Test links Winston's (Heisman trophy winner) DNA to accuser

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116. Well that brings up a different problem

The fact that investigators took soooo long to investigate. If they had started investigating right away, the videos (and certainly the surveillance video) would have been available, but they just waited forever, which is not normal. So maybe the video would have shown nothing, but then I still have a serious problem with the investigators who didn't bother to check.

There are two issues:

Student athletes have a much higher rate of sexual assault than other students. That doesn't mean he raped this young woman, but it makes people hope the police taken that into account and conduct investigations.

And then, people don't want to stop football players from playing. If the investigation hadn't been delayed, it would have affected his ability to play, which makes me feel like they waited on purpose. And then in the meantime, evidence was gone.

I think deleting evidence and discarding a phone is pretty telling, but even if I'm wrong about that, there's no way to know because of how the investigation was handled, and it SHOULD NOT have been handled that way.

I realize he can't really be charged at this point because the evidence is gone. I want discussion about how this investigation was handled, and why (because he is a football player and wouldn't have been able to play) because there should have been a thorough investigation from the get-go. They should have checked those videos. And maybe they would have shown that he was obviously innocent. If he is innocent, I'm sure he would appreciate that. So it would benefit him as well.

Police can't simply hold off pressing charges because they don't want someone's football playing affected. If someone is charged with a crime, then he or she has to be investigated. It would be a short investigation if there was video that showed it was consensual.