UPDATE: Watson Suspended 11 games and fined $5M

[TJ]

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[juza76]

I guess if i did the same crap like he did, 20 years in jail

 

[football karma]

Seahawks have never shied away from players with ? on off field stuff

 

[mjb21aztd]

Hello seattle ughhh....

 

[Dan H]

The saying goes, you can indict a ham sandwich ... maybe there wasn't as much evidence as it seemed? IDK.

 

[Garthshort]

I guess if i did the same crap like he did, 20 years in jail

Could you post a picture of yourself, so we'll know if your opinion deserves a response.

 

[Ronin]

Seattle.

 

[TRW]

I guess if i did the same crap like he did, 20 years in jail

Not necessarily if the charges brought against you were, like him, found to not reach the level of criminal activity. That's how the Grand Jury is supposed to work. As Dan H said the evidence must not have been as strong as the County Attorney maybe thought.

 

[juza76]

Could you post a picture of yourself, so we'll know if your opinion deserves a response.

What do u mean?

 

[BritCard]

I'm shocked

(I'm not)

 

[oaken1]

Not necessarily if the charges brought against you were, like him, found to not reach the level of criminal activity. That's how the Grand Jury is supposed to work. As Dan H said the evidence must not have been as strong as the County Attorney maybe thought.

From what I read when all this started. It was a single chick that got an attorney....and in true ambulance chaser style he tried to turn it into a class action. Placed ads, sent investigators to question every single woman who had ever given Watson a massage...did everything he could to blow this up and make it huge to force Watson to settle.
I respect a guy that won't settle. But it might have been cheaper had he just written a check at the beginning and made this crap go away.

However, the GJ findings make it so he likely won't have to pay anyway....or at least far less. You never know with civil court, they don't even need true evidence....a strong weepy emotional appeal from several women with sob stories of how he emotionally damaged them and they will find him guilty

 

[Russ Smith]

I am surprised but I guess we never knew just how much physical evidence they had because it wasn't a rape case so the physical evidence was different.

he still has lots of civil cases pending but clearly he's in a much better situation now than he was before

 

[Russ Smith]

Not necessarily if the charges brought against you were, like him, found to not reach the level of criminal activity. That's how the Grand Jury is supposed to work. As Dan H said the evidence must not have been as strong as the County Attorney maybe thought.

From what's online now 9 of the jurors in the grand jury returned a "no bill" which means they didn't think it warranted criminal charges, 3 of the jurors said it did warrant criminal charges. Texas law does not require a unanimous verdict in a grand jury, apparently only a 3/4 majority is required so they got exactly the number of no bills required to get a majority in the case.

 

[TJ]

Seahawks have never shied away from players with ? on off field stuff

I could totally see this happening now that they have draft capital.

 

[AZman5103]

I'd trade Kyler and our 1st for Watson and their 1st!

 

[az jam]

He still has the civil lawsuits to deal with and also any suspension action by the NFL.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

From what I read when all this started. It was a single chick that got an attorney....and in true ambulance chaser style he tried to turn it into a class action. Placed ads, sent investigators to question every single woman who had ever given Watson a massage...did everything he could to blow this up and make it huge to force Watson to settle.
I respect a guy that won't settle. But it might have been cheaper had he just written a check at the beginning and made this crap go away.

However, the GJ findings make it so he likely won't have to pay anyway....or at least far less. You never know with civil court, they don't even need true evidence....a strong weepy emotional appeal from several women with sob stories of how he emotionally damaged them and they will find him guilty

Lol. Our legal system has faults, but this is just a ridiculous and ignorant statement.

 

[mjb21aztd]

I'd trade Kyler and our 1st for Watson and their 1st!

Haha watch cards do that month later new charge

 

[Russ Smith]

He still has the civil lawsuits to deal with and also any suspension action by the NFL.

It's not clear if the NFL will suspend him or not since he wasn't charged, it's less likely. Ben got 6 games when he wasn't charged either but we don't know if that's going to be the case with Watson or not.

 

[BritCard]

It's not clear if the NFL will suspend him or not since he wasn't charged, it's less likely. Ben got 6 games when he wasn't charged either but we don't know if that's going to be the case with Watson or not.

He effectively already missed a whole season. It wasn't official but he couldn't be traded or play until this was resolved so the result is the same.

I don't any ban coming down the line.

 

[AZman5103]

It's not clear if the NFL will suspend him or not since he wasn't charged, it's less likely. Ben got 6 games when he wasn't charged either but we don't know if that's going to be the case with Watson or not.

As much as I hate Ben...I thought that was bullcrap. You should not lose money/employment based on an accusation. It's setsca precedent that anyone looking to extort a NFL player has tons of leverage. Pay me 150k or I accuse you and you lose 4 games salary even if it's not true

 

[Ronin]

I read that the eagles are basically out of the Watson race.

 

[Ronin]

Bruh...Adam Schefter gas lighting.lol

 

[Cardinal Bob]

He effectively already missed a whole season. It wasn't official but he couldn't be traded or play until this was resolved so the result is the same.

I don't any ban coming down the line.

He didn't play this season, but he still got paid, at least part of his contract.

I think he gets at least 8 games.

 

[Ronin]

Haha watch cards do that month later new charge

The Cardinal way.