.Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson mentioned he was actually stunned due to the most current public lawsuit submitted versus him through a lady that alleges he sexually assaulted her 4 years ago.The girl filed the legal action Monday in Texas, pointing out Watson compelled himself on her throughout a dinner date in her condo in Houston in 2020. She is actually finding upwards of $1 thousand in damages.During his every week media schedule, Watson, who will play recently against the Jacksonville Jaguars, claimed he was unaware of the charges prior to Monday." I learnt exactly whenever everybody else discovered," Watson said.Earlier, Watson's legal representative, Rusty Hardin, discharged a statement saying the QB "firmly refutes" the claims in the lawsuit.The league is actually analyzing the claim to find if Watson has broken the organization's individual perform plan. Watson was actually put on hold 11 video games in 2022 as well as fined $5 thousand after being actually indicted by more than pair of loads ladies of sex-related transgression." Deshaun firmly rejects the allegations in the Jane Doe legal action filed Monday," Hardin claimed in a claim arranged due to the team. "We have asked him certainly not to comment further while this concern functions its own way by means of the courts, however fit he will inevitably be proven." Our team will certainly be ready to defend this case in court at the proper opportunity, yet do not intend to perform our defense in the media. We would certainly ask that folks bear with while the legal procedure runs its own training program." In the meantime, Deshaun is actually visiting center his power and concentration on soccer." Watson mentioned Hardin's claim is actually "precisely how I'm feeling and also what our experts are actually undergoing this method with." On the other hand, the injured party's lawyer, Tony Buzbee, axed back at the statement along with his own on Instagram, stating he spoke to Hardin 10 months ago finding a settlement and also Watson was aware of the girl's cases." We knew this case was actually the most severe and also egregious case taken against Watson to time as well as our customer, that is rightly shocked through these occasions, intended to seek an exclusive settlement," Buzbee stated. "Our team assumed that was the most ideal technique given the media tornado that developed surrounding the horde of other claims." Regrettably, Watson's crew or even maybe his legal professionals could not or definitely would not offer this suit the interest it was due. ... Watson was actually well aware of this particular target as well as her cases quickly after it happened and also Watson was once again helped remind when we filed the initial case for the various other several sufferers." Cowboys get out to a wonderful begin, Browns in warm water along with Deshaun Watson Buzbee mentioned he has due to the fact that been consulted with through Hardin and his crew. Buzbee included that he has actually heard from NFL counsel.Watson, who worked out 23 of 24 public meets just before being suspended in 2022, stated he hasn't offered any kind of thought to achievable penalty coming from the game." My focus is actually determining Jacksonville's consider protection and also paying attention to my art to be the most ideal quarterback I may be on Sunday for this crew," he pointed out. "That's one thing that the NFL needs to perform on their opportunity and I have to concentrate on what's in front of me at this moment." Browns instructor Kevin Stefanski mentioned he carried out rule out benching the QB taking into account the charges." Our experts'll allow justice participate in out and also observe the NFL's guidelines," Stefanski claimed. "Our team are 100% focused on Jacksonville," The 28-year-old Watson played improperly in Cleveland's period opener, his initial game due to the fact that undertaking shoulder surgical operation in November.Watson has actually merely made 13 starts for the Browns given that they signed him to a $230 million arrangement in 2022 after trading three first-round draught decides on to the Texans.Reporting by The Associated Press. [Want wonderful accounts delivered straight to your inbox? Create or log in to your FOX Athletics account, adhere to organizations, teams and also players to receive an individualized e-newsletter daily.] Receive a lot more coming from National Volleyball Organization Follow your favorites to obtain relevant information regarding video games, headlines and also more.