The NFL has spoken to massage therapists who accused Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker of sexually inappropriate behavior, according to multiple reports.

Three women have participated in the NFL’s inquiry and another two are scheduled to do so, according to The Baltimore Banner.

Sixteen women across eight spas in the Baltimore area, including from multiple luxury spas, have come forward to The Banner, with the massage therapists saying Tucker’s alleged misbehavior took place between 2012 and 2016. Two spas banned Tucker from returning, according to a previous report by The Banner.

The allegations include Tucker exposing his genitals, brushing massage therapists with his penis and leaving bodily fluids that appeared to be ejaculate on the massage table, per The Banner’s investigative reporting.

Tucker denied the accusations in a post on X on Jan. 30 and called the allegations against him “unequivocally false.” He said he never received complaints from a massage therapist, was never dismissed from a massage session and was never told he was not welcome at any spa. He also called The Banner’s reporting “desperate tabloid fodder.”

Tucker, 35, has not been charged with a crime or been the subject of a civil lawsuit.

He is the longest-tenured Raven and has played 13 seasons in Baltimore. Tucker has converted 89.1 percent of his career field goal attempts and is a seven-time Pro Bowler. However, he is coming off his worst season, missing a career-high eight field goals and two extra points in 2024.

The Ravens haven’t publicly addressed the allegations against Tucker beyond saying they will continue to monitor developments. “We take any allegations of this nature seriously,” a Ravens spokesperson told The Athletic via text message on Jan. 30.

NFL spokesperson Brian McCarthy said via email Sunday that “the matter remains under review of the personal conduct policy.”

In his annual Super Bowl week news conference, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell acknowledged that he was “surprised” by the allegations against Tucker.

“We will look into those issues,” Goodell said. “They’re obviously serious issues and he’s taking that seriously, as well as we.”

In August 2022, the league suspended Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson for 11 games and fined him $5 million for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy. More than 20 women accused Watson of sexual misconduct during massage therapy and bodywork sessions.

Two Texas grand juries declined to indict Watson on criminal charges, and he reached confidential settlements with 23 of the 24 women who sued him in civil court (one case remains unresolved). The NFL’s decision to suspend Watson was based on the accounts of four women, each of whom participated in interviews with NFL investigators. The independent arbiter who heard the case did not take media reports into account.

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