Cleveland Browns star quarterback Deshaun Watson spoke out Sunday about sexual assault allegations against him in 2022.
quarterback talked with Reporters during a training camp press conference. He said he is in good shape mentally for the new season and is enjoying the city of Cleveland. Watson played for the Houston Texans before being traded to the Browns in 2022.
“I feel really good, I feel really good, just being in the players, the locker room, the coaching staff, the organization and the city of Cleveland,” Watson said. Said. “So it definitely feels good to have the opportunity to go into the season with full focus and focus the offseason. (Related: O.J. Simpson suggests some of Deshawn Watson’s accusers may have been lying)
The NFL and the NFL Players Association have suspended Watson for 11 games in the 2022 NFL season for having more than 24 female players. blamed him Sexual misconduct during a massage session. Among the suspects on the list of charges, Watson allegedly solicited a masseuse for oral sex and had multiple sexual contacts with another masseuse.Watson finally struck settlement agreement Thirty women accused him of misconduct.
Watson told reporters on Sunday that the suspension had had a profound effect on him, triggering a period of introspection and growth.
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“The whole situation changed me,” he continued. “In situations where I had to lock myself up tight, I had to channel myself and really know who was around me and who was there to support me. The last few years have definitely been the rock bottom in my life, even if I’ve been at rock bottom. But that’s part of life too. I grow from it, I learn from it.
The Cleveland Browns signed Watson to a five-year, guaranteed $230 million deal in March 2022.
