re: Jameis Winston Investigated for Sexual Assualt

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Matt Baker of the Tampa Bay Times was the first reporter to contact the Tallahassee Police Department to inquire about case No. 12-32758. He was acting on a tip he got back on Nov. 6 from a trusted source, who told Baker that a woman had brought some sort of sexual abuse complaint to police last December, and that even though no arrest was made, Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston may have been the suspect. No. 12-32758 is the file number the Tallahassee police assigned to the case, which had not yet been made public.

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t is not known how TMZ learned of the case—did a law enforcement source tip them off?—and Trock declined to answer any questions from us. It's not clear what other news organizations began contacting the Tallahassee PD before the story broke in the days that followed, since some reporters may have made phone calls instead of sending emails. The Tallahassee Democrat was one outlet that was on the case, though its executive editor, Bob Gabrodi, strangely also felt the need to put on his FSU foam finger before sitting down to type this paragraph to his concerned readers:

We knew a national media outlet was working on the same story, an outlet that didn't care a whit about our community, our university, our team or the young man many of us – me included – have learned to care about, Famous Jameis Winston.

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