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The NFL is suspending former Baltimore Ravens kicker, Justin Tucker, during the first 10 weeks of the 2025 season for violating the personal behavior policy of the League, according to ESPN.
Tucker is currently in the middle of a controversy outside the field after 16 massage therapists of eight different spa and well -being centers of Baltimore accused him of inappropriate behavior during the alleged incidents that took place between 2012 and 2016. Tucker denied all accusations in multiple statements, calling them “unequivocally false.”
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Archive: Baltimore Ravens Place’s kicker, Justin Tucker, returns to the locker room after an NFL football match against the Los Angeles Chargers, on November 25, 2024, in Inglewood, California. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong, Archive)
The Tucker representative, Abro Roche, issued a statement that addresses the recent decision of the NFL to suspend Tucker in a statement to ESPN.
“We are disappointed with the decision of the NFL. Justin has always struggled to take himself in a way that would proud his family and community. He supports his previous statements,” he reads in the statement.
“To leave behind this difficult episode and return to the field as soon as possible, we have advised Justin to accept this resolution and close this matter. People who know Justin better know their character and understand that, although he is completely committed to excellence as a soccer player, he is deeply dedicated to his most important life papers such as father, husband and friend.”
The NFL investigates the accusations of inappropriate sexual behavior of Justin Tucker, interviewing accusers: reports
Baltimore Ravens’ kicker Justin Tucker loses a field goal against Philadelphia Eagles during the second half of a NFL football match, on Sunday, December 1, 2024, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
The Ravens launched Tucker in early May, calling their statement a “football decision.”
The 35-year-old, who is five times All-Pro and seven times Pro Bowler, had his worst year at the NFL in 2024 after having a 73.3%field goal percentage. However, he still has the percentage of the field goal of his career of all time with 89.1% with that brand.
Baltimore’s banner first reported the accusations in January, with the accusers claiming that Tucker was repeatedly exposed for a period of four years, including his rookie campaign when the Ravens won the Super Bowl. According to the report, the accusers said they finished the sessions before or refused to work with Tucker again due to the accusations. The report also declared that Tucker was forbidden to return to two of those spas, a legal team of Tucker’s claim denied.
Among the level -level accusations in the report, five women affirmed that the NFL player was erect during the sessions with him and that he exposed himself fully or partially, while others made other accusations of atrocious acts.
Then, on February 16, the same store reported that seven more women had presented accusations of inappropriate sexual behavior against Tucker. The second wave of accusations accused Tucker of “Acting inappropriately” in some of the best luxury spas in Baltimore, including the spas in the residences of Four Seasons and Ritz-Carlton in the city.
Baltimore Ravens Place Justin Tucker (9) celebrates a 54 -yard goal against the Pittsburgh Steelers during the third quarter in the Acrisure stadium. (Images of Barry Reeger-Imagn)
“Throughout my career as a professional athlete, I have always tried to drive with maximum professionalism. I had never 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 another body work,” said Tucker’s response statement.
“I have never received any complaint from a massage therapist, I have never been fired from a massage therapy or body session and they have never told me that I was not welcome in any spa or other business place.”
The Ravens chief coach John Harbaugh, went to the situation during a press conference at the end of May after the second Ota practice of the low season team.
“I mean, you are talking about possibly the best kicking in the history of the game. And as we said, it is multiple [and] It’s complicated, “said Harbaugh.” But in the end, everything returns to what you have to do to prepare for your team to play the first game. And I think that if you go back and take a look at all problems and all ramifications, you can understand that we have to prepare our football team, and we have to have a kick to go. And that was the movement we decided to do.
“So, in that sense, it is a football decision, and now we have to spend our entire approach and our time to prepare these kickers. We have a competition ongoing and [we’ve got to] Prepare these boys to kick. So that’s all I am thinking. From my perspective, it’s like, ‘we have to have a kicking kicks’, and which is the best way to do it? “
