Jameis Winston Is Being Accused Of Grabbing An Uber Driver By The...Well...You Can Fill In The Blank11/17/2017 NYPost- Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston is under investigation by the NFL for allegedly groping a female Uber driver’s crotch in 2016, BuzzFeed News reported Friday.
“I started driving, and right away, Jameis behaved poorly,” Kate told BuzzFeed News. After Winston asked to stop for food, Kate drove to the drive-thru of Los Betos Mexican Food, where he then "reached over and he just grabbed my crotch.” Kate claims Winston’s hands were on her privates for three-to-five seconds. In shock, she removed his hand and said, “What’s up with that?” Kate found 6-foot-4 Winston “physically imposing.” “I mean he’s an NFL quarterback and I’m 5-foot-6. I’m not prepared for that. So I completely froze,” she recounted. Winston has since issued a statement denying the allegations. “We categorically deny this allegation,” Winston’s spokesperson, Russ Spielman, stated. “It is our understanding the uber driver was unable to identify the specific individual who allegedly touched this driver inappropriately. The only reason his name is being dragged in to this is that his uber account was used to call the ride.” --------- So wait, in lieu of an actual denial that sexual assault took place, Jameis Winston's spokesperson went with the less tried and potentially untrue method of crafting a categorically hypothetical scenario in which a mystery person was using his client's Uber app in order to cruise around town grabbing the secret garden of his chauffeur without having his name attached? In response to a crime that - oddly enough - features characteristics of rape, theft, and the reinforcement of antiquated gender roles, the best defense that Jameis Winston's team could come up with is "maybe he selflessly called a car for a sexual assailant by accident"? I know everyone has the right of innocence until proven guilt, but in the increasingly prominent court of public opinion the verdict is...NOT GREAT, BOB! I'm not trying to play judge and/or jury in the case of the previously problematic quarterback vs the random Uber driver in Arizona, but that dumbass explanation so forcibly pushed me in favor of the plaintiff that you'd think it used Donald Trump's predatory flirtation technique to do so. It is a little odd that she was not able to identify the person who touched her inappropriately when (if true) he's so easily recognizable. However, it's not nearly as odd as finding it ridiculous that a repeat offender of stupidity has been "dragged into" the scene of a crime in which - at the very least - his name, number, and credit card information were present. Jameis Winston's past isn't doing him any justice, but neither is his counsel's lack of understanding of ride sharing.
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