One NFL reporter said he was tipped off about Ravens kicker Justin Tuckerâs alleged âcreepyâ behavior before the Baltimore Banner revealed its investigation accusing him of inappropriate Sєxual behavior by six female mᴀssage therapists between 2012-16 on Thursday.
Benjamin Allbright, a Broncos insider for KOA Colorado, posted a screensH๏τ of alleged direct messages from an unnamed sender who told him to look into Tucker and mᴀssage parlors.
Tucker denied the allegations and said they are âunequivocally falseâ in a statement Thursday.
âGot tipped off to this earlier this week and was looking into,â Allbright wrote, including the Baltimore Bannerâs report. âIt looks like a lot of the information here corroborates what I came up with.â
The anonymous source told Allbright he âmight wanna check around with Baltimore sources about some sort of article coming out about Justin Tucker and mᴀssage 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.â
âThanks. Iâll look into here in a few,â Allbright responded.
Another message from Allbright to the person read, âThereâs truth to this.â
They replied with, âSeems like heâs had issues for years.â
Allbright said he was working on his own story about Tucker in a separate exchange with another X user, who asked why he shared the alleged messages.
âIn 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 hadnât compared with the people who got the story, but corroborates what I had found on my own,â Allbright said.
âIn this particular case, itâs me telling you that Iâm corroborating what those people found based on my own independent investigation.â
Allbright added, âItâs been an open secret for years, apparently. I simply found out about it on Tuesday morning.â
The Baltimore Banner said it received a tip about Tucker on Jan. 9, and then began its investigation, which included speaking to six mᴀssage therapists.
The six mᴀssage therapists, who were not named, worked on Tucker between in a five-year period starting over a decade ago at four different high-end spas and wellness centers, some of which other Ravens players frequented.
The allegations of inappropriate behavior by Tucker included exposing his genitals, brushing two of the mᴀssage therapists with his exposed penis and leaving what they believed to be ejaculate on the mᴀssage table after three of his treatments.
Management at two of the spas told the Banner they banned Tucker from returning to their business.
Some therapists alleged Tuckerâs behavior forced them to end mᴀssage sessions early, while others refused to work with him again.