re: Jameis Winston Investigated for Sexual Assualt

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There's been a lot of talk from a lot of different sources regarding the Jameis Winston sexual assault case, but few facts have been actually confirmed. This is what has been actually verified in the case:

The incident took place on Dec, 7, 2012 and was first reported to FSUPD
The alleged victim first reported the attack to FSUPD, but the case was moved to Tallahassee police due to the incident occurring off-campus.

On Dec, 7, 2012, Winston's girlfriend was flying into town
Witholding her Twitter to respect her privacy, on Dec, 7 at 8:19 a.m., she tweeted "Ready to get to FL to see my boo", and on Dec, 9 tweeted "Well I had a great weekend, kudos to Mr. Winston for that."

The State Attorneys office hadn't heard of the case until last Wednesday morning
"Not a word," William Meggs, state attorney for the Second Judicial Circuit said to WCTV.

The case was reopened last week, right around last Friday when the story first to began investigated when Tampa Bay Times' reporter Matt Baker made a public records request of the case, who "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 has been made, Baker would have good reason to look into it," according to Deadspin.

Winston's role in the case may be confirmed within two weeks
"We are making interesting progress," Meggs said to ESPN. "I think we can get to a point where we can make a decision by next week or the week after."

Winston is being investigated for his "potential involvement" in the attack, though his lawyer Tim Jansen has provided two witness affidavits to the state attorney, which they confirmed they've received. According to Jansen, they've interviewed at least one of the witnesses already.

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