The attorney representing 22 women suing Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson says settlement talks between the two sides broke down before the NFL's trade deadline because of language Watson's legal team insisted they include in nondisclosure agreements.
"In what was submitted to us, there were nondisclosure agreements and many of the women pushed back on those," attorney Tony Buzbee told Houston television station Fox 26 in an interview Tuesday evening.
Buzbee said he and his colleagues modified the language in the proposed nondisclosure agreements "substantially" but added "there were still some women who said, 'I'm never going to sign that.