FSU begins Title IX investigation into Winston

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Florida State University has begun conducting a required investigation into quarterback Jameis Winston in relation to the alleged 2012 rape of a female student despite the state's declining to charge Winston in the matter, a development coach Jimbo Fisher is confident won't be a distraction to the football team.

 

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Rodriguesqe

September 4th, 2014 at 9:42 PM ^

Sorry man, don't get what you are saying. If he is guilty of rape, being a jerk is small potatos. If he's innocent, being a jerk doesn't warrant what he's going through.

Just a weird, poorly worded way of expressing yourself.

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Gucci Mane

September 5th, 2014 at 1:10 AM ^

How can you not comprehend what I'm saying ? Seems obvious. However I'll say it again with new words and maybe that will help you. I don't like Winston as a person and therefore I want his success in life to end.

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Jupiter Blue

September 4th, 2014 at 9:45 PM ^

During a TV preseason interview with Kirk Herbstreit Winston said he made an honest mistake when he walked out of a Publix store with unpaid crab legs and fulfilled his obligation for the transgression. I believe this is actually called a dishonest mistake. Herbstreit of course did not call him on the statement. This is not immature behavior this arrogant behavior. Young children know they are suppose to pay for things in a store.

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Tater

September 4th, 2014 at 10:37 PM ^

Winston probably had an arrangement with someone in Publix and thought, rightfully so, that it was part of his illegal benefits.  I am guessing nobody told the security person about what one of the ex-players working on ESPN called his "hook-up."  Once it had escaleted into an incident, it was too late to call it a :mistake."'

I wish I could remember which ESPN personality so casually assumed that Winston had a "hook-up."  The other people on the show didn't call him on it.  I guess nobody wanted to make him violate "the code."

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LSAClassOf2000

September 4th, 2014 at 7:33 PM ^

SBNation has some decent coverage of this as well - LINK

At one point, they do mention an interview that the attorney for the accuser did with USA Today, saying that he was pleased with FSU's investigation to date and that he was confident that code of conduct charges would be the result of all this.

One interesting thing here, when it comes to the length of this whole thing, comes in a statement made by FSU. Timing regardless, supposedly they say down with her for over an hour. 

"While we cannot comment on any individual case, in general, complainants control the timing in our process.”

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State Street

September 4th, 2014 at 8:16 PM ^

Possible ex-post-facto explusion here? It's not out of the question.  The feds have their eye on FSU.  Not like they can sweep something like this under the rug.  

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Clarence Beeks

September 4th, 2014 at 8:51 PM ^

Lack of faith in FSU to do this right aside, it's worth remembering that the burden of proof in these investigations is preponderance. A much lower standard than in the criminal case that they couldn't bring.

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ADSellers

September 4th, 2014 at 9:21 PM ^

Still no Title 9 investigation into the Payne/Appling allegations (for which police recommended that the two be charged with first degree sexual assault), nor of the alleged sexual assault by 4 msu football players of an msu student who later commited suicide (whose name I won't post here). It's either that, or the local media has conveniently ignored these investigations while making sure we know every detail of the Lewan and Gibbons situations.

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maizenbluenc

September 5th, 2014 at 9:43 AM ^

we cannot cast stones.

We shouldn't be saying anything but it is good that FSU is doing the investigation, and hopefully both parties get a fair opportunity to state their case, and the case is considered with integrity.

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remdog

September 5th, 2014 at 12:47 AM ^

of Title IX to alleged sexual assaults by fellow students seems to be somewhat bizarre in my mind.   But much of the legal system involves bizarre contortions or stretches of logic to misapply or misinterpret already badly conceived laws such as title IX.

The end result of such "investigations" seems likely to be an extremely oppressive environment where schools are coerced into monitoring and policing all private sexual activity.   And they have neither the framework nor the resources to do so adequately and justly.  Actually, I think we're already there and it's going to get worse.

 

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