Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson has settled the lawsuit that was brought against him about a month ago. The terms of the settlement, however, are confidential according to the victim’s attorney Tony Buzbee.
The new lawsuit is still under NFL investigation, but now that Watson settled the lawsuit independently, there is reason to believe the NFL may also push this case to the back of their to-do list and consider the matter finished.
The Browns would have the opportunity to void the remaining guarantees in the contract of Deshaun Watson, who is the NFL’s worst quarterback right now, if he were to be suspended from this case by the league. That does not look likely to happen moving forward.
Until the NFL hands down its ruling on the matter, one that is certainly likely to be watered down with this settlement, we do not have a final answer though. From Watson’s side of things, however, this matter is concluded.