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fsif
Jul 18, 2003

Didn't realize that nine accusers was the floor at this point.

https://twitter.com/AllbrightNFL/status/1372635866271608832?s=20

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GD_American
Jul 21, 2004

LISTEN TO WHAT I HAVE TO SAY AS IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT!
Jesus Christ. Proof that the rumor mill isn't foolproof. Did anyone ever have even the slightest inkling Watson was a creep?

dirty shrimp money
Jan 8, 2001

SKULL.GIF posted:

Yeah the maelstrom has grown and encompassed everything within the team now.

Texans Drama General - Jack'd Up and Jack'd Off

fsif
Jul 18, 2003

Anyway Deshaun probably should have paid the six figure settlement.

b0ng
Jan 16, 2004

Thats a nice Game 7 you have there. Would be a shame if somebody nailed it down.
https://twitter.com/sportsvanessa/status/1372737151155179522?s=21

GD_American posted:

Jesus Christ. Proof that the rumor mill isn't foolproof. Did anyone ever have even the slightest inkling Watson was a creep?

Deals couldn’t be finalized until this had dropped. If they had worked out a deal for him the other team would’ve (probably) put a hold on that.

b0ng fucked around with this message at 03:42 on Mar 19, 2021

Intruder
Mar 5, 2003

I got a taste for blown saves
welp

General Dog
Apr 26, 2008

Everybody's working for the weekend
*Rovell voice* I feel bad for the victims. But these texts are tremendously meme-able

Ches Neckbeard
Dec 3, 2005

You're all garbage, back up the truck BACK IT UP!
Not great still need confirmation he actually sent them because we know Buzbee isn't above faking texts.

Jfc just any other attorney

SKULL.GIF
Jan 20, 2017


"Are you comfortable with the glute area?"

Chris James 2
Aug 9, 2012


He won’t be out of the league but he should be

fsif
Jul 18, 2003

Florio has decided the Twitter commenters will come down on the right side of history.

https://twitter.com/profootballtalk/status/1372743896854331395?s=21

wyoak
Feb 14, 2005

a glass case of emotion

Fallen Rib
He’s not wrong but that second text isn’t a good look for sure

Intruder
Mar 5, 2003

I got a taste for blown saves
I'll say this for Buzbee, he's good at the slow burn

fsif
Jul 18, 2003

wyoak posted:

He’s not wrong but that second text isn’t a good look for sure

He's wrong because these aren't text messages that appeared from the ether. They were provided to Buzbee by two different women that claim Watson assaulted them. Unless they're fabricated, it proves that these women did indeed have contact with Watson (and one of them even got an admission of wrongdoing!).

wyoak
Feb 14, 2005

a glass case of emotion

Fallen Rib
he never denied meeting the women did he?

but yeah the 2nd one is certainly bad

SKULL.GIF
Jan 20, 2017


Are you comfortable with the good Lord?

wyoak
Feb 14, 2005

a glass case of emotion

Fallen Rib
it is lovely sign of the world that you see someone apologize about making someone else uncomfortable and the first (and typically most accurate) thought is "well they're a creep"

SKULL.GIF
Jan 20, 2017


Are you comfortable with the glorious blessing of Christ?

Intruder
Mar 5, 2003

I got a taste for blown saves

wyoak posted:

it is lovely sign of the world that you see someone apologize about making someone else uncomfortable and the first (and typically most accurate) thought is "well they're a creep"

Well it comes with the pre-existing knowledge that there's a claim that the thing that made her uncomfortable was the constant attempts to get a handie

SKULL.GIF
Jan 20, 2017


Where you thought you walked alone, there was Christ carrying your cock and sack.

Shimrra Jamaane
Aug 10, 2007

Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.
When 13 separate women come out within around 36 hours of each other that’s probably a bad sign but hey I’m no criminal attorney.

General Dog
Apr 26, 2008

Everybody's working for the weekend
Frances McDormand, at the end of Fargo: “And for what? For a little handbeezy. There’s more to life than a handbeezy, don’t you know that?”

Chris James 2
Aug 9, 2012


Shimrra Jamaane posted:

When 13 separate women come out within around 36 hours of each other that’s probably a bad sign but hey I’m no criminal attorney.

mcmagic and three other trolls rush in: “but the lawyer’s bad! (please ignore all other lawyers who are all also bad, including Deshaun’s lawyer who argued Adrian Peterson didn’t abuse his kid when beating the utter poo poo out of him)”

gloom
Feb 1, 2003
distracted from distraction by distraction
Is it just me, or is it weird that the accusers are being widely referred to as masseuses? I had the impression that word has taken on some questionable connotations compared with like, massage therapist or similar. At least so I was told by a friend who gave massages at an Aveda salon a long time ago. It seems especially demeaning to the women in this case, which concerns allegations of sexual violence.

nah
Mar 16, 2009

There's nothing really incriminating in those texts. I'm sure there's more but those screenshots aren't indicative of anything too horrible

Shimrra Jamaane
Aug 10, 2007

Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.
If the accusations were reserved for being a creep and trying to pressure these women into touching his dick that would be unacceptable in a moral sense but let’s face it his career in the NFL would ultimately survive. But there’s at least one accusation of forcibly making a woman perform oral sex on him and if there are more accusations like that then this is the most toxic situation the league has seen since Hernandez and yes I remember Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson.

