HOUSTON (AP) — A 24th woman filed a civil lawsuit Monday alleging sexual misconduct by Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson, who is also awaiting possible discipline from the NFL.
The latest lawsuit was filed in Houston by attorney Tony Buzbee, who is representing all 24 women.
“Lost in the media frenzy surrounding Deshaun Watson is that these are twenty-four strong, courageous women who, despite ridicule, legal shenanigans & intense media scrutiny, continue to stand firm for what is right,” Buzbee said.
Watson has been accused by massage therapists of harassing, assaulting or touching them during appointments when he was with the Houston Texans.
The latest lawsuit makes similar allegations as the woman, a massage therapist, accuses Watson of assaulting & harassing her during an August 2020 session in her apartment. The woman alleges that during the massage session, Watson exposed himself and masturbated & “offered no apology or explanation for his conduct.”
The woman has quit being a massage therapist because of what happened to her and now suffers from depression & anxiety, according to the lawsuit.
During an interview Friday on SportsRadio 610 in Houston, Hardin again said Watson has done nothing wrong.
Hardin said Watson had consensual sexual activity with 3 of the women & did not force any of his accusers to have sexual contact.
Two separate Texas grand juries in March declined to indict Watson on criminal complaints stemming from the allegations.
But Watson could still be suspended if the NFL determines he violated the league’s personal conduct policy.
Two Tennessee Titans players have tested positive for COVID-19, a source told ESPN's Dan Graziano on Wednesday.
After two consecutive days with negative tests, coach Mike Vrabel had been hopeful that the Titans could return to their facility on Wednesday. Under NFL rules, that can no longer happen.
This puts Sunday's game against the Buffalo Bills in jeopardy.
The two tests Wednesday bring the total of Titans players and other staff members who have returned positive coronavirus tests since Sept. 24 to 22.
The NFL announced last week that the game between the Titans and Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 4 was postponed until Oct. 25.
Eight players last week, one this week and 11 overall this season -- defensive lineman Jeffery Simmons, offensive tackle Isaiah Wilson, linebacker Kamalei Correa, cornerback Kristian Fulton, wide receiver Adam Humphries, defensive lineman DaQuan Jones, long-snapper Beau Brinkley, wide receiver Cameron Batson, tight end Tommy Hudson, fullback Khari Blasingame and cornerback Greg Mabin -- have been placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell warned the league's 32 teams Monday of penalties, including potential forfeits of games, for violations of COVID-19 protocols that force changes in the schedule.
The franchise has continued daily testing since the NFL told the Titans to close their facility on Sept. 29, and the league sent all 32 teams a memo Thursday with a list of new protocols for clubs to follow when dealing with an outbreak or having been exposed to an outbreak during the coronavirus pandemic.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on February 23, 2020 at 12:30pm
NBA legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna will be memorialized in a televised event that celebrates the life and legacy of the athlete on the morning of Monday, Feb. 24 beginning at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT. Held at Los Angeles' Staples Center, aka the "house that Kobe built, "A Celebration of Life for Kobe and Gianna Bryant,"will recognize the contributions Bryant made to the sport and and culture at large as fans continue to grieve over his and seven others' tragic death in a helicopter crash in January.
There are multiple ways to watch the service. The Bryants' memorial service will air live on several networks, including BET, CNN, and E! News, and audiences can also stream through ETLive.com and CBS All Access, as well as the ET Live app on Roku, Amazon Fire TV, or Apple TV. ABC News, Hulu Live TV, Sling TV, Yahoo Sports, and Facebook Watch will also live-stream the event.
Kobe Bryant and Gianna Bryant were two of the nine people who died in the Calabasas, California, helicopter crash in January. The incident inspired an outpouring of tributes from across the world. John, Keri, and Alyssa Altobelli, Sarah and Payton Chester, Christina Mauser, and the aircraft's pilot Ara Zobayan also died in the incident.
The date of the service has particular significance to the Bryant family, as Vanessa Bryant revealed on Instagram; 2/24/20 represents Gianna's jersey number 2, Kobe's jersey number 24, and the 20 years that Kobe Bryant was a Laker.
Johnny Manziel's inner demons are destroying him. At one point the man they call "Johnny Football" seemed to have the world in the palm of his hands.
The 23-year old quarterback won The Heisman Trophy in 2012, while playing for Texas A&M.
