Deshaun Watson Accusers Call Out NFL For ‘Victim Blaming’

The Deshaun Watson circus continues, and now that he’s at training camp, more info from the accusers is coming forward. Accusers Ashley Solis and Lauren Baxley spoke to Sports Illustrated’s Jenny Vrentas about their sessions with NFL investigators Lisa Friel and Jennifer Gaffney.

Ashley Solis had this to say:

“This woman asked me what I was wearing, which honestly really pissed me off,” Solis told Sports Illustrated in what was her first interview with a media outlet. “She explained that that’s something that she has to ask—which I don’t believe at all. I’m not sure what I’m supposed to be wearing that would suggest that I don’t want you to put your penis on my hand. Do I need to wear a turtleneck?”

And Lauren Baxley:

“My forensic interview [with HPD] was very respectful and trauma-informed,” Baxley says. “They let me speak uninterrupted, whereas with Lisa Friel and the [other NFL investigator], they would cut me off, they would question things, they would circle back.” Baxley believes that they were “trying to trip me up. They didn’t, but they were really looking for the weaknesses that they thought they could exploit.”

We spoke to Ashley Solis and Lauren Baxley, two LMTs suing Deshaun Watson. They shared more details of their interactions with Watson, as well as their meeting with NFL investigators, which Baxley perceived as “victim-blaming”: https://t.co/SHe8YY5LBB

— Jenny Vrentas (@JennyVrentas) August 13, 2021

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Earlier in the week Watson spoke to the local media, calling them out:

Deshaun Watson: “Why are you all always filming me every day? It’s the same s—.” pic.twitter.com/nL6p5Rlkl9

— Sarah Barshop (@sarahbarshop) August 12, 2021

Watson’s troubles are far from over…

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