“I claim that at any time before or after a professional body treatment session I acted at any time, nor have I been told that I am unwanted with a provider for massage therapy. These claims are simply not true.”
Those are the words of Baltimore Ravens Kicker Justin Tucker in an exclusive statement to Outkick, his first public comments on the media since the first allegations.
Since January, a total of 16 massage therapists have accused Tucker of sexual misconduct and inappropriate behavior during sessions from 2012 to 2016 on eight spas in and around Baltimore. Initially, six accusators were included in a report from the publication of the Baltimore area on January 30.
NFL researchers were in Baltimore last week and spoke with some accusators, ESPN reports. The ravens could not be achieved for comments for this story, but earlier this week at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis general director Eric Decosta called the allegations ‘serious and worrying’.
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Tucker and his legal adviser, led by Joe Terry from Williams & Connolly’s first amendment practice group, deny all allegations and say they are determined to erase the name of Tucker.
Justin Tucker ‘destroys’ by accusations
Baltimore Ravens Place Kicker Justin Tucker (9) celebrates a 54 Yard submitted goal against the Pittsburgh Steelers in the third quarter at Acrisure Stadium. (Barry Reeger imagn images)
“During the past four weeks I spent countless hours playing every interaction that I have had with body professionals in the last thirteen years,” Tucker told Outkick. “I can ensure that the person reading this, that I have never intended to respect anyone, cross a border or make someone feel uncomfortable in any way.”
“It destroys me to know that everyone I worked with would not have felt respected and appreciated as a professional, but more importantly as a person, and for anyone who has felt otherwise, I am sorry,” Tucker said in his statement, the full text of which can be found below. “I want you to know that I am dedicated to ensure that everyone I communicate keeps feeling that I respect them and to give them as a person.”
Tucker said he started external massage therapy in 2012 during his Rookie season in Baltimore. He said at the time that the ravens did not provide the services. After years of visiting local spas for his treatments, Tucker says that he has registered for internal massage therapy from RPMotion Therapy, LLC, in the summer of 2016 after buying a house in the suburbs of Baltimore. He and his wife, Amanda, had previously lived in the city in an apartment in Ritz-Carlton Residences-where a therapist recently accused him of “exposing himself” during a massage session in 2013.
“G. gave Tucker two massages in the Ritz-Carlton in 2013 and said that he repeatedly exposed herself and that she had an intense massage technique in the hope of stopping him.” It was like a game “for him, she said, adding that he exposed himself more than I could count. Sweat you could see what it was, “she said,” the Baltimore banner report.
In response, Tucker’s counsel refers two sworn statements from the previous owners of the Ritz-Carlton Spa, who disputes the accusations raised, who has obtained Outkick.
August 17, 2024; Baltimore, Maryland, US; Baltimore Ravens Kicker Justin Tucker is on the bench during the second half of Atlanta Falcons at M&T Bank Stadium. (Tommy Gilligan-usa Today Sports)
‘A pleasure to work with you’
His lawyer also mentioned Tucker’s meticulous tax documents that the kicker kept of every massage session he attended, which they say he shows him that he attended the different salons in question well after his alleged misconduct. Outkick was not shown these documents.
In one specific case, Tucker’s counsel said that the kicker appeared for 14 different sessions in the QG salon in the center of Baltimore after alleged misconduct. His legal team provided an e -mail statement from one of the accusators who told him that “it was” a pleasure to work with you “when he canceled his membership on 5 January 2016.
Through a lawyer, the owner of QG, Craig Martin, the banner told that he was not aware of any complaints against Tucker.
Tucker and his lawyer also deny claims from the salon owners of the now closed studio 921 and Ojas that he forbade his alleged behavior. According to the Baltimore Banner, the owner of Apothecary was the only other Spa owner of the eight who confirmed the hearing about a specific accusation that was cited against Tucker.
According to his lawyer, Tucker lived seven times in 2014 and Studio 921 18 times from 2013 to 2015. Tucker was accused by a therapist in Studio 921, according to the banner, of “(his) upright for the most part of the massage session and regularly sought to expose his genitals.”
The banner reported that he was banned from the establishment, but Tucker’s lawyers pointed out that Studio 921, who was closed in 2023, posted a promotional photo of Tucker on the website -travel adviser one year after he reportedly had been banned. The post remained on the site during the entire life of the company, such as Seen here.
Perry told Outkick that the wife of Tucker, Amanda, had recommended several salons to her husband while they often planned the sessions of couples. Amanda mentioned all allegations against her husband “False” in an exclusive explanation to Outkick:
“The false accusations against Justin have caused so many injuries to our family. I believe my husband, and I love him and fully support him.”
Lawyers of the accusators respond
Justin Tucker van Baltimore Ravens celebrates the kicking of a field goal during the second half of an NFL football match against the Cincinnati Bengals, Sunday, October 9, 2022, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
When demanding the details of Tucker’s Advocaten, Michael Belssky and Catherine Dickinson, the SBWD lawyers, gave the most accusers of Tucker, the following explanation:
“We do not represent the SPA owners, only the affected therapists. Whether the owners acted correctly and to protect their respective employees when they are confronted with complaints, is a question that is better aimed at the Hen.”
Justin Tucker’s full explanation to Outkick:
From the moment I arrived in Baltimore for the first time in 2012, I felt embraced and supported by this great community, which I started to love so much. Both it and what the football field is, I have strived to answer that love and support through hard work and dedication to my sport. I have tried to treat everyone with kindness, dignity and respect and to say the kind of positive example that my family is proud to call me a father, husband and friend and encourages members of this community to be proud of calling me one of them.
It is all in mind that the allegations against me are so shocking and heartbreaking. I claim that at any time before or after a professional body treatment session I acted at any time, nor have I been told that I am unwanted to a massage therapy supplier. These claims are simply not true. During the past four weeks I spent countless hours playing every interaction that I have had with body professionals in the last thirteen years. I can ensure that the person reading this, that I have never intended to respect anyone, cross a border or make someone feel uncomfortable in any way. It destroys me to know that everyone I worked with would not have felt respected and appreciated as a professional, but more importantly as a person, and everyone who has felt otherwise, I am sorry. I want you to know that I am dedicated to ensure that everyone I communicate remains the feeling that I respect them and to give them as a person.
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Since I started working as a professional athlete, I came to recognize the importance of receiving consistent professional bodywork. By investing my time and resources in repairing the body – with recognized therapists in respected business places and at my home – in the time that I am most active as a football player, I experienced considerable health and athletic performance benefits. Physiotherapy and massage therapy are a large part of the reason why I am consistently healthy and available during the football season. Both my wife and I keep counting so many of those professionals as our friends. I absolutely respect the profession of massage therapy and more, so the individuals who work as massage therapists.
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