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The one plaintiff they have been able to identify so far they have evidence she tried to blackmail him for 30 grand for her silence about consensual sex.

All aboard the Trey Lance train

Well that sucks. Dammit Deshaun.

I've heard stories of players and coaches messaging cheerleaders and reporters, and it's not the guys you would automatically suspect. Quite the opposite. So anything is possible

Still wait and see mode. My gut says it's a couple of actual massage therapists and the rest are unaccredited rub n tug hopping on the money train. If it turns out he assaulted someone, I'm out.

I just get the feeling the truth is in the middle somewhere. Was he less than appropriate with some and should he pay them for it? Yeah probably. Did he rape anyone? I find that very hard to believe. Opportunist lawyer taking some truth and using it to make much bigger and false implications in a money grab.

The way he apologized immediately over text in a very polite way to that one girl makes me think yeah, he crossed the line somehow but also tells me he isn't the type of guy to force oral sex on a woman. Those types of people don't apologize.

Something happened, that is clear. I bet Deshaun got mixed up with some "instagram masseuse" who were rub and tug girls and then got some girls who he thought were but in fact were not, they were legit massage therapists. From the text messages something clearly happened to make one of them uncomfortable. Hopefully the allegations of him forcing anything on any of them are false.

If he was guilty he would have taken the 100 grand settlement. That's chump change. I'm not buying it until they present the receipts.

I'm going to need to see their unaltered IG profiles before I can make a judgement call

Sure seems that way.

We will see. Should be pretty easy for them to prove given all their talk of DMs and text messages.

Not when he was on video leaving an establishment known for human trafficking. I have no issues with guys having a rub and tug from people that choose to do it. I do have issues with women being enslaved to perform it. Surely you see the difference.

"massage therapist that works out of her home" Could be a rub and tug proprietor got a wealthy client to blackmail. The fact that she was "shocked" that a dude whipped out his pecker at a session tells me she is full of poo. I know a gal that does massages and she says that stuff happens multiple times every damn day.

No such a thang

Its possible

No idea. Probably called him out on some BS at some point.

Dunno, he has me blocked

I absolutely do. Sometimes a welp is a welp because, welp.

Houston newspaper beat guy that has said Watson would not be traded has now done a complete 180. This dude has his finger on the pulse of the Texans and tons of inside sources. He would not contradict himself so fiercely unless he had to.

From the twitter: New Texans quarterback Tyrod Taylor's one-year contract has a maximum value of $12.5 million, if all incentives are triggered. Base value under $6 million, per league source. Why sign a backup QB to a contract with incentives?

Hope Curtis stays

They drafted him as a OLB in the 3-4. Now that the 3-4 is history, he has an uphill battle.

Important news deserves an actual thread title and topic.

Deshaun Watson would approve of trade to Jets, Dolphins, and Panthers. Of course all the "Deshaun would never come to Carolina because Cam" talk wasn't accurate. There is much more to the story and Deshaun is smart enough to know that.