Attorney for alleged victim in civil suit against Deshaun Watson says they tried to settle [Video]

Rusty Hardin, the attorney for Deshaun Watson, “strongly” denied allegations of sexual assault against the Browns quarterback in a new civil suit filed Monday. That prompted the plaintiff’s attorney to respond with a statement on social media.

Tony Buzbee, the alleged victim’s attorney, said in a lengthy social media post that he and his client tried to handle things privately.

“We feel compelled to release this statement based on the innumerable press inquiries we’ve received,” Buzbee wrote. “We reached out to attorney Rusty Hardin’s office for ten months in an attempt to resolve this case. We knew this case was the most serious and egregious case brought against Watson to date and our client, who is rightly traumatized by these events, wanted to attempt a private resolution. We thought that was the best approach given the media storm that occurred surrounding the legion of other clients. Unfortunately, Watson’s team or …