HOUSTON — Deshaun Watson, the 26-year-old N.F.L. quarterback who has been accused by two dozen women of sexual misconduct during massage appointments, will not be criminally charged in Houston, a grand jury decided Friday.
The district attorney’s office in Harris County, Texas, presented evidence to the 12-person grand jury for over six hours on Friday related to nine of the 10 criminal complaints filed against Watson last year, which described a range of actions including his exposing himself, purposely touching therapists’ hands with his penis and sexual assault.
The grand jury decided not to indict all nine cases — prosecutors did not present the tenth — and did not believe the evidence presented by prosecutors showed probable cause to support criminal charges.