A quick warning before we start today's show. This episode contains allegations and descriptions of sexual misconduct and assault.

Serious accusations against Houston Texan quarterback Deshawn Watson. Six more civil lawsuits

accusing Deshawn Watson of sexual assault and inappropriate conduct were filed on Monday.

If you're the NFL, this has to get your attention.

This is a star player that had up until this point a pristine profile.

And now all of a sudden with all this, things changed.

In one week's time, the Deshawn Watson saga has taken a disturbing turn.

Sixteen women have filed civil lawsuits claiming sexual misconduct and coercive behavior,

raising questions that now overshadow Watson's long-running dispute with his team.

Today, investigative reporter John Barr breaks down this avalanche of allegations, and beat

reporter Sarah Barshop explains how the Texans and the NFL might handle a quarterback

whose employment has gotten complicated complicated to say the least.

I'm Pablo Torre. It's Thursday, March 25th.

This is ESPN Daily.

John Barr, thank you for joining me.

Thanks for having me.

So you've been reporting on what is the biggest story in the NFL right now.

And it has to do with the staggering and rapidly escalating number of civil lawsuits being filed against Deshaun Watson, the superstar quarterback of the Houston Texans.

And these civil lawsuits, they all detail allegations of sexual misconduct and coercive

behavior that all occurred during massage appointments, John, allegations that Watson has so far denied.

But I want you to just walk us through how all of this started. How did this all first come to light?

Well, it came to light when the first lawsuit was filed on Tuesday of last week.

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