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The Baltimore Ravens have released longtime kicker Justin Tucker, the team announced Monday afternoon.
“Sometimes football decisions are incredibly difficult, and this is one of those instances,” Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta said in a statement.
“Considering our current roster, we have made the tough decision to release Justin Tucker. Justin created many significant and unforgettable moments in Ravens history. His reliability, focus, drive, resilience and extraordinary talent made him one of the league’s best kickers for over a decade. We are grateful for Justin’s many contributions while playing for the Ravens. We sincerely wish him and his family the very best in this next chapter of their lives.”
Tucker is being investigated by the NFL after being accused of sexually inappropriate behavior. A total of 16 therapists from eight different spas have made allegations of inappropriate behavior by Tucker. All of the incidents reportedly occurred during sessions from 2012 to 2016. Tucker vehemently denied the allegations.
The Ravens drafted Arizona kicker Tyler Loop in the sixth round of the 2025 NFL Draft. The organization claims the release of Tucker is purely a football decision.
“As you know, Justin has been in the building the last couple of weeks, kicking and everything,” Ravens head coach John Harbaugh said on Sunday, via ESPN. “Got a chance to talk a little bit. Been working hard.
“I would just say like, from the standpoint of the investigation and all that, we don’t know anything. We haven’t been given any information, as it should be. It’s all done the way it’s done. So we don’t know anything along those lines. So, we can’t make any decisions based on that. Every decision we make has to be made on football. There’s a lot of layers to that.
“You’ve got a rookie kicker in here, took him early in the sixth round. He’s a talented guy. From a football standpoint, salary cap and all the different things that you take into consideration, everything we decide to do over the next few weeks will be based on football.”
After receiving a tip on Jan. 9, The Baltimore Banner began investigating and spoke to six massage therapists who recounted troubling firsthand experiences with Tucker from 2012 to 2016. The women said they had long wanted to tell their stories.
“I’ve told people about this over the years, and they either act like it’s hot goss[ip] or a joke,” said one therapist who worked on Tucker in 2016. “But it was really degrading.”
A tweet about Tucker from 2021 has went viral. @MCsburner on X wrote, “Justin Tucker is canceled but it’s not my place to provide the reason. Let’s just say he’s been told by many massage places to never come back.”
This tweet about Justin Tucker is from 2021…
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— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) January 30, 2025
Two spas say they banned Tucker. He denies the bans and the behavior that women say has left them emotionally scarred.
Attorneys for Tucker...
