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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRapist Jameis Winston is about to get his ass sued off.
Along with the local cops and the university. Good thing, too:
http://gma.yahoo.com/jameis-winston-39-alleged-victim-39-absolutely-39-205809923--abc-news-topstories.html
The attorney for Jameis Winston's alleged rape victim said she "absolutely" plans to file a civil lawsuit against the Florida State University star quarterback and the Tallahassee Police Department.
"I want heads to roll," Pat Carroll, the attorney for the woman who claims Winston raped her in December 2012, told ABC News in an exclusive interview.
Carroll said the Tallahassee Police Department was negligent in handling her client's case against the 20-year-old Heisman Trophy winner. He claims the way police handled the allegations led to a prosecutor's decision to drop the case.
A very brave woman. Good on her!
BainsBane
(53,066 posts)Over and over again we see the civil rights of rape victims violated by prosecutors who refuse to do their job. It's time DOJ understood that the widespread refusal to prosecute rapists violates the basic civil rights of women and the 10% of rape victims who are male. Rape by a man against a woman is an attack against her for being female.
KeepItReal
(7,769 posts)Impartial? Really?
LittleBlue
(10,362 posts)And reach a settlement right around the time he's drafted for around $500k (that's how much Roethlisberger paid, so maybe Winston goes up to $1m). He's penniless now but a #1 pick will earn him $15m bonus + $23m contract + endorsements. He'll still be the #1 pick barring an unforeseen catastrophe. Can't have her selling her story to a tabloid right around draft time, can we Jameis? That might lose you the Nike/Gatorade endorsement.
nilesobek
(1,423 posts)The media, in my opinion, especially ESPN downplayed the story. She never got her day in court.
Lochloosa
(16,068 posts)LittleBlue
(10,362 posts)He's 2 years removed from high school right now after redshirting his first year.
Triana
(22,666 posts)....and I want heads to roll too. More power to Pat Carroll!
The two-bit pr*ck rapist belongs in a very cold, very hard concrete cell for a very long time. Dirtbag. I hope she gets them all, including his little prosecutor buddies and his rape apologists/defenders on the police force.
SO tired of this shit.