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

[Adam White]

I find it perfectly believable RG that the attorney told Casher to delete the video, that he thought he might get in trouble for the video and deleted it or that he filmed it in a drunken moment and just deleted it when sober. I don't know so I won't state one as fact.

No way would somebody destroy evidence that is exculpatory. If you have a video that proves your innocence, you're going to keep it and risk a much lesser charge related to making the video.

[RattlerGator]

The most shameful thing from the whole episode to me is how FSU conclusively shat upon one of their own students. Eventually, I expect someone somewhere to ask questions along these lines and give a public accounting of the responses:


• What TPD officer made the decision to not file a probable cause affidavit (PCA)?
  
  What supervisor or series of TPD supervisors signed off on the decision to not file the PCA?
  
  Over the last five years, how many sexual assault probable cause affidavits have been forwarded by TPD to the State Attorney's Office (SAO)?
  
  Over the last five years, how many sexual assault complaints received by TPD *weren't* forwarded to the SAO?
  
  Did any other sexual assault complaints eventually forwarded to the SAO have the year-or-more delay this case had?
  
  What is the policy of TPD on deciding whether a sexual assault complaint does or does not get a PCA filed?

That will begin the process of illuminating whether special treatment was given in this case; the numbers likely will not be good for FSU or TPD. The timeline in this case is conveniently odd; only a fool or FSU partisan can't recognize that. Not that it will matter to MusicMan and others who insist on a superficial understanding of what was done on this claim. Anyone citing results after the investigation was obviously sabotaged is blatantly unserious. Whip out as many claims of tinfoil this, that or the other -- it won't change the circumstances. The real problem for FSU going forward are their own victims' advocate people:

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/14226424/florida-state-official-details-favorable-treatment-seminoles-football-players-accused-rape

If you're looking for one and only one reason why FSU settled the Title IX claim for a million dollars, that fairly recent article gives it to you in black and white.  The problems for FSU aren't over. They are just beginning. That chick is probably going to get her revenge and it will play out over the next decade in multiple forms of media.