🏈 Florida State agrees to pay Winston accuser $950,000 to settle suit

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[BamaFan334]

Hmm, curious to think if everyone is thinking what I am on this one.

 

[riz]

Hmm, curious to think if everyone is thinking what I am on this one.

Depends on what you're thinking.

 

[BamaFan334]

Depends on what you're thinking.

That they realize they were wrong, they do believe Winston raped her, and that athletes definitely are privileged when it comes to the law in a college town.

 

[riz]

Then, yes. I'm thinking what you're thinking. Interesting to note that she only agreed to the settlement if she could continue her civil rights case.

 

[Tidestalker]

Hmm, curious to think if everyone is thinking what I am on this one.

I'm thinking 2 things...

1. The accuser gets a huge check for being embarrassed about cheating on her BF (the generally inaccurate accusation)

2. The University shells out the money because they handled it in a ridiculous manner... Had they just let the legal system take it's course, this story would have gone away soon after she lied.

 

[PhillyGirl]

That they realize they were wrong, they do believe Winston raped her, and that athletes definitely are privileged when it comes to the law in a college town.

That is what I am thinking ..

 

[rick4bama]

Hmm, curious to think if everyone is thinking what I am on this one.

Yes, but then F-$U wouldn't had won the last BCS against the barners, without him.

 

[UAgrad93]

That they realize they were wrong, they do believe Winston raped her, and that athletes definitely are privileged when it comes to the law in a college town.

EXACT thoughts when I read the headline!!

 

[EasyTider]

Attys got $700k, snow bunny about two fiddy

 

[planomateo]

What's the angle here? Why call out the settlement amounts? It's ironic they care about the "obligation to our students....in a financially responsible manner" at this point. How much money has FSU milked the BCS title for...

I'd kill Jameis is Erica was my daughter.

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- Florida State 24/7

Florida State University President John Thrasher today announced that the University has reached a settlement with former student Erica Kinsman, who has agreed to drop her Title IX lawsuit against FSU.

“Although we regret we will never be able to tell our full story in court, it is apparent that a trial many months from now would have left FSU fighting over the past rather than looking toward its very bright future. We have decided to instead move forward even though we have full faith that the ultimate outcome of a trial would have been consistent with the previous law enforcement investigations and retired Supreme Court Justice Major Harding’s findings in the student conduct hearing,” Thrasher said.

Under terms of the settlement, Kinsman is expected to receive $250,000 while her attorneys will get more than twice that amount — $700,000.

Noting that legal settlements are made for a variety of reasons, Thrasher said FSU’s overriding reason for entering into the agreement with Kinsman was to avoid what was sure to be millions of dollars in additional litigation expense.

“We have an obligation to our students, their parents and Florida taxpayers to deal with this case, as we do all litigation, in a financially responsible manner,” Thrasher said. “With all the economic demands we face, at some point it doesn’t make sense to continue even though we are convinced we would have prevailed.”

Thrasher said that, contrary to the rampant misinformation and speculation surrounding this case, FSU “remains committed to making our campus safe for all students and our school free of sexual harassment and sexual assault. As I’ve said before, one sexual assault against or committed by an FSU student is one too many.”

Thrasher listed many of the efforts that FSU has made since 2013 to bolster its response to sexual assaults. They include:

• Forming a Sexual Assault Prevention Task Group responsible for initiating educational campaigns to prevent sexual misconduct. This resulted in the creation of the University’s kNOw more campaign prominently featuring a public website that serves as a one-stop resource for online reporting of sexual assaults as well as an informational resource.
• Hiring Jennifer Broomfield, a highly qualified expert in interpersonal violence, to serve as full-time Title IX Coordinator. Ms. Broomfield, who is both a social worker and an attorney, has extensive training in trauma-informed investigations. She has already redesigned the Title IX website and conducted a number of sexual assault prevention trainings, including sessions for students, faculty, staff, head coaches, Athletics Department administrators, and student-athletes.
• Publishing a comprehensive Victims’ Rights and Resources handbook informing all student of the wide range of available services.
• Adding six new positions relating to on-campus safety: Sexual Violence Prevention Coordinator, a Health Promotion Assistant Director, three Student Conduct staff members, an additional caseworker in the Dean of Students office, and a Title IX Coordinator investigator.
• Requiring all in-coming freshmen to complete an online course “Think About It” to help them make more informed choices about sex and relationships.
• Reestablishing the male peer group Men Advocating for Responsible Conduct (MARC) and establishing a co-ed counterpart, NOLE More.
• Providing Green Dot bystander intervention training sessions to students.

