As of March 16, 2021, 25 lawsuits have been filed against Watson, alleging sexual assault and other misconduct during massage sessions. Of these 25, one was rejected by the plaintiff when the judge ruled that her petition should be amended in her name. The other 20, Buzbee said, have been settled. “We are working with the bureaucracy associated with these settlements,” Buzbee said in a statement. “Once we do, these specific cases will be dismissed. The terms and amounts of the arrangements are confidential. We will not comment further on the arrangements or these cases.” Buzbee noted that Ashley Solis, the first woman to file a lawsuit against Watson and the first to speak publicly and identify herself as a plaintiff, is not one of the 20 women who have been reconciled.
1 Relevant “… Ashley Solis is one of the heroes of this story. Her case has not been settled and so the story of her and the other three brave women will continue. I look forward to trying these cases in due course, according to other trials. obligations and the timetable of the court “, he said. Although two Texas courts refused to prosecute Watson earlier this year, the NFL is investigating whether he violated his code of conduct and the league interviewed the general in person last month as part of its investigation. At the league’s spring meeting, Commissioner Roger Goodell said he believed the NFL was nearing the end of its investigation, but could not give a timeline for when a decision could be made. NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said Tuesday that “today’s development has no bearing on the collective disciplinary process.” Buzbee said in a statement that without Solis’s courage and willingness to show up, the NFL would not be considering discipline at this time; there would be no consideration of how teams could knowingly or unknowingly activate a specific behavior; the sports teams would not reconsider their staff control procedures and this important story would not have dominated the sports headlines for more than a year. “ The Houston Texans traded Watson to the Browns in March in exchange for a package that included three first-round draft picks after the first major jury said it would not prosecute Watson for criminal charges. Watson told a news conference last week that he had no regrets about any of his actions, but acknowledged that he regretted the impact the allegations had on the people around him. “I know, I know, I’m sorry [it’s had] “for the community and people outside of myself,” Watson said. “And that includes my family. This includes this organization. This includes my teammates in these locker rooms who have to answer these questions. This includes the Cleveland Browns fan base. This includes men, women, everyone around the world. One thing I regret is the impact it has had on so many people. “It’s hard to deal with.” ESPN’s Jake Trotter contributed to this report.
