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Winston's lawyer says he as agreed to cooperate in the Title IX investigation over how FSU handled the rape allegations.
It's a pretty weird situation it sounds like both Winston and the accuser have changed lawyers since the case originally started so there are 2 entirely different stories from the lawyer.
Winston's lawyer says the accused demanded 7 million dollars to drop the case, they declined and she pursued it. her lawyer says that's patently false, Winstons' previous attorney brought up the idea of a financial settlement to drop the case but talks went nowhere so her attorney broke off talks.
Attorney David Cornwell confirmed Winston's cooperation with the inquiry in a 13-page letter addressed to FSU general counsel Carolyn Egan. The letter, which was obtained Tuesday night by ESPN and TMZ.com, was sent on Tuesday.
In the letter, Cornwell accused Patricia Carroll, who represented the accuser at the time, of requesting a $7 million settlement from Winston to drop her claims. Cornwell wrote in the letter that Carroll's request was "immediately rejected."
John Clune, the woman's Colorado-based Title IX attorney, denied that Carroll ever requested the money, saying in a statement that it was Cornwell who contacted Carroll "to discuss paying off our client." Settlement discussions, according to Clune, were "immediately unproductive," and the accuser's attorneys decided to discontinue the talks.
"Although it is our understanding that settlement was discussed at that meeting, no authorized demands were made of Mr. Winston," Clune said in a statement.
they also confirmed that on advice of his original lawyer, Winston had refused to cooperate at all with the investigation, he actually met with FSU people on the case once until just a few weeks ago when he agreed to talk to them again.
Seems like FSU realizes they are facing a potentially big hit over this case if they lose it and they're no longer willing to just let Winston refuse to cooperate and wait for it to go away.
It's a pretty weird situation it sounds like both Winston and the accuser have changed lawyers since the case originally started so there are 2 entirely different stories from the lawyer.
Winston's lawyer says the accused demanded 7 million dollars to drop the case, they declined and she pursued it. her lawyer says that's patently false, Winstons' previous attorney brought up the idea of a financial settlement to drop the case but talks went nowhere so her attorney broke off talks.
Attorney David Cornwell confirmed Winston's cooperation with the inquiry in a 13-page letter addressed to FSU general counsel Carolyn Egan. The letter, which was obtained Tuesday night by ESPN and TMZ.com, was sent on Tuesday.
In the letter, Cornwell accused Patricia Carroll, who represented the accuser at the time, of requesting a $7 million settlement from Winston to drop her claims. Cornwell wrote in the letter that Carroll's request was "immediately rejected."
John Clune, the woman's Colorado-based Title IX attorney, denied that Carroll ever requested the money, saying in a statement that it was Cornwell who contacted Carroll "to discuss paying off our client." Settlement discussions, according to Clune, were "immediately unproductive," and the accuser's attorneys decided to discontinue the talks.
"Although it is our understanding that settlement was discussed at that meeting, no authorized demands were made of Mr. Winston," Clune said in a statement.
they also confirmed that on advice of his original lawyer, Winston had refused to cooperate at all with the investigation, he actually met with FSU people on the case once until just a few weeks ago when he agreed to talk to them again.
Seems like FSU realizes they are facing a potentially big hit over this case if they lose it and they're no longer willing to just let Winston refuse to cooperate and wait for it to go away.
Only party in this legal dance, that seems to have $$$ millions is FSU. Winston may have a $10 million insurance policy, but that would seem to be unavailable unless he does incur a career injury. Maybe the mental illness he suffers would be covered. Possibly some attorney/interested party assumed Winston would stay clean and the NFL would pay him the big $$$$, but that seems to have gone down the crapper.
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Being a stupid hood rat isn't a mental illness yet.
Once the rabble rousers figure out how to make it one though, count on your taxes being raised.
Once the rabble rousers figure out how to make it one though, count on your taxes being raised.
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Yeah I have no idea who's telling the truth or not on the who asked for money thing but it seems hard to believe the alleged victims lawyer would demand a 7 million payout from a kid who hadn't played a down of college football. he was redshirting at the time. Yes it was well known he was a highly regarded prospect but at the time this happened the idea that he could come up with 7 million seems far fetched. he hadn't played a single snap let alone won a Heisman and established himself as a possible #1 overall pick.
Huh?
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