FSU investigates Jameis Winston, Charges 2 Teammates in Rape Case

And away we go.

Where is my popcorn!

I'll get my popcorn ready.

Good thing ESPN assigned Chantel to the PAC 12 and not the ACC.

There's nothing particularly new here.  The two roommates are being charged for their conduct which they stated occurred in sworn affidavits as part of the criminal investigation.  Those affidavits were the "eye-witness" testimony that Winston's attorney argued cleared Winston of any rape allegations.

I'd be surprised if the purported victim participates in any FSU investigation.  I think at this point, with Winston likely to be a millionaire, she's likely to wait and pursue it in the civil courts.  

ahhh.  so all you have to do is say "I don't have to answer that" and you get off (literallly in this case) scott free.  Good to know.  

This is good to see in part because there's every appearance that the local authorities did an atrocious job investigating this claim at the time of the incident.  And because it helps educate the world-at-large about the difference between a Title IX investigation and a criminal investigation.  And because it gets the sports-attentive audience thinking about what "rape" really means, and gets people thinking that consent needs to be clear-headed and unambivalent.

And it's also good to see because from the outside Winston seems like a budding Roethlisberger - a self-entitled athlete who thinks he operates by different rules.  In part because the FSU / Milledgeville law enforcement systems [respectively] treated them differently than they would treat other men. 

And it's interesting that the roommate videotaped the incident, but then decided to ditch his phone and destroy the SD card.  That has the fresh smell of "destruction of evidence" on it to me.

Finally, it's good to see that these Title IX investigations are occurring at more campuses and is not a problem unique to B1G schools.  (Even better would be if these events didn't happen, of course.)

Casher also said he'd walked into the room "to see if the female would agree to allow Casher to participate in the sex acts that were occurring." Denied, he filmed the two having sex on his cell phone. He told investigators he'd deleted the video and discarded the phone.

Wtf

Convenient they waited a few months after they won the title.

"Casher also said he'd walked into the room "to see if the female would agree to allow Casher to participate in the sex acts that were occurring." Denied, he filmed the two having sex on his cell phone."

Glad to see he took that rejection in stride. 

 

EDIT: Appears I'm not the first one here to point this quote out, but this deserves to be read twice.

This whole ordeal was spawned by the University of Florida and their alumni...of whom the girl in question's lawyer was a law student there. Her story was complete bull. College guys display sexually deviant behavior and it's not excusable especially when criminal. If you think Seminole football players taking pics of chics and running trains is the end of the rabbit hole....sorry I'll spare you what goes on in Frat houses across the country. I don't understand why people continue to try a play judge and jury especially when these allegations are found a cross the country and even in Ann Arbor. Jameis did not rape that girl. There was not even enough evidence for a charge....and that was at the hands of Willie Meigs who has charged numerous FSU players in the past. Stop running with these TMZ and Dead spin articles. They are sully and contrary to the truth.

Guys, trust me. Winston TOTALLY didn't rape that girl.

I guess I should drop an /s here.