Ten of Deshaun Watson's 22 accusers physically and virtually attended a status hearing for the Houston Texans quarterback's sexual misconduct case on Thursday.
"They are here because they have been called liars and they are not liars," said Tony Buzbee, the attorney representing all of Watson's accusers.
The six women who were physically present were all wearing masks and sunglasses during the hearing. Watson's attorney, Rusty Hardin, and Buzbee accused each other's sides of destroying evidence relating to the case. Hardin denied that his client destroyed evidence on his phone while accusing the alleged victims of deleting their social media accounts.
In an effort to find out who the rest of Watson's accusers are, Hardin also filed a motion to have Buzbee turn over the social security numbers and driver's license numbers of some of the alleged victims.
"I've never, ever experienced where six weeks after the lawsuits are brought we still don't know who all of them are so in that sense it's unusual," Hardin said.
Earlier this week, Deshaun Watson filed a response to the 22 lawsuits after the accusers were identified. In the response, the plaintiffs were accused of lying about their encounters with the star quarterback, bragging about wanting money from him, and working with Watson after the alleged incidents.
Source: KHOU-11
