BALTIMORE — Another massage therapist has come forward sharing with The Baltimore Sun her allegations that Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker had behaved inappropriately during massage sessions.
The woman outlined salacious details about Tucker to The Sun Thursday, much like several unnamed massage therapists told The Baltimore Banner.
“People started messaging me, ‘Oh my God … you were right,’” a former Baltimore massage therapist told The Sun on Thursday about the incident she said occurred in 2015. “I feel vindicated.”
As of Saturday, reports from at least nine therapists from five local wellness centers included details of Tucker “exposing his genitals, brushing two of them with his exposed penis, and leaving what they believed to be ejaculate on the massage table after three of his treatments,” The Banner reported. The alleged incidents occurred between 2012 and 2016, The Banner reported.
Tucker, the most accurate kicker in NFL history, issued a statement last week categorically denying the allegations.
“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. 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 wrote in his statement.
A representative for Tucker’s agent, Robert Roche, said in an email to The Baltimore Sun that “Justin’s statement remains the one he posted on X on Thursday.”
The Ravens, who along with the NFL have said they are investigating the allegations, could not be reached for comment about the new allegations on Saturday.
The 37-year-old woman, who asked not to be named given the allegations involved sexual misconduct, told The Sun that she had given Tucker massages on several occasions.
She said the first massage was at the Baltimore Spa and Salon at The Ritz-Carlton Residences, which has since closed and been replaced by another wellness center, and then at the Quinntessential Gentleman, known as QG, in downtown Baltimore.
The woman, who now lives in West Virginia, said she had given Tucker massages a couple of times at the Baltimore Spa before going to work at QG, where she happened to run into the NFL star. He recognized her, she told The Sun, and asked to be put on her schedule, often receiving massages from her twice a month.
“It started with him exposing himself to me,” she said, despite her asking him to wear underwear during sessions.
The woman said she told the manager about his behavior and was told he would be assigned to other staff. But when she learned a 19-year-old massage therapist would be assigned to Tucker, she said “absolutely not” and continued taking him on as a client.
The final straw, she said, was when Tucker was on the table and started touching her leg. “He was erect. He laid face down, and his hand reached up on my inner thigh,” she told The Sun.
She said she ended the session and left the room. She typed up a statement about the interaction. The woman did not provide the statement to The Sun.
She was fired shortly after writing the letter and didn’t contest the termination because she was “pretty fed up” by then with the physically taxing work, she told The Sun Thursday.
QG owner Craig Martin declined to comment Friday and could not be reached for comment on Saturday.
Michael Belsky and Catherine Dickinson, attorneys with Schlachman, Belsky, Weiner & Davey, confirmed to The Baltimore Sun that their firm represents six therapists involved in these allegations. Belsky and Dickinson are adjunct law professors at the University of Baltimore in sex abuse litigation and trial advocacy.
“My clients are happy to have their voices heard,” Belsky said “At this point, they are just glad that their stories have been told.”
The massage therapist told The Sun that she didn’t go public at the time, fearing she would not be believed against one of the most popular pro athletes in the city.
“It would be me against the king of Baltimore,” she said.
Now, she said she is proud that the other massage therapists came forward and plans to join a lawsuit against Tucker.
“I feel like there’s going to be strength in numbers,” she told The Sun. “I’m so happy we can band together, and we can be sure he never harms another woman.”