Deshaun Watson won’t face legal fees after being accused of sexual misconduct by 22 Houston-area therapeutic massage therapists, however the courtroom of public opinion could be a unique matter.
Two of Watson’s accusers, Ashley Solis and Kyla Hayes, spoke with Soledad O’Brien for HBO’s “Actual Sports activities with Bryant Gumbel” for an episode that airs Tuesday night time at 10 pm ET.
“As I’m working, he intentionally grabs himself and put his penis on my hand,” Solis mentioned.
“And I pulled my hand away immediately and I began crying. And I advised him that I’m executed. I don’t wanna do that anymore.”
Hayes additionally detailed her alleged expertise with Watson.
“He needed me to kinda make a V movement in his pelvic space. So go throughout his abdomen to his thighs, again to his abdomen,” Hayes advised O’Brien. “I simply stored massaging and did what he requested till his penis stored touching me repeatedly as I did it. He was transferring his penis backwards and forwards as my palms moved as nicely.”
Hayes affirmed that this was “intentional” on Watson’s half, and mentioned, “In some unspecified time in the future, he did ejaculate. That was mortifying and embarrassing and disgusting.”

Solis mentioned that the quarterback made what “appeared like a menace” to her after the therapeutic massage concluded.
“He simply mentioned, ‘I do know you could have a profession to guard.’ And ‘I do know you don’t need anybody messing with it identical to I don’t need anybody messing with mine.’ To me, that’s when that’s after I received actually scared,” Solis mentioned.
Watson was traded from the Houston Texans to the Cleveland Browns this offseason, and instantly signed a fully-guaranteed contract price $230 million.
“It’s identical to an enormous screw you,” Solis mentioned of the contract. “That’s what it looks like. That we don’t care. He can run and throw, and that’s what we care about.”
Hayes concurred.
“It was sick to me,” she mentioned. “I felt like he’s being rewarded for unhealthy conduct.”
In March, a grand jury in Harris County, Texas decided not to file criminal charges against him pertaining to the allegations from Solis, Hayes and 20 others. He nonetheless has civil litigation pending, and faces potential self-discipline beneath the NFL’s Private Conduct Coverage.

Watson has denied misconduct referring to the massages and maintained that any sexual exercise was consensual. He reiterated these denials to HBO when introduced with the precise accusations from Solis and Hayes.
Certainly one of his attorneys, Leah Graham, spoke to “Actual Sports activities” for the section. She was requested why folks ought to imagine one man — Watson — in comparison with 22 ladies.
“It’s 22 ladies. It’s one lawyer,” Graham mentioned, referring to plaintiffs’ legal professional Tony Buzbee. “There’s just one lawyer who was prepared to take these instances. And as we all know from Ashley Solis’ deposition, Mr. Buzbee was not the primary, in all probability not the second or third lawyer she went to, however he was the one one to take her case.
“Why? Not as a result of it had advantage, however as a result of he would use these instances to extend his social media following and fairly frankly to get on exhibits like this one.”
Graham was requested to elucidate the sexual exercise within the massages.
“Effectively, in each therapeutic massage, I’ll let you know he did go, intending only for knowledgeable therapeutic massage, and solely these three situations the place sexual conduct occurred — consensual sexual exercise — it occurred after the therapeutic massage session had ended,” Graham mentioned. “And Mr. Watson has testified and is insistent that that sexual exercise was initiated by the plaintiff in each single occasion.”
Pressed on Watson saying that he has no regrets in regards to the incidents, Graham maintained this was nonetheless the case.
“As he testified in his depositions final week, sure, he has no regrets as a result of he did nothing mistaken,” she mentioned.
“He did nothing mistaken in these massages. And though — to your first query, ‘How can he be harmless?’ I believe the true query is, ‘What proof is there of any guilt?’”