“Since April 2014, there have been more than 100 training sessions conducted on the FSU campus about dealing with sexual assault and how to prevent it,” Thrasher said. “In this time, we have increased our institutional commitment to tackle this complex problem. There should be no doubt that Florida State is serious about fighting sexual assault.”

 

[kbama15]

crab legs should pay F$U back since he's in the league and they let him skate on the charges.

 

[riz]

Attys got $700k, snow bunny about two fiddy

Supposedly, that was an incorrect statement by the Pres. She was going to be deposed tomorrow. Zip.......

 

[TerryP]

It's ironic they care about the "obligation to our students....in a financially responsible manner" at this point.

I'm in the minority here.

It's not ironic, it's what they're admitting to doing. The key is the Title IX portion where a student isn't getting the treatment as deserved, as established by law. That Title IX law is broad.

Attys got $700k, snow bunny about two fiddy

Where'd ya get that number from?

 

[planomateo]

Where'd ya get that number from?

directly under his post.

 

[BamaFan334]

So basically she got a scholarship to Florida State. Wooooow, that means something outside the state of Florida, not. I know it's a decent school, just rarely see anyone in Atlanta from there through my experiences. And the one I do know has said most Atlanta companies don't visit down there, so I wonder why?

 

[Tidestalker]

I'd kill Jameis is Erica was my daughter.

Why?

The father/girl/family has every right to be mad at the university and the university should have to pay up.

But Winston is not guilty... This is a girl who got drunk and cheated on her BF, felt bad about it, and made inaccurate accusations.

There's a reason he wasn't prosecuted and/or found guilty.

 

[thedeuce]

 

[TerryP]

There's a reason he wasn't prosecuted and/or found guilty.

It's easy to have a jaded view based on Winston's history, as well as FSU's, that this was swept under the rug (or in this case pushed over the corner out of sight hoping it would go away.)

You're comment here ... well, I think you're being sarcastic, but there's still the possibility that he's not guilty here. That said, there's certainly reason to suspect something isn't right especially with the University chargingothers involved. Which, by the way, may have painted them in a corner where a settlement like this was their only recourse. IE: That guy is guilty, that guy isn't, even though both did the same thing.

It's my belief people are still missing why this was settled. It's ENTIRELY believable. Hell, we heard people from ESPN take sides in this whole sordid ordeal.

Kinsman, who left FSU in November 2013 when the case became publicly known, argued that continued harassment denied her of her educational opportunities under Title IX.​

When her name got out, how do you think some of the fans, the rabid ones, treated her on campus? Even if she had that one class where no one said anything, you know she had it in the back of her mind with every strange glance.

The criminal case is the definitive he said, she said. The way it was handled is more clear cut. Their decisions did create an environment where her learning opportunities were put at a disadvantage.


That's how all this reads to me ...

 

[Tidestalker]

It's easy to have a jaded view based on Winston's history, as well as FSU's, that this was swept under the rug (or in this case pushed over the corner out of sight hoping it would go away.)

You're comment here ... well, I think you're being sarcastic, but there's still the possibility that he's not guilty here. That said, there's certainly reason to suspect something isn't right especially with the University charging others involved. Which, by the way, may have painted them in a corner where a settlement like this was their only recourse. IE: That guy is guilty, that guy isn't, even though both did the same thing.

It's my belief people are still missing why this was settled. It's ENTIRELY believable. Hell, we heard people from ESPN take sides in this whole sordid ordeal.

Kinsman, who left FSU in November 2013 when the case became publicly known, argued that continued harassment denied her of her educational opportunities under Title IX.​

When her name got out, how do you think some of the fans, the rabid ones, treated her on campus? Even if she had that one class where no one said anything, you know she had it in the back of her mind with every strange glance.

The criminal case is the definitive he said, she said. The way it was handled is more clear cut. Their decisions did create an environment where her learning opportunities were put at a disadvantage.


That's how all this reads to me ...

I'm not being sarcastic, at all....

Winston did not rape her. When I read the entire police report and follow up information a while back, it became clear that to me that he was innocent. And to the judicial system as well.

Like I said, she has a case against the university and the way it was all handled.... But she has no case against Winston.