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Julie K. Brown

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
859 total appearances

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The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: The Miami of Yesterday is the America of Today

They made it sound like he just was with one minor and, you know, they minimized the scope of his crimes. And I think we need to find out why.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations

Sure. So, you know, people say a lot that the first six massage therapists came forward, but it was really a matter of us finding them. It all started with Justin Fenton, our colleague, getting a tip from a friend who had happened to overhear at two different environments, people talking about these rumors about Justin Tucker. We did a quick search of X,

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations

Sure. So, you know, people say a lot that the first six massage therapists came forward, but it was really a matter of us finding them. It all started with Justin Fenton, our colleague, getting a tip from a friend who had happened to overhear at two different environments, people talking about these rumors about Justin Tucker. We did a quick search of X,

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations

and found that there were several posts about this going back a few years, which was intriguing. I messaged one of the people who had put up one of those posts and was surprised when that person messaged me right back and said, yeah, someone I went to high school with had posted about this on Facebook a few years ago. I asked him to send me screenshots, and he did.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations

and found that there were several posts about this going back a few years, which was intriguing. I messaged one of the people who had put up one of those posts and was surprised when that person messaged me right back and said, yeah, someone I went to high school with had posted about this on Facebook a few years ago. I asked him to send me screenshots, and he did.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations

I contacted that woman, and she wound up being the first massage therapist that we spoke to. We later put up a post in a group for Maryland massage therapists. And through that post, we learned of many others who knew about these allegations secondhand. They were able to give us the locations of spas. They were able to give us names of people that they had heard about.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations

I contacted that woman, and she wound up being the first massage therapist that we spoke to. We later put up a post in a group for Maryland massage therapists. And through that post, we learned of many others who knew about these allegations secondhand. They were able to give us the locations of spas. They were able to give us names of people that they had heard about.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations

And we were able to do additional reporting that led us to the first six massage therapists who said that they had had these experiences with Justin Tucker. Also in that first story, we were able to confirm that two spas in the area had banned him. And once that first story came out, our reporting led us to other massage therapists who had similar encounters that they reported.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations

And we were able to do additional reporting that led us to the first six massage therapists who said that they had had these experiences with Justin Tucker. Also in that first story, we were able to confirm that two spas in the area had banned him. And once that first story came out, our reporting led us to other massage therapists who had similar encounters that they reported.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations

And also at that point, others started coming forward and saying that they too had had these experiences with Tucker.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations

And also at that point, others started coming forward and saying that they too had had these experiences with Tucker.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations

Well, we've had two spa owners confirm to us that they had banned Justin Tucker from their establishment. We had other spa owners corroborate accounts of their employees. And as Brenna was saying, we spoke to the 16 women And we corroborated all of their accounts with other people who they had worked with at the time, with colleagues, with friends.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations

Well, we've had two spa owners confirm to us that they had banned Justin Tucker from their establishment. We had other spa owners corroborate accounts of their employees. And as Brenna was saying, we spoke to the 16 women And we corroborated all of their accounts with other people who they had worked with at the time, with colleagues, with friends.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations

People had text messages going back years, social media posts. uh one of the individuals had actually contacted the baltimore sun about this many years ago and an editor here who used to be at the baltimore sun remembered that person contacting a sun reporter and sharing a similar account so there is a lot of documentation going back years and there's a lot of corroboration of these accounts

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations

People had text messages going back years, social media posts. uh one of the individuals had actually contacted the baltimore sun about this many years ago and an editor here who used to be at the baltimore sun remembered that person contacting a sun reporter and sharing a similar account so there is a lot of documentation going back years and there's a lot of corroboration of these accounts

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations

That would be purely speculative for us to say. I do feel comfortable saying that this was This pattern of behavior, alleged pattern of behavior was an open secret among massage therapists and those who are friends with or close to people in the spa industry in Baltimore.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations

That would be purely speculative for us to say. I do feel comfortable saying that this was This pattern of behavior, alleged pattern of behavior was an open secret among massage therapists and those who are friends with or close to people in the spa industry in Baltimore.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations

So, Dan, the massage therapist shared a variety of allegations with us, but there were some common themes and there were many things that various massage therapists said. And we should say that most of the massage therapists did not know the others or perhaps knew one other colleague who had had an experience that they reported with Tucker.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations

So, Dan, the massage therapist shared a variety of allegations with us, but there were some common themes and there were many things that various massage therapists said. And we should say that most of the massage therapists did not know the others or perhaps knew one other colleague who had had an experience that they reported with Tucker.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations

But these were not individuals who had known each other as a group before this happened. So the massage therapist said that Tucker would come in, he would generally ask for a massage in his inner thigh area, his groin, his lower abdomen. None of that they found particularly surprising because he's a kicker, he's an athlete. And I should say that most of them were very excited to work on him.