Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
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What are the allegations against Justin Tucker?
And I've been a little confused that Justin Tucker at the moment is somebody who is working freely with some of the reporting that Julie Sharper, Justin Fenton and Brenna Smith have done for the Baltimore Banner here. Justin Tucker is the Ravens kicker that was until recently the most accurate kicker in league history. He is currently facing allegations from 16 massage therapists across eight spas and wellness centers in the Baltimore area, two of which said that they banned him. The reporters now are on with us. They've been doing this reporting at the Baltimore Banner for a while here. So let's start here with Julie. Can you just tell me, Julie, and thank you for joining us and thank you for the work that you've been doing. Can you take us on the journey of where it is and how it is this story started?
How did the investigation into Justin Tucker's allegations begin?
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, 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.
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. 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.
And also at that point, others started coming forward and saying that they too had had these experiences with Tucker.
So, Brenna, this is not just this is not folks seeking you out necessarily. There is reporting that needs to be done here in order to make a difficult thing like this happen. Right. Like this is it's journalism, but it's also activism to protect environments and strengthen numbers. Correct.
What challenges do reporters face in verifying such allegations?
You know, I think how we look at this is that when we are able to when you have such serious allegations, right, it's something that's going to take a lot of vetting and a lot of reporting to verify. So what we did as a team is each time we would have a woman who felt comfortable discussing her allegations with us, we would then go and corroborate her story with the spa owners, with coworkers she worked with at the time, with family members or partners from the time to be able to make sure that all the details were aligning. And so I think that where our role is as journalists from being able to have such confirmation of that is it's not necessarily about
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What are the allegations against Justin Tucker?
1:07–1:51
2
How did the investigation into Justin Tucker's allegations begin?
1:51–3:57
3
What challenges do reporters face in verifying such allegations?
3:57–8:27
4
How do the alleged incidents impact the victims?
8:27–16:13
5
What are the legal implications and possible outcomes for Justin Tucker?
16:13–21:15
6
How are fans reacting to the allegations against Justin Tucker?
21:15–28:18
7
What is Greg Cote's role in this episode?
28:18–43:32
Speakers
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