Go on record. Who still wants Watson?

[Mr. Scot 75,662]

1 minute ago, Icege said:

This will be a fun thread to go back through.

I get what you mean, but personally I don't know that I'd call anything about this story "fun".

Right now it looks just awful.

[mrcompletely11 2,061]

1 minute ago, Icege said:

This will be a fun thread to go back through.

burnchinn said as recently as yesterday that all 24 women were lying and getting paid.  Oof.  The mods probably need to do a good scrubbing of accounts because its not a good look on here

[Mr. Scot 75,662]

Just now, mrcompletely11 said:

burnchinn said as recently as yesterday that all 24 women were lying and getting paid.  Oof.  The mods probably need to do a good scrubbing of accounts because its not a good look on here

Technically 25 now counting the woman interviewed in the article. And her story apparently predates the timeline of the others so who knows how long this might have been going on?

Throw in that you can't use the "just looking for money or fame" excuse on her because she's getting neither.

To quote the late Jack Dawson, "This is bad".

[Brooklyn 3.0 899]

Yeah, having someone come forward NOT on the "shady lying lawyer's" list is not good for Watson.

[carpanfan96 2,280]

8 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Technically 25 now counting the woman interviewed in the article. And her story apparently predates the timeline of the others so who knows how long this might have been going on?

Throw in that you can't use the "just looking for money or fame" excuse on her because she's getting neither.

To quote the late Jack Dawson, "This is bad".

I think he's likely guilty, but that girl from the SI story had a law firm hired already. She going to try to get money out of it, quite honestly I don't blame them. If all of these legitimately happened then he deserves serious jail time and the women he violated need to get paid and have some sort of closure from this. 

[raleigh-panther 3,882]

6 minutes ago, carpanfan96 said:

I think he's likely guilty, but that girl from the SI story had a law firm hired already. She going to try to get money out of it, quite honestly I don't blame them. If all of these legitimately happened then he deserves serious jail time and the women he violated need to get paid and have some sort of closure from this. 

The sad thing is, people probably knew about this...friends, trainers, other players 

something like this is pretty hard to keep quiet given the numbers 

Im like sweet baby Jesus, when did he have time to do anything else 

[Brooklyn 3.0 899]

Maybe he can open a used car lot with JaMarcus Russell.

[Mr. Scot 75,662]

12 minutes ago, carpanfan96 said:

I think he's likely guilty, but that girl from the SI story had a law firm hired already. She going to try to get money out of it, quite honestly I don't blame them. If all of these legitimately happened then he deserves serious jail time and the women he violated need to get paid and have some sort of closure from this. 

"Closure" here doesn't necessarily mean he pays off the accusers and everything goes away.

One pretty universal part of each of the lawsuits has been the demand for an admission of guilt. Maybe some of the women will back off from that but I wouldn't put money on all of them doing it. And if Watson doesn't want to, is a settlement possible?

Supposing he does admit it though? That basically amounts to an admission of being a serial sexual predator. And does that then raise the possibility of him having to register as a sex offender? If so, how does that affect his status?

Bottom Line: This is a mess, and I wouldn't put any money whatsoever on it being resolved easily or simply.

[R2-D2 111]

30 minutes ago, Icege said:

This will be a fun thread to go back through.

It’ll be just like Greg hardy. 

A bunch of poo beads will rereg and lay low until the next opportunity to slut shame women. 

[YourLastThought 118]

I was reading the accusations earlier and damn this dude is dumb if any of it is true. Going to legit massage therapists and personal trainers and pulling his ding dong out flailing around trying to hit their hands with it? Busting his business on a couple of them as he turned over? What the absolute hell!

[ClawOn 451]

Looks like the 0.1% chance of Watson becoming a Panther is officially 0%.

[Mr. Scot 75,662]

5 minutes ago, YourLastThought said:

I was reading the accusations earlier and damn this dude is dumb if any of it is true. Going to legit massage therapists and personal trainers and pulling his ding dong out flailing around trying to hit their hands with it? Busting his business on a couple of them as he turned over? What the absolute hell!

You've got to figure it's some kind of fetish or addiction or psychological problem or something.

I've been wondering if, at some point, Watson's defense would turn into "yes technically he did it but he has a problem so it isn't really his fault". Hasn't gone that way so far but I'd say that's still a possibility.

[R2-D2 111]

Remember that abuse is cyclical. it’s a learned behavior. 
 

it’s also usually a family member or very close associate, in a position of power, and usually male. 
 

what I’m saying is deshaun absolutely learned this from Dabo and clemson should be show caused immediately. 

[Brooklyn 3.0 899]

Watson just watched too much porn in high school and tried to make it a reality when he became a star.