Deshaun Watson, a star N.F.L. quarterback who has been accused by two dozen women of sexual misconduct during massage appointments, sat down for the first time for depositions in two lawsuits in his lawyer’s office on Friday morning.
He entered unseen by the half-dozen or so media members camped outside of the downtown skyscraper that houses the office of his lawyer, Rusty Hardin, who had previously said the depositions would be a “worthless exercise” because he advised Watson to invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.
While Watson was being deposed, a perhaps even more consequential development in the case was taking shape about a mile away, at the Harris County Criminal Justice Center. There, prosecutors were presenting evidence to a 12-person grand jury on Friday. The grand jury was expected to meet for most of the day and to consider criminal charges against Watson.
“Nothing we did today has anything to do with what is going on at the criminal courthouse,” said Buzbee.