Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker, who was accused of inappropriate sexual behavior by multiple massage therapists in an investigation by The Baltimore Banner, denied those accusations in a statement Thursday, calling the allegations “unequivocally false.”
According to the story, massage therapists who worked with Tucker between 2012 and 2016 accused him of misbehavior. Two spas banned him from returning, according to the Thursday report.
On Saturday, The Banner reported three more massage therapists had accused Tucker of misconduct, raising the total accusers to nine massage therapists from five different spas and wellness centers. One of the three women told the paper she reached out to a reporter in 2015 to share her story of the incident, but didn’t continue communicating due to fear of retaliation.
On Thursday, NFL spokesperson Brian McCarthy said the league is looking into the matter, and that it became aware of the allegations from the reporter investigating the story, “as they were not previously shared with the NFL.” Tucker has not been charged with a crime, and there is not a civil suit filed against him at this time.
The Banner reported that most of the original six women who shared firsthand accounts of Tucker’s alleged actions did not know each other…
