Six massage therapists have accused Ravens kicker Justin Tucker of sexually inappropriate behavior so egregious that it reportedly got him banned from two spas.
The allegations against Tucker include him exposing his genitals, brushing them against two therapists and leaving what looked like ejaculate on the massage table after treatments, The Baltimore Banner reported Thursday.
Two spas banned him, some therapists refused to work with him again, and others cut their sessions short, they told the outlet. The alleged behavior took place between 2012 and 2016.
While not every massage therapist who worked with Tucker had such experiences, those who claim they did were consistent in their accounts and detailed in their descriptions.
“I’ve told people about this over the years, and they either act like it’s hot goss[ip] or a joke,” one therapist who worked on Tucker in 2016 told the Banner. “But it was really degrading.”
Tucker’s lawyer called the allegations “fictitious and utterly baseless,” and on Thursday Tucker himself clapped back.
“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,” the 35-year-old said in a statement on X. “I have never received any complaints from a massage therapist, have never been dismissed from a massage therapy or bodywork session, and have never been told that I was not welcome at any spa or other place of business.”
Tucker also blasted The Banner for blowing “innocuous, or ambiguous, interactions” out of proportion and presenting “vague insinuations as fact” to create “desperate tabloid fodder.”
The Baltimore Ravens said they were aware of The Banner’s story, telling CBS Sports, “We take any allegations of this nature seriously and will continue to monitor the situation.”
The NFL, too, said they were looking into the matter, spokesman Brian McCarthy told The Baltimore Sun.
Tucker has been with the Ravens since the beginning of his professional career in 2012. Though he initially signed with the team as an undrafted free agent, he’s since gone on to become the most accurate kicker in NFL history. In 2021, he set a record with a game-winning 66-yard field goal.