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The prison inquiry into the accusations of sexual assault and misconduct that Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson is facing is reportedly now no longer prone to be completed prior to the NFL’s substitute closing date on Nov. 2, per A.J. Perez of Front Divulge of job Sports activities.
Perez reported the sizable jury is yet to peep the prosecutors’ case in full.
What’s extra, the league is now no longer prone to conclude its bag investigation and institute any form of punishment till the sizable jury makes a decision. “The tip consequence of the prison investigation will weigh closely on the NFL’s decision on whether or now no longer to punish Watson,” Perez wrote.
No matter the uncertainty of the timeline, Perez also reported now no longer much less than four teams are serious a few doable substitute with one it sounds as if willing to originate a deal sooner than the prison case is decided.
Charles Robinson of Yahoo Sports activities reported in August the Miami Dolphins “emerged because the frontrunner in substitute discussions,” and Houston wished three first-spherical picks and two 2d-spherical picks.
Robinson equipped extra context to the discussions:
Charles Robinson @CharlesRobinson
Sources said teams enjoy angled for purchase protections in any substitute, to mitigate a doable #NFL suspension or prison prosecution tied to ongoing investigations by the FBI, Harris County prosecutor and Houston PD, into sexual assault allegations from extra than one girls.
Watson is facing 22 lawsuits that “accuse him of a range of actions all over rub down appointments over the previous year, from refusing to duvet his genitals to compelled oral sex,” per ESPN.
An extra two girls who weren’t amongst other folks that filed civil matches had been incorporated in the 10 girls who enjoy filed formal complaints in opposition to Watson with Houston police.
Whereas Watson is unruffled on the Texans’ 53-man full of life roster, the AFC South group did now no longer play him in Week 1 in opposition to the Jacksonville Jaguars and listed him as out with a “No longer Ruin Connected” designation.
Tyrod Taylor led Houston to a 37-21 victory.
