(SportsRadio 610) -- Deshaun Watson is contacting those who provided him massages and deleting Instagram messages in an attempt to settle the litany of civil cases filed against him, according to a recent lawsuit.
The Texans quarterback faces at least 19 lawsuits in Harris County alleging sexual assault and harassment, mostly linked to massage sessions dating from March 2020 to as recently as earlier this month.
Watson's attorney Rusty Hardin on Monday denied the claim Watson "reached out directly to his accusers in an attempt to settle these cases."
In a recent lawsuit made publicly available Monday, another licensed massage therapist alleges Watson reached out through Instagram last October requesting a session, despite having never met. She also claims, like others in lawsuits against Watson, to not be a well-known professional whose services the professional athlete would seek.
Still, the lawsuit states on Oct. 19, 2020 at around 11:30 a.m., Watson showed up for his scheduled appointment at the woman's Houston office.
The lawsuit says Watson started face down, encouraging her to massage inside of the legs near his penis. When she became uncomfortable and decided to use her elbows, Watson insisted she use her hands, but she declined, the lawsuit states.
She claims Watson eventually turned over to his back, completely naked with his penis fully exposed, still encouraging her to work on the inside of his legs.
Watson told her to "go further," that he would pay extra money and said "Don't worry, no one is going to know," according to the lawsuit. Then she alleges Watson grabbed her hand and made her touch his penis. She says she told him no and the massage eventually ended.
Read the lawsuit in its entirety here.
Another lawsuit made available Monday claims Watson was referred to the massage therapist by a mutual friend "sometime in 2020." This particular therapist claims to have performed massages for Watson on three separate occasions, when his behavior became progressively worse.
The first massage was at Watson's house, where he told the woman he wanted no draping, which is customary during a session, the lawsuit states.
Still, Watson proceeded to get completely naked and exposed his penis, touching the woman's hand with it several times, according to the lawsuit. She claims to have shrugged off the first incident and scheduled a second session with Watson.
There was similar conduct detailed, but this time Watson asked her to massage between his penis and testicles, according to the lawsuit.
It wasn't until the third encounter, when there was again similar behavior, when the woman finally concluded Watson was looking for sex, the lawsuit says.
The woman, who is married, told Watson she would no longer work with him and also told her husband about what happened, according to the lawsuit.
A third lawsuit made available Monday is by a woman (whose message therapy license is still pending) saying she knew Watson previously through mutual friends and "initially felt very comfortable being around him."
But the lawsuit alleges graphic details of their encounters.
Watson allegedly showed similar behavior described in other filings, but also accuses him of incessant contact and harassment. She refused to conduct a massage at a hotel, as he insisted, and they eventually agreed on meeting at her mother's house in Pearland.
At the first session, on Nov. 6, Watson asked the woman to sign a non-disclosure agreement, which at the time she thought maybe normal.
She says Watson laid completely naked on his stomach with only a towel covering his buttocks, and would aggressively dictate her to "get up in there" and "don't be scared" and "use your fingers."
When Watson flipped over to his back, a small towel slid off and exposed his penis as he directed the woman to his groin, the lawsuit states.
She says Watson left around 6 p.m., but texted while still in the driveway saying, "Hope that wasn't bad."
The next morning, around 7 a.m., he texted asking for another session. Feeling as though she did not perform well from a massage standpoint, and wanting to give Watson the benefit of the doubt, she claims to have scheduled another session for Nov. 10 at her mother's house.
When Watson arrived on Nov. 10 at around 11 a.m., he told the woman he'd just come from practice where he received a massage, which she found to be odd.
Watson explained it was normal to get several massages in a day, and they proceeded the same way as the first one just a few days earlier.
This time, she claims Watson's penis touched her several times "because Watson kept aggressively moving his penis towards" her hand.
The lawsuit states Watson ejaculated on the woman's arm and hand. She says she wiped it off and finished the massage as quickly as possible.
Then she claims Watson got dressed, grabbed his belongings and asked her about getting another massage that same day. After Watson left, she claims he texted saying "Maybe 4:30 pm? At Houstonian. I see you're getting comfortable with certain techniques and areas."
The woman declined, but "Watson texted her incessantly almost every day afterwards asking for a massage." He would also call her almost three times a day, the lawsuit states.
The woman says in the lawsuit she did not respond to Watson, but she reached out to another NFL player who affirmed Watson crossed "a thin line between physical therapy and sexual pleasure."
Watson and his attorney Rusty Hardin have denied the allegations as more than a dozen lawsuits have been filed against the Texans' quarterback since March 16.
The NFL is also investigating the claims. There has been no indication police are investigating, though the plaintiffs' attorney Tony Buzbee has said he will encourage a grand jury review.
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