And Winston has never once denied sleeping with her. From the very beginning he stated they slept together and that it was consensual. His story is the only one that has never changed.
Okay it's been a few months since I've thought about this and Google doesn't seem to be able to give me any articles where Winston talks about the case in his own words so do you mind linking me to some of these instances you're talking about?
Granted, the Hunting Ground is clearly in Kinsman's corner the same way Making a Murderer is clearly in Steven Avery's corner, but I still don't understand why Kinsman would go through all this trouble if she hadn't been raped.
Just assuming she was making this all up, she did not pick the easiest route to go about it. According to the wiki she didn't name him until about 34 days after reporting the incident. She claims she was drugged so changes in her story could be attributed to that, but assuming she made it all up you'd think she would have rehearsed a good story that made some bit of sense. Winston's DNA wasn't tested with the sample from the rape kit until a year after the reported incident and it matched.
So, assuming Winston is innocent, he had consensual sex with this girl, who immediately reported that she had been raped, but didn't name her rapist until over a month later, which the police didn't take Winston's DNA sample to test until a year later because there was no priority given the her case (the assumption being because she accused a star player).
But why would she go through all this trouble? Now I understand she was recently awarded a cash settlement for her case (80% of which is going to legal fees), but there was no way for her to know that she would get a settlement 4 years ago. The vast majority of rape cases are extremely hard to prove without some ironclad evidence, and even THEN the victim might not see justice so she could have very easily not been awarded anything.
Now, according to this article:
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/11975588/florida-state-qb-jameis-winston-denies-sexual-assault-allegations-hearing-statementWinston's story seems to match up pretty well with what I recall Kinsman said (except she claims she was drugged) but Winston states they exchanged names and that he used a condom, so again I don't understand why it would have taken her a month to give up his name or why his DNA was on her if he used protection.
A good defense attorney could certainly defend Winston, but if she were drugged (not necessarily by Winston), that could explain the circumstances, but how could he not tell she was drugged? And if she wasn't and they did have consensual sex, why would she say he raped her? If they exchanged numbers/texts (as he claims in the article) why didn't the police use that info to track him down and question him? I would have liked to have seen Winston's story cross-examined because this is the only thing I could find where he tells his side of the story and it reads as very rehearsed, and the police were extremely incompetent in handling the case.
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