HOUSTON – A new lawsuit filed Monday afternoon in Harris County accuses former Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson of sexually assaulting a Houston-area woman in October 2020.

This woman is now suing him for at least one million dollars and is represented by the law firm of Tony Buzbee.

The lawsuit alleges that she and Watson met at a bar in the Galleria area in July 2020. One of his friends approached her and said Watson wanted her phone number. Flattered, she gave it to the friend and the woman and Watson texted each other on and off for several months.

In October 202, Watson asked the woman to meet him at the Galleria. She declined because she was hesitant to be seen with him in public and invited him to dinner at her apartment. She “was unaware of Watson’s proclivities,” the lawsuit says.

When he arrived at her apartment for their appointment, he called the woman “aggressively screaming and yelling” because he could not find her apartment and “didn’t have time for this.”

Watson arrived and the woman asked him to sit in her living room while she finished her makeup. To ease the tension after his “tantrum,” she tried to have a conversation with him while he was in the other room, but he did not respond.

She left the bathroom to see why he was so quiet and “to his shock found him completely naked on her bed, lying face down on his stomach,” the lawsuit states.

Watson “aggressively” insisted that she massage him, pointing to his butt. She asked if he meant his back, but Watson indicated he wanted his butt massaged. She rubbed his back because she was “terrified at that point in the encounter,” the lawsuit says.

Watson wanted her to massage his bottom and was frustrated that she only massaged his back. “Watson then turned around, revealing an erection,” and again demanded that she massage him from his knees to his groin.

“Jane Doe froze in fear and did not know how to reject Watson’s advances without compromising her safety. Confused and frightened, she reiterated to Watson that she was not a massage therapist.”

Watson asked her what she wanted to do instead, and before she could answer, he grabbed her and raped her, the lawsuit says.

She felt paralyzed and wasn’t sure if she should risk her safety by trying to stop him, but she was able to escape him and ran to her dresser to defend herself, grabbing a heavy decorative piece and yelling at him to get out of her apartment. She said he was engaged when he left her apartment.

This is the first lawsuit filed against Watson specifically alleging sexual harassment. Previously, Watson was accused in nearly two dozen lawsuits by massage therapists of harassing, assaulting or touching them during their appointments during his time as a player for the Houston Texans.

The woman in the new lawsuit filed Monday said she was previously afraid to come forward but is now suing for $1 million and additional damages.

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