Thursday, December 5, 2013

"He said, she said"


An interesting, “he said, she said,” dilemma has popped up in the world of college football. A young women is accusing Florida State University Quarterback Jameis Winston of sexual assault.

Winston is up for Heisman, and has still had a great season even with all this drama surrounding him. There is a press conference today, December 5th to tell whether or not Winston is guilty.

Personally, I don’t think he is based on the evidence but I will let you decide what you think.  

The main reason I believe he is innocent is because the woman accusing him of rape did not identify him until five weeks after the event, and the case didn’t really take priority until Winston was having a great season and leading his time. It didn’t become priority until he was in the spotlight. Usually, in my opinion, this means someone just wants to throw him off his game. I could be wrong though. Also, Did I mention this happened a year ago Saturday?

According to the following article,


There are many things that back up Winston in this case.

One being, the press conference today is being held by the State Attorney, Willie Meggs to announce the results of his investigation. Typically, the results are not just announced in a press conference, unless the arrest is already made. Winston has not been arrested.

Another being, like I said earlier the women didn’t identify him till later, and when identified, Winston did admit he had a sexual encounter with her, however it was not rape. Later DNA testing did prove that his DNA was found on evidence, but he had already told police prior to this finding about his encounter with her.

Also, at the time she identified him, he was a redshirt player for the Seminoles. Seems kind of like she was trying to hurt his career. When she reported this she did not want to cooperate with investigators, this tells me she wasn’t telling the truth.

Also, I don’t think Meggs would plan an arrest right before Winston is scheduled to leave to play Saturday in the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship against Duke. He would probably arrest him sooner than that, or after the championship game.

Based on all of this, I don’t believe that Jameis Wilson is guilty. He has done the right thing by telling his side of the story and then keeping quiet and focusing on football and I give him props for that. I guess we will wait and see what happens today.

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