Details
released of alleged rape by Florida State quarterback Winston
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[December 23, 2014]
By Letitia Stein
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) - A woman says she
pleaded, "please stop, no," as Florida State University quarterback
Jameis Winston allegedly raped her, according to transcripts from a
university hearing released on Monday by her attorneys after he was
cleared in the proceeding.
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More than 200 pages of documents detail the female student's
version of the December 2012 encounter with Winston, who last year
won the Heisman Trophy.
When they met at a bar near campus, the woman did not know Winston's
name, according to her statements at the disciplinary hearing in
Tallahassee, Florida, earlier this month.
Back at his apartment, she said, Winston forced her to have sex in a
bedroom and in a locked bathroom.
"I said please stop, no, multiple times," she said at the hearing.
"I remember pleading just for him to stop."
The woman, then a student at Florida State, answered questions about
the incident from retired Florida Supreme Court Justice Major B.
Harding, who was retained by the university to oversee the
proceeding. Her name was removed from the transcript.
![](http://archives.lincolndailynews.com/2014/Dec/23/images/ads/current/state_bank_sda_christmas.png) Winston did not answer questions, but submitted a detailed account
of what he described as a consensual sexual encounter, saying he
"never used physical violence, threats, or other coercive means."
Neither version appeared more credible than the other, concluded
Harding, clearing Winston of student conduct code violations in a
letter that became public on Sunday.
Winston has not been charged criminally in the incident.
The case has received wide attention as Winston prepares to lead the
undefeated Florida State Seminoles into the first collegiate
football playoffs next month.
It comes as the National Football League faces criticism for its
handling of domestic violence and abuse by its players.
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Federal education officials are investigating Florida State under
Title IX, which requires colleges receiving federal funds to
promptly investigate sexual abuse complaints.
The woman, now studying at a university in Tampa, near her hometown,
said she had to leave Florida State after receiving death threats.
Her Colorado-based attorneys, John Clune and Baine Kerr, said they
released the transcripts to "correct any misrepresentations."
Winston's attorney could not immediately be reached for comment on
Monday.
"I have had my most horrible life experience played out and debated
in local and national media," the woman said, according to the
transcripts.
"I don't care about football or money or (Winston's) career," she
said. "I just want the truth to be heard."
(Additional reporting by Bill Cotterell in Tallahassee, Florida.)
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