The woman claims Watson afterward called her and apologized for the actions he took. On March 16 Watson issues a statement about his lawsuit, which Madden 23 coins denies any alleged incidents. In the statement, Watson said that"I have "never treated women with anything less than the highest respect," adding that he believes the suit was the result of an "publicity-seeking" lawyer.
"We learned of an unrelated civil lawsuit that involved Deshaun Watson through a social media update last night. For the first we've have heard about the case and we're hoping to know more about it soon. We will take allegations of this nature that involve anyone from this Houston Texans organization seriously. We'll be waiting for further details before making any further statements on this incident."
On 17 March, the following on the same day Buzbee revealed that another massage therapist was also in the process of filing a lawsuit against Watson in connection with an incident that took place at The Houstonian Hotel in August of 2020. The latest allegation states that Watson saw a therapist at the hotel , and then completely dressed for the session and refusing to remove his clothes. The second massage therapist claimed that Watson requested him to rub his penis, however, when she didn't, he did an intentional move that led her to massage his penis.
The lawyer also stated that seven more women had filed suit against Watson. On March 18. the third most serious lawsuit on behalf of Watson is filed. A massage therapist claimed that Watson sexually assaulted her inside an office building in the month of December, 2020. forcing her to undergo oral sex for him.
According to the information in the lawsuit filed, it's claimed it was the case that the massagetherapist, currently living in Oregon was "coerced and intimidated" by Watson to "move her mouth toward his penis, and then force Plaintiff to engage in oral sex with him. Plaintiff was not willing to any of this. Plaintiff was black for a short time from anxiety."
The suit also details the trauma which resulted from the incident. Following the third suit , Madden NFL 23 began to begin to take action, appointing senior VP Lisa Friel as lead investigator into the incident. Friel most recently took a similar role for the league in the year 2019 investigating allegations against the receiver Antonio Brown. However, the details of league's "probe" on Watson were brief, and did not explain how the probe would be conducted, or whether Watson would be suspended from the team's activities in the event of the conclusion of the investigation. That probe is still ongoing.
Buzbee reports that more women are coming forward with personal stories
On the 19th of March Buzbee claimed that more women have contacted his office in aftermath of the previous three allegations. Nine more suits were filed which brought the total to 12 -- and the attorney claimed that 22 women had contacted him claiming they had also been harassed or victimized by the Texans quarterback.
The subject matter of the suits varied from a woman who stated that Watson tried to force she to put her on his lap, and another who claims that the quarterback attempted to sexually assault her two occasions, after they had a meeting inside an office. Based on buy mut coins madden 23 these lawsuits Buzbee asked the Houston police department, as well as the Harris County District Attorney's office to look into these complaints filed against Watson which could lead to criminal charges, in addition to the civil cases which were filed.