Florida State fights Title IX case involving Jameis Winston
Florida State fights Title IX case involving Jameis Winston
Florida State has filed a motion for dismi sal regarding the federal Title IX lawsuit filed by the woman who accused former FSU quarterback of a sexual a sault.Federal Title IX Jose Iglesias Jersey regulations require that universities such as FSU follow proper procedures when it comes to allegations of sexual a sault. Among other things, the lawsuit brought by Erica Kinsman alleges the school displayed "deliberate indifference" about the allegation, and that head football coach Jimbo Fisher and a sociate athletics director Monk Bonasarte knew of the accusations but did not alert school administrators in Leonys Martin Jersey order to protect Winston, .FSU disputed that premise in its motion, which read in part: "Far from being deliberately indifferent to Kinsman, Alex Wilson Jersey FSU provided her the services of its confidential Victim Advocate Program within hours of her alleged sexual a sault and continuously thereafter."Winston was not charged by police and was also cleared in a student code of conduct hearing, but by local police have helped cast a longer shadow on Winston's character. While NFL clubs look into the backgrounds of NFL prospects with character questions in the weeks before the draft, the league itself is in that effort.The alleged a sault occured in December of 2012, but didn't come to the attention of the state attorney until nearly a year later Detroit Tigers Jersey , about the time that news of the allegation Willie Horton Jersey reached the media. Winston won the Heisman Trophy just weeks later. As a third-year sophomore, he declared early eligibility for the NFL draft in January and is considered a strong candidate to be the No. 1 overall draft pick by the .Winston last week.*Follow Chase Goodbread on Twitter *.