HOUSTON – After Houston attorney Tony Buzbee said in an Instagram post Tuesday night that he had filed a lawsuit against Deshaun Watson, the Texan quarterback issued a statement saying he hoped to clear his name.
Watson responded on Twitter to the news of the lawsuit, saying it rejected “a baseless six-figure lawsuit,” and that it was “to clarify my name, and I hope to do so.”
Buzbee did not specify the allegations against Watson instead, but referred to the behavior with women and later told FOX 26 in Houston that “Watson went too far” with a woman massaging him.
“I have never treated any woman with anything more than the utmost respect,” Watson said in his statement.
Buzbee is well known throughout the Houston area for his law firm and his failed 2019 campaign against Mayor Sylvester Turner.