Massage therapist says she felt "disgusted and used' by Deshaun Watson - Akron Beacon Journal

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Editor's note: This story involves allegations of sexual misconduct and contains graphic details from court filings.

This licensed massage therapist, like many of the others who have since sued Deshaun Watson, was excited when the Texans quarterback contacted her in 2020.

She hoped a famous athlete could boost her business, the woman's lawsuit said.

A friend had referred Watson to the woman and she agreed go to Watson’s Houston house for their first session some time in 2020, the woman's suit said, though it doesn't specify a particular month or date.

Public records show that Watson bought the swanky home overlooking a golf course for about $1.45 million in 2018, the year after he was selected by the Texans in the first round of the NFL draft.

When the woman arrived at the house, Watson told her he didn’t want any draping – the sheets and blankets that are customarily used to cover people during massages, the suit said.

But the woman insisted he be draped and began the session by massaging Watson’s back as he lay face down.

“Throughout the session, Watson kept wanting to flip over onto his back,” the suit said.

When he finally did, the suit said his penis was exposed and that it touched the woman’s hand several times.

“At the end of the massage, (the woman) felt a little uncomfortable, but shrugged it off as just nerves as she also wanted to keep Watson as a client to grow her business,” the suit said.

When Watson asked for a second massage, the woman agreed.

During their second session – the suit doesn’t specify when or where it happened – Watson refused to drape himself and complained about having to cover himself with a bath towel, the suit said.

This time, Watson asked the woman to focus on his lower abdomen and groin area and to “massage between his penis and testicles,” the suit said.

The woman refused but she continued to massage other areas because “she did not want to upset Watson and risk losing a client.”

“Watson’s penis continuously touched (her) hand throughout the massage as he moved his penis toward her hand,” the suit said.

Despite feeling uncomfortable during the first two massages, the woman agreed to a third session.

Before the third massage, Watson told the woman to “come wearing something comfortable,” the suit said. She thought this was odd, but it didn’t put her off.

This time, Watson only wanted to cover himself with a “small washcloth,” the suit said.

“Watson continuously and purposely touched (the woman) with his penis, by moving his body to make sure his penis touched her,” the suit said.

Like many of the women who would later file lawsuits against Watson, this woman said in court records she tried to give Watson “the benefit of the doubt" even when he made her feel uncomfortable.

But this was too much.

“By the end of the third session, (she) finally concluded that Watson wanted sex,” the suit said.

When the massage ended, the woman “told Watson she was firing him as a client,” the suit said.

She also told him she did not want to do anything to jeopardize her marriage.

While she felt “disgusted and used,” the lawsuit said she “was also terrified of what Watson would do to her career after she fired him.”

The woman later confided in her husband about what happened, telling him all that Watson really wanted was a “happy ending” and that it was “disturbing and disgraceful,” the suit said. "Happy ending" is common slang for an orgasm.

Watson has denied all the allegations against him and said that any sexual conduct was consensual.

His attorneys in court papers asked why she continued to provide massages if Watson made her feel uncomfortable.

The woman, in her lawsuit, said she hoped Watson's status could help her business. She also worried he could hurt her business after she refused to work with him.