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Jameis Winston (QB Browns)

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I never thought I'd be sharing my story with a bunch of strangers, on a sports message board at that, but I just feel as though some of you need a different perspective than what has been shared so far. Let me clarify by stating that I am by no means talking about what this woman allegedly experienced nor am I passing judgement on her or Jameis Winston. I simply want to give a little insight into what one woman went through after reporting a sexual assault to police.

I don't feel comfortable or confident enough to share certain details because to be honest they are difficult to talk about and extremely private. After my attack my boyfriend, now husband, took me to the police station to file a police report. I was immediately taken to the hospital and a trained sexual assault nurse gave me a full examination. My clothes were taken, swabs from various body parts were taken, as well as pictures of my numerous injuries. It was an understandably invasive and horrifying experience. After the physical evidence was collected I spoke to the police. I was not raped by someone I knew and when asked to give a description of the man who attacked me I couldn't. I couldn't tell you how tall he was, how much he weighed, his eye color, or approximate age. If the police were able to match the DNA from my rape kit to a suspect I wouldn't have been able to point him out. All I remember is fear. All consuming, debilitating fear. I was required to go over the series of events over and over again while being subjected to humiliating questions like what I was wearing, if I was drinking, if I flirted with him or "led him on" in any way, and if I said no or shouted for help. I felt like I was being blamed for what someone had done TO ME. I didn't feel like a victim, I felt like a villain. The process of reporting was traumatizing in an entirely different and far more disappointing way.

It isn't easy to share the horrors of sexual assault. It isn't easy to be scrutinized by strangers and made to feel partially responsible for someone's decision to commit a violent act. To have people who don't know the case, the woman, Jameis, or frankly what sexual assault is all about making comments about what they assume happened or what the woman is thinking/feeling is infuriating.
 
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ORD_Buckeye said:
So you're saying you would prefer that GS keep a likely rapist on the team if it meant a little bit of foosball glory?

Look, I can't stand the man for a lot of reasons, but he was right to turn JT in (which was a decision made by Gee and the board in any event). If we hadn't we'd have been hit with LOIC and still be digging our program out from under the sanctions.
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What's a "likely rapist"?

Either the kid is a rapist, or he isn't. And until he is, he isn't.
 
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HaideeRDLS said:
To have people who don't know the case, the woman, Jameis, or frankly what sexual assault is all about making comments about what they assume happened or what the woman is thinking/feeling is infuriating.
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Does this statement apply to you as well?

We have a legal process for a reason, and until it plays out there is no reason to judge either party.
 
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LordJeffBuck said:
Does this statement apply to you as well?
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Buckeyeskickbuttocks said:
Dude, I don't read her to having any opinion on what may have happened. I read her as offering insight into the mind of a woman who had been sexually assaulted. Some of those feelings she felt, I do believe, are common.
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Great. What does any of that have to do with Jameis Winston, and whether he committed any crime?
 
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And, now.. from the what else is he supposed to say department:

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Tim Jansen, a Tallahassee attorney representing Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston in a sexual-assault complaint against him, said in a news conference Thursday morning that sex between his client and the complainant was consensual.

When asked whether the sex was consensual, Jansen replied, "absolutely."

Jansen added that he anticipated his client's DNA would match the DNA found on the complainant.
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...a-state-sexual-battery-investigation/3662241/
 
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Woody1968 said:
I believe she was addressing all of the comments about how the victim gave inaccurate height and weight info, and other things of that nature.
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Yes, that was my intent. I think it's important for people to understand that it isn't easy to come forward and talk about being victimized and that it is easy to poke holes into a story we know very little about.
 
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Woody1968 said:
I believe she was addressing all of the comments about how the victim gave inaccurate height and weight info, and other things of that nature.
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Agreed. I'm actually better educated because of her comments and I can completely understand how someone in that position wouldn't know some details that people external to the situation would think would be easy to remember. Obviously under such duress, one might not remember many things. I thank her for sharing.
 
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Re: Great. What does any of that have to do with Jameis Winston, and whether he committed any crime?

Nothing, but it does give a 1st hand insight of what a rape victim goes through and (I'm sure there are numerous other reasons too) why she may be reluctant to want to relive it again through police questioning and/or on the witness stand under cross examination.

Just sayin': Violence against women is a major problem in this country and part of the problem is that only about 3% of rapists will ever serve a day in prison (per link).
http://www.rainn.org/get-information/statistics/reporting-rates
 
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I have no doubt there are men who have been accused of rape in situations where it was consensual. But, that said, I have a real hard time understanding what possible motivation a woman would have for having consensual sex and then immediately going to the police. I don't know Winston. I don't know the woman at issue. I certainly wasn't there. But - that said, I am inclined to believe the woman in this case. And, it has NOTHING to do with whether or not FSU makes the BCS Championship game or if Winston wins the Heisman. There's too much smoke around this story for me not to assume a fire. And, again, I just cannot comprehend any motivation for the woman to go to the cops if it were truly consensual.

I'm not assuming Winston is guilty. But, I am forming my opinion each day.
 
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