In 2014 he was selected in the first round of the NFL draft by the Cleveland Browns, who had hoped that he would lead the team for many years.
Now, he is about to be released by the team because of his increasingly erratic behavior off the field.
On Friday, February 5, his fatherPaul Manzielexpressed concern for his son.
"I truly believe if they can't get him help, he won't live to see his 24th birthday," Paul told The Dallas Morning News.
Johnny's family unsuccessfully tried to get him to enter the Enterhealth Ranch addiction facility in Van Alstyne, on Saturday, January 30, but he refused to stay.
His father believes Johnny is suicidal and on Tuesday he had him admitted to Carrollton Springs Hospital, a psychiatric and chemical dependency facility, but the staff allowed him to leave.
Johnny voluntarily entered rehab for alcohol abuse on January 28, 2015. He spent more than two months there before being released.
He issued a statement at that time vowing he would do better, saying he had learned from his past mistakes.
"I would like to thank my family, friends, the Browns organization, my teammates, and Browns fans everywhere, for your patience, understanding, and support during my stay at Caron.
The doctors and staff have been amazing and what I’ve learned in the last couple of months has been tremendous. I owe private apologies to a lot of people that I disappointed but a very public one to the Browns organization and the fans that I let down.
I take full responsibility for my actions and it’s my intention to work very hard to regain everyone’s trust and respect. I understand that will take time and will only happen through what I do and not what I say. I also understand there’s a lot of curiosity about this but anyone who has a friend or family-member that’s been through things like this knows it’s an ongoing process. I’m going to continue to ask folks to try to respect my privacy as I determine to what degree I am comfortable talking about a subject which I consider very personal.
Most of you have been considerate about that and I thank you for it. I look forward to seeing my teammates next week and focusing on football and my desire to be the best possible player, teammate, and man that I can be."
But it wasn't long before he was back in the headlines for all the wrong reasons.
The quarterback's agent, Erik Burkhardt, distanced himself from the situation by severing ties with him on Friday.
"It is with deep regret that after several emotional and very personal discussions with his family, his doctors, and my client himself, I have made the decision to terminate my professional relationship with Johnny Manziel," Burkhardt said in a statement. "Though I will remain a friend and Johnny supporter and he knows I have worked tirelessly to arrange a number of professional options for him to continue to pursue, it has become painfully obvious that his future rests solely in his own hands. His family and I have gone to great lengths to outline the steps we feel he must take to get his life in order. Accountability is the foundation of any relationship, and without it, the function of my work is counterproductive."
This latest news comes on the heels of a domestic dispute that happened last Saturday between Johnny and his ex-girlfriend Colleen Crowley.
Johnny allegedly physically assaulted her and threatened to commit murder/suicide. The Fort Worth, Texas police department investigated the incident and decided not to press charges.
On Friday Deion Sanders spoke out about the situation on ESPN's 1st Take.
"It's hard to help someone who doesn't want to help themselves," Sanders said. "Sometimes you gotta negate the person because when they're lying in a pool of ignorance they don't understand direction. And sometimes the direction is for the protection. [Manziel] needs to be taken, not voluntarily admitted. Taken ... thrown into a rehabilitation center with love and care. And he needs to understand that this is it."
Lindsay Lohan can't even go out and celebrate her 24th birthday without trouble following her.
The 'Mean Girls' star was enjoying an evening out at L.A. hot spot, Voyeur with British rugby player Danny Cipriani. when a jealous waitress busted her in the grill according to RadarOnline.
Apparently the waitress, Jasmine Waltz had at some point been romantically linked with Cipriani and didn't like seeing him chilling with Lilo.
"Danny was all over Lindsay and completely ignoring Jasmine," a source told X17online.com. "That's when Jasmine got angry at Lindsay and hauled off and hit her."
Lindsay later tweeted, "A waitress just hit me - punched me for no reason,"
According to Jasmine, things didn't go down exactly the way it's being reported.
She told RadarOnline "All I have to say is that disturbed little train wreck is delusional!. "I did not hit her... but I'd like to." Waltz said.
Needless to say, Jamie's empoyment with Voyeur has ended. "Lindsay was visibly rattled," a source told EOnline.com. "I think Jasmine knew when she threw the punch that it was her last involvement with Voyeur."
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