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Three more massage therapists allege Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker engaged in inappropriate sexual behavior during massage sessions, the Baltimore Banner reported Saturday.
The allegations follow a report published by the Banner on Thursday in which six other women made similar accusations.
Tucker released a statement via social media on Thursday vehemently denying the allegations, and the Ravens said in their own statement that they “take any allegations of this nature seriously and will continue to monitor the situation”.
Following the latest allegations, attorneys for Tucker referred the Banner to his statement from two days ago.
The three massage therapists all worked at the same men’s spa in Baltimore. An attorney for the spa owner told the publication that the owner had not previously heard the allegations against Tucker, 35, despite at least one woman detailing reports she made to management about the kicker.
Each of the encounters with Tucker allegedly took place between 2012 and 2016 at high-end spas in the Baltimore area.
Tucker moved to the region in 2012 after the Ravens signed him as an undrafted free agent. In 13 seasons with the team, he is a five-time All-Pro selection and is the NFL’s all-time leader in field goal percentage at 89.1%.
The Banner began investigating a tip received 9 January regarding the allegations in advance of the Thursday report. The first six women who spoke to the news organization were kept anonymous out of their fear that the Ravens or their fans would retaliate.
Among that group, five accused Tucker of requesting that they “massage his pelvic region or inner thighs while he had an erection”, then proceeding to expose his genitals by moving the sheets laid over him. Two claimed that Tucker brushed them with his exposed penis, and three said that he left “a large wet spot” on their massage tables that they “strongly believed to be ejaculate”.
Tucker said it didn’t happen.
“The allegations in the Baltimore Banner article about me are unequivocally false,” Tucker wrote in a lengthy denial.
“Throughout my career as a professional athlete, I have always sought to conduct myself with the utmost professionalism. I have never before been accused of misconduct of any kind, and I have never been accused of acting inappropriately in front of a massage therapist or during a massage therapy session or during other bodywork. I have never received any complaints from a massage therapist, have never been dismissed from a massage therapy or bodywork session, and have never been told that I was not welcome at any spa or other place of business.”
