Houston Texans 'enabled' Deshaun Watson's behavior: report

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Cleveland Brown’s quarterback Deshaun Watson was hit with a 24th lawsuit this week accusing him of sexual misconduct but according to a bombshell report by the New York Times on Tuesday, the Houston Texans played a role in enabling the quarterback’s alleged behavior, including providing him with nondisclosure agreements and a venue for his massage habit. 

The report claimed that the Texans, "knowingly or not," enabled Watson's actions by providing him with the venue for several of his massage appointments where incidents of sexual misconduct were said to have taken place. 

Deshaun Watson #4 of the Cleveland Browns walks off the field after the Cleveland Browns OTAs at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on May 25, 2022, in Berea, Ohio.  (Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images)

In addition, documents reviewed by the outlet found that Watson found an NDA in his locker after one of his accusers threatened to go public with her accusations in 2020. 

The Texans denied any previous knowledge of the accusations at the time that the first civil lawsuit was filed back in March 2021. In a statement to the Times, the Texans reaffirmed that they first learned of the allegations in March and have been cooperating with investigators since but declined to go into details over his use of "team resources." 

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According to the report, Houston provided Watson with a membership at an "upscale" hotel where at least seven women met him for appointments – two of which filed civil lawsuits and two others that went to law enforcement with complaints. 

"It’s unclear whether the