What number will it take? It wasn't 10. It wasn't twenty. The number of women coming forward with allegations of sexual misconduct about Deshaun Watson will finally get people to stop defending him or claim that all of these women are lying, if we reach 30.
Even after the New York Times report stated that he had worked with 66 different massage therapists over a period of 17 months, even after his lawyer tried to make the argument that a "happy ending" isn't illegal.
They know how the world works. There will always be people who think that an accusation against a big public figure is a cash grab. A lawyer will always argue that women who claim to have been sexually harassed are seeking money or fame. In sports, where the win-at-all-costs mentality is ingrained in the very nature of the product, there will be reporters willing to look past these transgressions and allow him to get out of answering the tough questions. The world would quickly forget about the allegations of sexual harassment, assault, and other things that have happened before, and that's what theBrowns thought. He would do the talking, they thought. They haven't been so lucky.
The testimonies that have been made public are enough to make one sick to their stomach. The 24th lawsuit states thatWatson masturbated more aggressively. As he asked the person where to put it, he asked the person where they wanted him to put it. By this point, the person could not speak. She didn't know what was going to happen. Some of his ejaculate got on the other side of the person. She stopped working for a long time after.
People who don't pay for him find the need to defend him and undermine the people who did.
According to the lawsuit, he offered each of the first 18 people $100,000 in exchange for signing a non-disclosure agreement. If they ever see the inside of a courtroom, they will see that the plan right now is to take each and every one of these cases to court rather than settle. The court system will take time, but the league may have consequences earlier.
Civil cases with depositions that have been extensively reported on by the media are different from criminal trials in that they are not innocent until proven guilty. Anyone who wants to do the research to read the allegations and vague defenses are welcome to do so. "Innocent until proven guilty" is a line that is trotted out to mean "I don't believe women" without having to think about any of it.
I don't think he needs the help of sexual harassment deniers on the Internet arguing with every post about him that comes up on their feed. One of the women would have stepped out of line or taken the $100,000 that they were offered in exchange for silence if they had been told about the lawsuit. He said there would becracks in the foundation. There haven't been yet.
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