The team should have stipulated with the contract that Deshaun and his lawyer would do everything in their power to get this flushed as quickly as possible. Nope. He’s going to fight for his dignity and Innocence long after that ship sailed, rightly or wrongly, I’m the public mind, never to be revisited. Someone really and truly should have diagramed all the possible outcomes for him. It makes it very clear that if you’re a celebrity in a sex scandal with anything short of a complete slam dunk outcome in your favor, you make it go away, quickly. Every other outcome is: you lose. And even more so in this case: Browns lose.
Interestingly, Hardin discussed that when the trade last year with Watson to Miami was being discussed, Miami's owner, Stephen Ross, was requiring that all civil matters be resolved/settled prior to agreeing to the trade. I mentioned a few posts up how close this trade was and why it fell through.
Hardin said after the Miami trade fell through and once the criminal matters were resolved, several teams were willing to allow Watson and his attorney to handle the civil cases in the manner they best see fit for Watson. Watson was appreciative of this gesture by the Browns. Hardin said the Browns have been great about allowing Watson and Hardin handle the civil cases without interfering in the process.
