Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson will not face fines or a suspension and did not violate the NFL personal conduct policy for recent sexual assault allegations, an NFL spokesman announced Friday.
“The matter is closed,” NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy told the Associated Press. “There was insufficient evidence to support a finding of a violation of the personal conduct policy.”
Watson has been accused by 22 women, many of them who worked as masseuses, of sexual misconduct since the first accuser came forward in March 2021. The NFL’s current investigation concerned a woman who filed a lawsuit in September 2024 against the quarterback for sexual assault and battery that she says occurred in Houston, Texas, in 2020.
Watson’s lawyer, Rusty Hardin, told the Washington Post, “We
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