Friday, December 06, 2013
Jameis Winston not charged: Legal aftermath, possible next steps - Michael McCann - SI.com -- Immediate legal impact on Winston - The complainant could sue Winston - The complainant could sue the Tallahassee Police Department - The complainant could sue Florida State University - The complainant could petition the Florida Attorney General's Office and the U.S. Justice Department for Review - Could Winston sue for defamation?
Jameis Winston -- Cops BLEW SHOT at Key Surveillance Footage | TMZ.com - Another apparent blunder by police in the Jameis Winston case ... TMZ Sports has learned there WAS surveillance footage at the bar where Jameis and the accuser were allegedly boozing before the incident ... but since cops delayed the investigation, the video was written over and lost for good. We spoke with the owner of Potbelly's bar in Tallahassee, Fl ... who tells us investigators only RECENTLY came to his establishment and asked for footage that could have shown the interaction between Jameis and the accuser in the hours leading up to the alleged rape.
Jameis Winston's Friends -- We Watched Her Perform Oral Sex On Him ... She Was 'More Than Willing' | TMZ.com - Casher says the accuser, a blonde woman, was not drunk when she left the bar with Jameis and when they got to his apartment, they went into JW's bedroom together. Chris says, "Since the door was partially open, I looked through the opening and we could see her giving Jameis oral sex. They had only been in the room a few minutes before I witnessed her giving him oral sex."
In America, college football stars like Jameis Winston can do no wrong | Diane Roberts - TheGuardian.com - (Excerpts) Just because an athlete performs miracles on the field doesn't mean he's a saint off of it. The story of Jameis Winston is yet another example of how quickly a town – and frankly an entire nation – want desperately to side with a football star. --- In any case, the young woman, also a student at Florida State (or she was until she left campus earlier this year) is getting trashed all over the place: on sports sites, in newspaper comment sections, in bars where fans hang out. She's being called a "ho", a "liar", a "groupie". FSU is on the cusp of greatness, an undefeated season. What if this chick goes and ruins everything? --- As many point out, he hasn't yet been charged, much less found guilty of anything. But neither has the woman who says she was raped. Winston's getting the love; she's being called a slut. In this culture, playing top-tier football confers a layer of privilege not accorded ordinary guys, especially ordinary young African American guys.
Jameis Winston, and the Overlapping of Football Culture and Rape Culture - RHRealityCheck.org - Jennifer Luther - In the end, whether or not Jameis Winston is guilty, we know he is deeply invested in a football culture that is incredibly problematic, especially where it intersects with rape culture. Football culture clouds our ability to see him as anything other than a famous kid with a nice-guy persona and amazing athletic skills. Rape culture demands that we mistrust the victim, question her credibility, and try to poke holes in her story. It creates this familiar narrative in which people who have invested their own hopes and dreams in Winston claim his innocence immediately and refuse to hear anything else. No matter what happens in the Winston case, I do know this: Money will continue to flow, and games will be won. Football will march on and over whatever bodies it must. And many will cheer it on as it does.
Jameis Winston: The sexual assault allegations against the Florida State quarterback fit a familiar, disturbing pattern. - Slate.com - Emily Bazelon - The sexual assault allegations against Florida State’s Jameis Winston fit a familiar, disturbing pattern.
Whether he's innocent or guilty, Jameis Winston's case was botched - Michael Rosenberg - SI.com - Look at other cases in the area, and you can see how unusual this delay is. One of Winston's top targets this season was supposed to be Greg Dent. In June, Dent was accused of sexually assaulting a longtime acquaintance. That happened at 3:30 a.m on a Sunday. He was charged the next day. (He hasn't played since, and awaits trial.) On Feb. 1, 2012, Two Tallahassee teenagers were accused of raping a girl at the Godby High School football field. Two weeks later, they were charged as adults. In May 2013, one was convicted. To sum up: from accusation to conviction in less than 16 months. We have waited 12 months just to find out if Winston will be charged. A lot of questions should be asked at this press conference. Some of those questions are about what happened last Dec. 7. But many are about what has happened since.
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