Amy Pole Her
Jun 17, 2002
And... SCENE. Cut.

Ches Neckbeard
Dec 3, 2005

You're all garbage, back up the truck BACK IT UP!

Chris James 2 posted:

mcmagic and three other trolls rush in: “but the lawyer’s bad! (please ignore all other lawyers who are all also bad, including Deshaun’s lawyer who argued Adrian Peterson didn’t abuse his kid when beating the utter poo poo out of him)”

He's literally faked texts before just to smear a political opponent and releases everything on Instagram. What about this man screams credibility? There's being a sleazy lawyer then there's the kind of guy you expect to represent trump in an election case. Should we automatically trust him because he's showing evidence he's literally faked before? This isn't even trolling how do you trust this guy immediately?

Intruder
Mar 5, 2003

I got a taste for blown saves
Did he pay 13 women to open themselves up to harassment and potential litigation? I doubt it

There's absolutely smoke here

Shimrra Jamaane
Aug 10, 2007

Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.
When all we had to go on were the hilarious ramblings of a lawyer who made sure to claim that he would not be intimidated because he was a badass marine all typed up on the Notes app and posted as a screenshot to Instagram it was pretty easy to laugh off. That becomes harder as official professionally composed court filings detailing the accusations come out one after the other.

And I’m already seeing the standard “oh he’s a rich famous athlete why would he even need to do this oh and btw we need to get a photo of these women because obviously he wouldn’t do it to any uggos” around the internet.

Shimrra Jamaane fucked around with this message at 05:42 on Mar 19, 2021

Shimrra Jamaane
Aug 10, 2007

Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.
I mean I really hope that Watson is innocent. But it’s scary because if this is actually some crazy conspiracy concocted by a rich white owner, a crooked lawyer, and over a dozen different women, all to smear and destroy the life of a prominent black athlete all because he didn’t want to play ball contractually, the long term implications for victim advocacy going forward will be cataclysmic.

Shimrra Jamaane fucked around with this message at 05:50 on Mar 19, 2021

Ches Neckbeard
Dec 3, 2005

You're all garbage, back up the truck BACK IT UP!

Intruder posted:

Did he pay 13 women to open themselves up to harassment and potential litigation? I doubt it

There's absolutely smoke here

This guy seems just bizarrely sleazy enough to go through this without actual people to make the accusation. All the filings are under various Jane Doe's so did anyone actually open themselves up other than this weird guy? Here's me not knowing legal procedure but at what point does he have to prove to the court (yes anonymity is important in sexual assault and harassment cases especially high profile ones) that there are women behind these complaints? Did he have to provide that to the court in a hidden part of the filings?

Somethings extremely fucky and I don't know how this ends up. After the poo poo show that got 50 something days in court because of a failed steak salesmans tantrum the most bizarre things still seem possible as all hell.

Ostentatious
Sep 29, 2010

loving believe women lmfao how loving hard is it to understand

wyoak
Feb 14, 2005

a glass case of emotion

Fallen Rib
wouldn't mind another source confirming the women exist

Cavauro
Jan 9, 2008

i am currently dissecting the impetus to "technically," this situation. so far it seems like there's nothing incriminating about these posts

Diva Cupcake
Aug 15, 2005

gloom posted:

Is it just me, or is it weird that the accusers are being widely referred to as masseuses? I had the impression that word has taken on some questionable connotations compared with like, massage therapist or similar. At least so I was told by a friend who gave massages at an Aveda salon a long time ago. It seems especially demeaning to the women in this case, which concerns allegations of sexual violence.

I believe one of the complaints specifically mentions the woman isn’t yet licensed so maybe it’s an issue of requiring a license to be called a massage therapist. I dunno.

I had no idea Instagram was the go-to place to book your totally professional unlicensed massage therapist business. I’m an old though.

Mr. Nice!
Oct 13, 2005

bone shaking.
soul baking.

Diva Cupcake posted:

I believe one of the complaints specifically mentions the woman isn’t yet licensed so maybe it’s an issue of requiring a license to be called a massage therapist. I dunno.

I had no idea Instagram was the go-to place to book your totally professional unlicensed massage therapist business. I’m an old though.

It’s more likely that there is a circle of prostitution that we are unaware of generally on instagram and there were some crossed wires.

Chris James 2
Aug 9, 2012


Ostentatious posted:

loving believe women lmfao how loving hard is it to understand

Ehud
Sep 19, 2003

football.

Mr. Nice! posted:

It’s more likely that there is a circle of prostitution that we are unaware of generally on instagram and there were some crossed wires.

Escorts on social media has been a thing for a while, my friend.

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Mr. Nice!
Oct 13, 2005

bone shaking.
soul baking.

Ehud posted:

Escorts on social media has been a thing for a while, my friend.

I know that. I mean that Watson is not alone in this, and if he’s doing it, others are as well.

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