One NFL reporter mentioned he was tipped off about Ravens kicker Justin Tucker’s alleged “creepy” conduct earlier than the Baltimore Banner revealed its investigation accusing him of inappropriate sexual conduct by six feminine therapeutic massage therapists between 2012-16 on Thursday.
Benjamin Allbright, a Broncos insider for KOA Colorado, posted a screenshot of alleged direct messages from an unnamed sender who instructed him to look into Tucker and therapeutic massage parlors.
Tucker denied the allegations and mentioned they’re “unequivocally false” in an announcement Thursday.
“Got tipped off to this earlier this week and was looking into,” Allbright wrote, together with the Baltimore Banner’s report. “It looks like a lot of the information here corroborates what I came up with.”
The nameless supply instructed Allbright he “might wanna check around with Baltimore sources about some sort of article coming out about Justin Tucker and massage parlors, nothing criminal as far as I know just more on the creepy side and him being removed from those type of establishments a few times.”
“Thanks. I’ll look into here in a few,” Allbright responded.
One other message from Allbright to the individual learn, “There’s truth to this.”
They replied with, “Seems like he’s had issues for years.”
Allbright mentioned he was engaged on his personal story about Tucker in a separate change with one other X consumer, who requested why he shared the alleged messages.
“In this particular case because I was working on the story and had been working on the story for days and the information contained therein is something I hadn’t compared with the people who got the story, but corroborates what I had found on my own,” Allbright mentioned.
“In this particular case, it’s me telling you that I’m corroborating what those people found based on my own independent investigation.”
Allbright added, “It’s been an open secret for years, apparently. I simply found out about it on Tuesday morning.”
The Baltimore Banner mentioned it acquired a tip about Tucker on Jan. 9, after which started its investigation, which included talking to 6 therapeutic massage therapists.
The six therapeutic massage therapists, who weren’t named, labored on Tucker in a five-year interval beginning over a decade in the past at 4 completely different high-end spas and wellness facilities, a few of which different Ravens gamers frequented.
The allegations of inappropriate conduct by Tucker included exposing his genitals, brushing two of the therapeutic massage therapists along with his uncovered penis and leaving what they believed to be ejaculate on the therapeutic massage desk after three of his remedies.
Administration at two of the spas instructed the Banner they banned Tucker from returning to their enterprise.
Some therapists alleged Tucker’s conduct compelled them to finish therapeutic massage classes early, whereas others refused to work with him once more.
