A judge ruled Monday that the plaintiff who filed the most recent civil lawsuit against Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson must include her name in the suit for it to proceed.
According to Sarah Barshop of ESPN, Judge Rabeea Sultan Collier made the ruling as part of an emergency hearing held in the 113th District Court in Harris County (Texas). The lawsuit was filed under Jane Doe.
Peggy Gallek, Ed Gallek and Jordan Unger of Fox8.com reported last week that the suit was filed Thursday in regards to a December 2020 encounter in which a woman said Watson "pressured her into a sex act when she met him to give him a massage.