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Deshaun Watson will make his Cleveland Browns debut on Sunday in Houston against his former team, the Texans, and he'll do so in front of 10 women who accused him of sexual misconduct, resulting in his recently ended 11-game ban.

The women's attorney, Tony Buzbee, announced their intention to attend Sunday's game in Houston, which comes 700 days after Watson last played in a regular-season game. Since then, he was sued by 25 women, mostly licensed massage therapists, for everything from sexual harassment to sexual assault. One woman has since dropped her complaint, while 23 have settled with the Browns quarterback. 

Ashley Solis, one of his first accusers, still has an outstanding lawsuit against Watson, who was traded by the Texans to the Browns in March and promptly signed a new five-year, $230 million contract with Cleveland. That contract is fully guaranteed.

Watson has denied any wrongdoing and two Texas grand juries declined to indict him earlier this year.

Recently a new woman has sued Watson. She has been described by his attorney, Rusty Hardin, as someone 'seeking to cash-in on 15 minutes of fame.'

But Anissah Nguyen, who is representing the newest plaintiff, said in court documents that efforts by Watson's legal team to discredit her client's allegations are 'for purposes of intimidating, bullying, and victim-shaming (the woman) into dropping her lawsuit.'

Some organizations that work with victims of sexual violence said the expected media attention on Watson's return to Houston is likely to trigger traumatic emotions in the women who accused him and with other survivors.

'I think survivors in high-profile cases whom I've talked to over the years, you get very mixed reactions. Some of them just want it to be out of the news ... Others want (the perpetrator's name) repeated every time ... because bit by bit, they feel like that brings some degree of justice,' said Scott Berkowitz, president and founder of RAINN, the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network.