Mr. Buzbee’s then still anonymous plaintiffs. At that time Mr. Buzbee refused to identify his clients. The suggestion that either of these two accomplished lawyers would have said “us black women must stick together” is absurd. The interview was so congenial, she joined the lawyers for dinner afterwards.

“We are aware that more than a year ago she had other lawyers representing her and they ultimately terminated the representation. This plaintiff has long had a vendetta against Deshaun since she jealously and angrily published Deshaun’s personal data on social media in November 2020. In filing her lawsuit now she was obviously not influenced by recent developments. We are not surprised Mr. Buzbee was willing to say just about anything to get more publicity. He knows the NFL continues to investigate these cases, and this is a transparent attempt to further punish the man he sees as a potential payday.