Former Alabama linebacker Ryan Anderson told Al.com writer John Talty on Wednesday he did not rudely ask Deshaun Watson to leave a local Alabama bar last Friday, but instead “simply made a suggestion” that the former Clemson quarterback should go.
The story on Al.com was the first one where Anderson spoke publicly about his side of the story after Watson made national news last week when allegedly Anderson and some Alabama fans harassed Watson to leave Innisfree Irish Pub in Tuscaloosa, Ala., where Watson was having lunch with friends.
A couple of phone videos made the rounds on social media that showed Watson getting up and leaving the bar.