“I claim that I did not behave inappropriately at any moment before, during or after professional body treatment, nor did they ever tell me that I was undesirable to any massage therapy provider. These claims were simply not true.”
These are words Baltimore Ravens Kicker Justin Tucker in the exclusive statement to Oukick, his first public comments to the media from the initial charges.
Since January, a total of 16 mass therapists have accused Tucker of sexual abuse and inappropriate behavior during sessions from 2012 to 2016 at the Eight Spa around Baltimore. Initially, six defendants were involved in a report from the publication in the Baltimore The Banner area on January 30th.
NFL investigators were talking to some of the accusers in Baltimore last week, ESPN reports. Ravens couldn’t get a comment for this story, but earlier this week at NFL Combine in Indianapolis, General Director Eric Decosta called charges “serious and worrying”.
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Tucker and his legal advisor, led by Joe Terry of Williams & Connolly’s first amendment group, deny all allegations and say that they are determined to clean up Tucker’s name.
Justin Tucker ‘devastated’ by accusations
Beginner Baltimore Ravens Place Justin Tucker (9) celebrates a goal of 54 yards against Pittsburgh Steeler during the third quarter at the Acrisure Stadium. (Barry Reeger-Hagn Pictures)
“Over the last four weeks, I have spent countless hours repeating any interaction I have had with the body professionals in the last thirteen years,” Tucker Oukick said. “I assure whoever reads this that I have never intended to disrespect anyone, cross any limit, or make anyone feel uncomfortable in any way.”
“He devastates me when I know that everyone I worked with would not feel respectful and appreciated as a professional, but more importantly as a person, and to anyone who felt differently, I’m sorry,” Tucker said in his statement, whose complete text can be found below. “I want you to know that I am dedicated to ensuring that everyone I communicate with still feels that I respect them and care for them as a human being.”
Tucker said he began external massage therapy in 2012 during the Rookie season in Baltimore. At the time, he said Ravens had not provided services. After years of visiting local spas about his treatment, Tucker says he has applied for internal massage therapy from Rpmotion Therapy, LLC, in the summer of 2016 after buying a house in the Baltimore suburbs. He and his wife Amanda had previously lived in a city in an apartment in Ritz-Carlton’s residences-where the therapist recently accused him of “exhibiting” during the 2013 massage.
“G. gave Tucker two massages at Ritz-Carlton in 2013 and said that he had repeatedly exposed himself and that she had hired an intense massage technique hoping to stop him.” It was like a game “For him, she said, adding that he exhibited” more than I could count. “She ended up her first massage early, she said. After the second massage, she left behind what she believed was Ejakula. ‘He didn’t sweat. You could say what it was,” she said, “Baltimore Transparent reports.
In response, Tucker’s advisor points to two sworn declarations of previous SPA RITZ-CARLTON owners, challenging the charges charged, who received Outkick.
August 17, 2024; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Thicker Baltimore Ravens Justin Tucker sits on the bench during the second half Atlanta Falcons at the M&T Bank Stadium. (Tommy Gilligan-Ussa Sports today)
‘Pleasure working with you’
His lawyer also cited Tucker’s careful tax documents held on every session of the massage he attended, which they say shows him to participate in various salons well after his alleged violation of the law. Outkick did not show these documents.
In one particular case, Tucker’s deputy said that the percussion appeared in 14 different sessions in the QG Salon in the center of Baltimore after alleged poor behavior. His legal team made a statement to Oe -Mail of one of the accusers who told him that it was “pleasure working with you” when he canceled his membership on January 5, 2016.
Through a lawyer, owner of QG, Craig Martin, told Banner that he was not aware of any appeals against Tucker.
Tucker and his lawyer also negate the claims of the owner of Salon now closed studio 921 and Ojas that he was forbidden by alleged behavior. According to Baltimore Banner, the owner of the pharmacy was the only second owner of eight of the eight to confirm hearing a certain allegation specified against Tucker.
According to his lawyer, Tucker attended Ojas seven times in 2014 and studio 921 18 times from 2013 to 2015. Tucker has accused the therapist at Studio 921, according to Banner, “[being] upright for most of the massage session and regularly tried to reveal his genitals. ”
Banner reported that he was banned from the institution, but Tucker’s lawyers pointed out that Studio 921, which was closed in 2023, published a promotional picture of Tucker on a trip advisor a year after he was allegedly banned. The post remained in place throughout the life of business, as seen here.
Perry told Oukick that Tucker’s wife Amanda recommended several salons to the spouse because they were often scheduled for couples sessions. Amanda called all the allegations against her husband “fake” in an exclusive statement of Outkick:
“The false allegations against Justin have caused so many injuries to our family. I believe my husband, and I fully love him and support him.”
The defendant’s lawyers respond
Justin Tucker Baltimore Ravens celebrates the achievement of the terrain during the second half of the NFL football game against Cincinnati Bengals, Sunday, October 9, 2022, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Asked about the details of Tucker’s lawyers, Michael Belsky and Catherine Dickinson, partners of SBWD law firm who represent most of Tucker’s accusers, provided us with the following statement:
“We do not present the owners of the spa, only the affected therapists. Did the owners act appropriately and in protecting their employees when they are facing complaints, the question is better directed towards them.”
Full statement of Justin Tucker for Outkick:
From the moment I first arrived in Baltimore in 2012, I felt accepted and supported by this amazing community, which I loved so much. And on the football field, I sought to reciprocate that love and support for hard work and dedication to my sport. I tried to treat everyone with kindness, dignity and respect, and to set a kind of positive example that made my family proud to call me father, husband and friend and encourage members of this community to call me one of my own.
Bearing in mind that the charges against me are so shocking and heartbroken. I claim that I did not behave inappropriately at any moment before, during or after professional body treatment, nor did they ever tell me that I was undesirable to any massive therapy provider. These claims are simply not true. For the last four weeks, I have spent countless hours repeating any interaction I have had with the body of body body in the last thirteen years. I assure whoever reads this that I have never intended to disrespect anyone, cross any limit, or make anyone feel uncomfortable in any way. He devastates me when I know that anyone I worked with would not feel respected and appreciated as a professional, but more importantly as a person, and to anyone who felt different, I’m sorry. I want you to know that I am dedicated to ensuring that everyone I communicate with still feels that I respect them and care for them as a human being.
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Ever since I started working as a professional athlete, I have come to recognize the importance of receiving a consistent professional body. Investing my time and resources in a restorative body – with licensed therapists at the respected business places of business and in my home – at a time when I was most active as a football player, I experienced considerable health and athletic benefits. Physical therapy and massage therapy are a great part of why I was consistently healthy and available during the football season. In fact, both my wife and I still count as many of these professionals as our friends. I absolutely respect the profession of massage therapy and even more individuals who work as massage therapists.
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