- an NFL investigation
- nd sexual manner without her consent and that disciplinary action was necessary and appropriate."
- Although Winston is slated to return to the field next week, the incredible play from backup quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick has
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Uber driver sues Jameis Winston over alleged groping incident and hires an attorney involved in one of his previous scandals
An Arizona-based Uber driver has sued Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston after she alleged he groped her in 2016. She has hired the same attorney who represented Erica Kinsman, who accused Winston of raping her when they were both students at Florida State University.
A bad week got much worse for Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston.
The fourth-year signal caller has been sued by the Arizona-based Uber driver who alleged that the former Florida State Seminoles standout groped her on a ride in March 2016. The driver — referred to as "Kate P." in federal court documents — hired attorney John Clune, who represented Erica Kinsman when she accused Winston of raping her in December 2012.
According to papers submitted to the court, Kate P. is seeking more than $75,000 for sexual battery and punitive damages. Winston has not faced criminal charges from the incident.
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An eight-month NFL investigation into the incident found that Winston violated the NFL's personal conduct policy by touching the driver "
"This is not about trying to get the most money out of Jameis Winston," Clune told Marc Tracy of the New York Times when Kinsman filed the suit. "If he had been found responsible and expelled, the need to do something like a civil lawsuit would have gone way down, and would not necessarily have been something we would have pursued."
Tampa Bay appeared to believe that Winston's transgressions were behind him when they selected him first overall in the 2015 NFL Draft.
Winston's agent did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
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