Jameis Winston in trouble? (This time for stealing crab legs?)

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Now this would be an extreme case of making him look good for the draft. From the Tallahassee Democrat:

The incident report describes the suspect as between 5 foot 9 and 5 foot 11 tall and 240 pounds. FSU athletics media guide lists Winston as 6 foot 4 and 218 pounds.

 

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I doubt it will be a thing. All due respect to Dre and his friend - and fuck the asshole who raped her - but cops generally don't sit on hard evidence of rape for a year without doing anything. The long delay, combined with the fact that the subject is described as much smaller than Winston, makes me think there's no hard evidence on Winston. My guess is that some incompetent police officer leaked this without reviewing the evidence.

 

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No worries. I didn't think you were. My friend seemed to be dealing with a particularly incompetent police dept. and I'm guessing it usually doesn't take that long.

 

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But if that's true, then why bring it up now? You've swept it under the rug for this long, what's 6-7 more weeks?

 

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Because TMZ got wind of it?

You mean why they are reporting it? It could be as simple as because they're TMZ.

 

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Putting aside the seriousness of this, I will chuckle if Johnny Football wins a second Heisman by default because the guy ahead of him had "character concerns."

 

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Yes. Spot on.

 

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I wonder if the Florida newspapers knew about this, and when.

We had a basketball player at the school I covered who had a rape/sexual assault investigation hanging over his head. His name was in the public record police reports, and every single person covering the team knew about it. It was discussed freely among us. But it was never reported because it was pretty much agreed that until an actual charge was filed, it was inhumane to basically ruin the kid's life over an accusation.

 

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You say this like it's not standard operating procedure.

 

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No, I'm saying this like I think that it is.

 

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We had a case a number of years were the defense was that the defendant was too endowed to have committed the offense. He wanted to "publish" his penis to the jury, which meant that he physically, in person, wanted to whip it out in front of the jury. The court allowed a picture to be submitted in lieu of his actual member.

"If the dick don't fit, you must acquit." We all said it, but the defense attorney, a friend, didn't ue the line. GUILTY.

 

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My bad. It read to me like you were suggesting a nefarious coverup or something.