re: No charges filed against Jameis Winston

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TPD is completely incompetent

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That's a charitable characterization of what appears more like collusion and coverup. They may hope to be characterized only as incompetent by the time this is done.

No, link?

In that same interview he says that the DNA results have no impact whatsoever on the case and that the two eye witnesses will exonerate Winston, and the only purpose of leaking the DNA results was to tarnish Winston's reputation.


But, I think most important, he says "we have never said the DNA would not match. We have never talked about the facts of the case." He says I don't think it is a secret what the defense is.


The exchange:

So are you confirming that DNA matched your client? I can't confirm anything because I haven't seen it, but I'm not surprised by the results because we fully anticipated that his DNA may be there, but that has nothing to do with him being exonerated.

So you are saying this was consensual? Absolutely.

So, they had sex and this was consensual? I'm not saying that. I'm saying the eyewitnesses who were there will verify that any material that is found is consistent with him (JW) doing nothing wrong.


So, it is possible when he said, I'm not saying that, he was simple trying not to comment further on the facts of the case. He said it was consensual, then he said I'm not saying that when pressed about "sex," but his stance did not waver. He still maintained that the witnesses would prove no wrong doing.

EDIT: He says shortly after that he does not want to comment on the facts of the case.


Do you honestly think he was trying to say it was nonconsensual sex? That he was admitting rape, when he emphatically states over and over that the two witnesses will exonerate his client of any wrong doing and that he anticipated the results of the DNA test?

Starts at 5:30

Forced Sex University

Once again, her attorney released the statement, not some family friend

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“To be clear, the victim did not consent. This was a rape,” the statement said.

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that assertion was “too little, too late,” calling it a self-serving and misplaced effort at “reactive damage control” in the face of matching DNA results.

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“What is significant is that the DNA matched the person identified by the victim to law enforcement back in January 2013,”

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I fail to see the lack of professionalism

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Do you honestly think he was trying to say it was nonconsensual sex? That he was admitting rape, when he emphatically states over and over that the two witnesses will exonerate his client of any wrong doing and that he anticipated the results of the DNA test?

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He is obviously dancing on something. It's impossible to say right now what that something is.

Do you have a lot of experience with lawyers' press releases?

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I never said otherwise.

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You can no longer be taken seriously

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The difference is that he has a legitimate attorney calling his shots instead of a family friend going to the media.

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What makes him a legit attorney and her family friend, a former state prosecutor not?


Does everyone supporting Winston keep changing their story, like this poster? Or am I the only one getting that vibe?

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Favors Thompson (City Manager) said that an attorney representing the victim's family said she "changed her mind and did not wish to prosecute."

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LINK

It is also strange that a family attorney decided not to press charges at some point, and then that all changed when the media got involved. The police obstruction story came to light, 7 months after the family revived the toxicology reports. Seems like the family's story keeps changing too.