PALM BEACH, Fla. — The Ravens continue to get “periodic” updates from the NFL on the league’s investigation into Justin Tucker and the allegations of sexual misconduct against the kicker, but there is no timeline on when that investigation will conclude, according to team president Sashi Brown.

“The nature of these allegations we take very seriously,” Brown told a group of Baltimore reporters Sunday at the NFL’s annual owners meetings. “These investigations do take time.

“That’s never satisfying to anybody involved, probably including Justin and certainly the folks who made the allegations very public. But this is an issue generally as a society in terms of women making claims that takes a lot of courage and bravery, and frankly as a society, we haven’t gotten right for too long.”

A spokesperson for the NFL also told The Baltimore Sun on Sunday only that “the matter remains under review of the personal conduct policy.”

At least 16 massage therapists from Baltimore-area spas have accused Tucker, 35, of sexual misconduct, The Baltimore Banner reported.

Tucker, meanwhile, has continued to maintain his innocence and has not been charged criminally or faced any civil lawsuits over the alleged incidents, which were reported to have taken place between 2012 and 2016.

At the league’s scouting combine last month, Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta said the team would “wait as patiently as we can for as much information as we can, and we’ll make our decisions based on that.”

Brown reiterated that point Sunday, saying that the organization is trying to respect the investigation and “stay arms length” while the NFL handles the investigation.

“You wouldn’t want to have multiple investigations going on,” Brown said. “It’s not fair to anybody involved, including those who have made allegations.”Investigators from the league were in Baltimore earlier this month to interview at least some of Tucker’s accusers, and a source with direct knowledge of the investigation told The Baltimore Sun that an update on that process could come in the next two to three weeks.

“I don’t think they’re going to take as long as possible, but we certainly know that they’re working prudently and to try to get to what is a number of people who need to provide evidence before they come back to us,” Brown said. “And they have been making progress, we know that.”

Brown said he has heard from the fan base as well.

“A lot of concern, certainly,” he said. “I think people also understand the nature of the claims here are things that we’ve taken seriously in the past. We’ll continue to. We’ve made a commitment to do that. And so from our standpoint, I think fans have seen these processes play out publicly now [for] the better part of a decade, and they understand that these things take time.

“So I think there’s an understanding, but there’s also a concern, understanding that there’s a process involved, but there’s also a concern about the nature of the allegations and volume.”

What that means for Tucker’s future with the team remains to be seen.

Under the league’s personal conduct policy, players can be disciplined for behavior that poses a “genuine danger” to others or “undermines or puts at risk the integrity of the NFL” and can face a six-game suspension. In 2022, Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson was initially suspended for six games before the league and the NFL Players Association agreed that he would be suspended for 11 games and pay a $5 million fine after more than two dozen women accused him of sexual misconduct during massage sessions.

If the Ravens decided to release Tucker, whose contract runs through the 2027 season, they would take on a $7.51 million salary cap hit, according to Over The Cap, though they can spread those charges over two seasons, with a $2.87 million hit this year and a $4.64 million hit in 2026. That would create some much-needed cap space (about $4 million) this offseason.

It’s also possible they could decide to draft a kicker next month in the event the league does discipline Tucker, or they ultimately decide to move on from him after what was also the worst season of his career on the field last year.

“We’re looking at kickers; we’re looking at a lot of positions,” coach John Harbaugh said last month. “We’re looking at every position, but I’d say the kicker position would have been a priority no matter what because Justin is our kicker, we love him, and I always would have expected him to keep going forever, but nobody goes forever.”

As for the Ravens’ “zero-tolerance” policy — something they clarified last month by saying they don’t have a specifically-worded one — and how it applies to drafting players, Brown said Sunday that the team does try to gather as much information as possible.

“If we have any prospects that have issues of character, we look at those very hard, place a lot of emphasis,” he said. “I can tell you there are players taken off the board almost every year for character. So it’s something that we absolutely take seriously. Doesn’t mean that these circumstances aren’t going to rise.”

In the meantime, Tucker will be allowed to take part in the team’s offseason workout program, which begins next month. He can also participate in practices when voluntary organized team activities begin in May.

Brown also said the organization will have conversations with players when they’re back in the building this spring about how to “manage these relationships” of massage therapists when using someone from outside the organization, as many NFL players do.

“From our standpoint, I think we want to make sure that we have a great understanding of the facts, an actual understanding of the facts, hear both sides of the situation, and that we allow the investigation to properly be conducted and concluded, and make decisions based on the full information,” Brown said. “We would love for this to happen a lot faster than it does. So from our standpoint, we need to allow the investigation to conclude. The NFL understands the urgency that surrounds these types of situations and allegations, and so we need to allow them time.”

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