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Showing Original Post only (View all)Test links Winston's DNA to accuser. (Heisman cand FSU QB) This CANNOT stay silent. [View all]
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/10009077/dna-analysis-matches-jameis-winston-accuser
(vid at link)
TALLAHASSEE -- A DNA analysis completed by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement on Tuesday confirmed that DNA provided by Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston matched the sample taken from the underwear of a woman who has accused him of sexual battery.
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Police obtained a sexual assault kit on Dec. 7, 2012, when the accuser reported the alleged incident had occurred at an off-campus apartment. Winston's DNA was recently obtained through a buccal swab he provided to authorities investigating the case.
The DNA match alone does not prove that Winston, a leading Heisman Trophy candidate, sexually assaulted the woman, as the accuser's family claimed in a statement released by a Tampa-based attorney on Wednesday. But it does indicate that Winston, who has yet to talk to Tallahassee police or the state attorney investigating the case, had his DNA associated with the accuser on Dec. 7, 2012, when the accuser claimed she was sexually assaulted.
(vid at link)
TALLAHASSEE -- A DNA analysis completed by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement on Tuesday confirmed that DNA provided by Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston matched the sample taken from the underwear of a woman who has accused him of sexual battery.
.
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Police obtained a sexual assault kit on Dec. 7, 2012, when the accuser reported the alleged incident had occurred at an off-campus apartment. Winston's DNA was recently obtained through a buccal swab he provided to authorities investigating the case.
The DNA match alone does not prove that Winston, a leading Heisman Trophy candidate, sexually assaulted the woman, as the accuser's family claimed in a statement released by a Tampa-based attorney on Wednesday. But it does indicate that Winston, who has yet to talk to Tallahassee police or the state attorney investigating the case, had his DNA associated with the accuser on Dec. 7, 2012, when the accuser claimed she was sexually assaulted.
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http://www.buzzfeed.com/joelanderson/everything-thats-happened-so-far-in-the-sexual-assault-inves
Nov. 20, 2013:
The Tampa Bay Times releases an explosive report, including a statement from the victims family, claiming a Tallahassee detective told the accusers attorney that Tallahassee is a big football town and her clients life could be made miserable if she pursued a sexual assault case against Winston.
Nov. 20, 2013:
The Tampa Bay Times releases an explosive report, including a statement from the victims family, claiming a Tallahassee detective told the accusers attorney that Tallahassee is a big football town and her clients life could be made miserable if she pursued a sexual assault case against Winston.
There are accusations of intimidation and threats directed at the victim, (allegedly)coming from authorities.
I say allegedly only because this is an ongoing investigation. But it also appears to be another possible rape by a star athlete that is possibly being covered up by intimidation and threats, coming from local authorities. The victim has claimed that she was threatened by a detective to drop the accusation and be silent or "they would make her life miserable" and that "Tallahassee is a big football town".
Can you believe this shit?
This is why I say it is time to make rape/sexual assault a FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE. It's time to make it a federal civil rights offense. Too many states sweep these crimes under the rug or under-punish. When a rape/SA is reported it should automatically kick-off a federal investigation or fed oversight of the local police investigation to ensure that said crimes are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
RAPE IS A FEDERAL ISSUE. STATES(usually red states) HAVE PROVEN INCAPABLE OF PROTECTING WOMEN.
It almost seams like red states are pro-rape.
And regarding FSU..
WHERE/WHY no suspension for star QB Jameis Winston while they fully investigate this potentially heinous crime? Rape is a serious felony and one of humankinds worst crimes.
Again, at this point, these are only allegations while this investigation is just starting to heat up.
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Test links Winston's DNA to accuser. (Heisman cand FSU QB) This CANNOT stay silent. [View all]
livingwagenow
Nov 2013
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Lester Munson, a lawyer who analyzes cases for ESPN, had this to say:
Are_grits_groceries
Nov 2013
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