Ravens' Tucker accused of inappropriate behavior - ESPN
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OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- Ravens kicker Justin Tucker is accused of inappropriate sexual behavior by six massage therapists in the Baltimore area, according to an investigation by The Baltimore Banner.
Tucker's conduct caused some therapists to refuse to work with him again and resulted in two spas banning him from returning, according to an article posted by The Banner on Thursday. The allegations reportedly occurred between 2012 and 2016, which were Tucker's first five seasons in the NFL.
About an hour after The Banner's article was posted, Tucker called the allegations "unequivocally false" in a lengthy response on social media.
"Throughout my career as a professional athlete, I have always sought to conduct myself with the utmost professionalism," Tucker posted to X on Thursday. "I have never before been accused of misconduct of any kind, and I have never been accused of acting inappropriately in front of a massage therapist or during a massage therapy session or during other bodywork."
In his post, Tucker said the article "takes innocuous, or ambiguous, interactions and skews them so out of proportion that they are no longer recognizable. ... This is desperate tabloid fodder."
Tucker could be subject to discipline under the NFL's personal conduct policy.
"We first became aware of the allegations from the reporter investigating this story as they were not previously shared with the...
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