Cleveland Browns assistant wide receivers coach Callie Brownson said she was consulted before the team traded for quarterback Deshaun Watson, who is being sued by 24 women accusing him of sexual assault or misconduct.

"We had a lot of really healthy conversations and I appreciated that," she told Marla Ridenour of the Akron Beacon Journal on Friday. "I definitely felt like they cared about the opinions of the women in this organization. It was not neglected; it was not overlooked. They definitely spoke to those who would be involved in the organization to see what that meant."

In March, the Browns traded first-round picks in 2022, 2023 and 2024, fourth-rounders in 2022 and 2024 and a third-round pick in 2023 for Watson and a 2024 sixth-rounder. The deal came after a Texas grand jury declined to pursue criminal charges against Watson (a separate grand jury in the state later declined to pursue criminal charges as well).