Deshaun Watson Reportedly Brought One Thing to His Massages, Possibly the Smoking Gun

Deshaun Watson is a savvy veteran when it comes to getting massages.

He was so used to  getting massages on the reg, that he brought  an item with him whenever possible. According to the latest reports, Watson would bring a small to medium sized towel with him when getting massages. This is something that he liked to have, rather than be furnished with one from the massage therapist.  Watson even testified about it in a pretrial deposition May 13.  The accusers attorneys say Watson’s bringing a personal towel to massage sessions is evidence of his intent for sex.

Via USA Today

“This is the towel I’m gonna use,” Watson said he told a massage therapist in March 2020, according to the deposition transcript obtained by USA TODAY Sports.

This practice isn’t normal and is not advisable, according to a massage and spa industry expert contacted by USA TODAY Sports. Professional spas and massage therapists typically provide their own draping for clients. That draping also is usually large enough to make sure there isn’t any unwanted exposure if the clients are nude or in their underwear underneath.

The more that comes out, the worse this all looks. Great work on the background check, Browns, really great.
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The attorneys for the accusers believe his towel worked two-fold.

One it would expose himself so he could get what he wanted out of the massage, and two it would be his to take home as not to have his DNA as evidence.

“They say his insistence on bringing a personal towel to these sessions is evidence of his intent for sex and not simply a professional massage. Their lawsuits suggest the towel he brought was small enough to make it easy to expose his private parts to these women during these encounters. The attorneys also say he brought his own towel so he could take his towel back with him, lowering the risk of leaving any DNA evidence behind.”

Watson’s lawyers did acknowledge his preference for bringing his own towel.

“He’s always made it clear that for comfort reasons, he wanted the least draping possible that still covered him,” Watson’s lead counsel, Rusty Hardin, told USA TODAY Sports in an interview June 2.

Watson was directly asked why he brought a towel:

“Why did you bring a towel?” plaintiffs attorney Maria Holmes asked Watson during the deposition.

“Because that was – we talked on the phone and I told her I was bringing a towel,” he replied. “We communicated with that and that’s how it was.”

His towel preference became known as his “towel trick.” I totally believe in innocent until proven guilty but none of his actions pass the sniff test.

He absolutely stinks of sexual misconduct.

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