NFL investigating accusations against the Ravens’ Justin Tucker

Baltimore (AP) -NFL will investigate claims that the Baltimore Ravens Kicker Justin Tucker behaved inappropriately against massage therapists on four spas and wellness centers in the Baltimore area, a league spokesman said.

Baltimore -banner detailed the accusations in A long report Thursday. The paper said it spoke to six massage therapists who told first -hand experiences with Tucker from 2012 to 2016. Several therapists said they ended tuckers sessions early or refused to work on him again, and leaders from two spas said they banned him from return.

“We first became aware of the claims from the reporter who examined this story when they were not previously shared with the NFL,” League spokesman Brian McCarthy said in a statement. “We take every claim seriously and want to investigate the matter.”

Tucker is accused of exposing his genitals, brushing two therapists with his exposed penis, leaving what they thought was semen on the massage table after three treatments, according to the banner.

Tucker published a statement On social media To call the accusations of him in the banner story “unequivocally false.”

“When I accuse myself, the article takes the article harmless or ambiguous interactions and then leans them out of proportions that they are no longer recognizable and it presents vague insinuations as fact,” he said.

Tucker, 35, had just finished his 13th season in the NFL, all with Ravens. He has achieved star status both the league and among Baltimore fans in a way that is rare for a kicker, and his 66-yard field goals in 2021 are still the longest successful kick in league history.

In 2022, Tucker accepted a four-year contract extension throughout the 2027 season. This agreement included $ 17.5 million guaranteed.

“We are aware of Baltimore Banner’s story about Justin Tucker as well as his answer,” said a spokesman for Ravens. “We take all the claims about this species seriously and will continue to monitor the situation.”

According to the banner, a representative of the Spa chain, which Ojas said Tucker was “immediately terminated as a client” in 2014, after “a massage therapist reported an incident that allegedly took place during a massage therapis session with Justin Tucker.” Owners of Studio 921, who are now closed, said through a lawyer that they “took immediate and decisive actions to ban this person from our business and services to ensure a safe environment for everyone.”

In his answer, Tucker said, “I have never received any complaints from a massage therapist, has never been dismissed from a massage therapy or body session and have never been told that I was not welcome at any spa or other business place. “

The claims have some similarities to non -related accusations against another NFL player, Quarterback Deshaun Watson. More than two dozen women accused Watson of sexual abuse and harassment during massage therapy sessions while playing for Houston. After being traded for Cleveland Browns, Watson missed the first 11 games of the 2022 season after an independent arbitrator decided that he had violated the league’s policy for personal behavior.

___

AP NFL: