Wednesday morning the New York Times ran a feature article centered on the Jameis Winston rape case that put the the Florida State QB and reigning Heisman Trophy winner in a very notorious spotlight. The report outlined all the allegations surrounding the case including the perceived mishandling of information in the investigation by Florida State and the Tallahassee police. Also mentioned though in the feature was a reported second women who sought counseling after a sexual encounter with Winston that is being viewed as being ‘legal’ but concerning:
A month before the rape accusation became public, the university’s victim advocate learned that a second woman had sought counseling after a sexual encounter with Mr. Winston, according to the prosecutor’s office. The woman did not call it rape — she did not say “no.” But the encounter, not previously reported, “was of such a nature that she felt violated or felt that she needed to seek some type of counseling for her emotions about the experience,” according to Georgia Cappleman, the chief assistant state attorney, who said she had spoken with the advocate but not with the woman.
It’s an odd revelation from many angles and more damning for Florida State and the Tallahassee police. This is especially considering Cappleman’s comments where she states that this “sheds some light on the way Mr. Winston operates” and that it may be a “reoccurring problem”. David Cornwell, Winston’s representative called the comments “out of bounds”.
Nonetheless it’s another apparent situation where a University mishandled an investigation to perhaps protect their own.