Cleveland Browns QB Deshaun Watson has settled his most up-to-date civil lawsuit that accused him of sexual assault, lawyer Tony Buzbee informed reporters Monday. Per CBS Sports activities’ Jonathan Jones, the declare has been “resolved,” and the settlement is “confidential.”
Buzbee is the lawyer who represented the newest accuser and is similar lawyer who dealt with the majority of the two-dozen lawsuits in opposition to Watson in 2022.
One month in the past, Watson was sued for sexual battery and assault by an unnamed Jane Doe, who accused Watson of wanting a therapeutic massage and having nonconsensual intercourse together with her earlier than she was capable of escape. The allegations have been just like those that ended with Watson’s 11-game suspension to start out the 2022 season, although this one was extra express and centered extra on sexual assault than harassment.
Watson has maintained his innocence throughout this and the opposite lawsuits, although he issued a imprecise apology in the summertime of 2022, shortly earlier than his suspension started.
After this swimsuit was filed, the NFL mentioned they didn’t intend on putting Watson on the Commissioner’s Exempt record till they carried out a radical investigation. It’s unknown if the settlement will velocity up punishment or scale back the chances of the league suspending Watson additional.
A suspension from the league might end result within the Browns trying to get out of his contract below the guise of this swimsuit being unknown when Watson signed a totally assured $230 million deal in a trade-and-sign cope with Cleveland in 2022, a blockbuster transfer that has seen little or no return on that record-setting funding.
Making his seventeenth profession begin with the Browns yesterday, Watson is 9-8 because the workforce’s starter. He’s accomplished precisely 60 % of his passes with 19 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. With the hopes that 2024 can be his greatest yr ever, Watson had been a dud. He’s thrown solely 5 touchdowns to 3 picks whereas the Browns are 1-4 and sitting on the backside of the AFC North, their season on the cusp of being over. A poor operating recreation and a shoddy offensive line haven’t helped. Watson has been sacked a league-high 26 occasions, together with seven occasions in yesterday’s blowout loss to the Washington Commanders.
Regardless of his continued poor play, head coach Kevin Stefanski was unwavering in his assist for Watson and shortly dismissed the concept of creating a quarterback change. If Watson’s struggles proceed, the workforce will finally change its tone. However for now, they’re sticking with Watson, a person who has settled extra intercourse lawsuits (24) than he has landing passes together with his present workforce.
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