Jameis Winston Accuser's Attorney: David Cornwell Said, "Your client likes to f--- football players"
Jameis Winston’s Title IX case is about to be underway, and attorneys on both sides have been sniping back and forth in a battle to frame public perception. Yesterday, TMZ obtained a letter to Florida State from Winston’s attorney David Cornwell, which accused the alleged victim of extortion:
[T]he alleged victim’s lawyer, Patricia Carroll, demanded $7 MIL to settle her client’s claims against FSU and Winston, telling Cornwell, “If we settle, you will never hear from my client or me again — in the press or anywhere.” Cornwell says he rejected her offer and 4 days later she went to the media. Cornwell also says Carroll claimed her client’s sexual encounter had to be rape, because she would never sleep with a “black boy.” Fact is … the alleged victim’s boyfriend at the time was black. The criminal case fell apart, partly because the alleged victim had semen from 2 different men on her shorts.
Though a lot of outlets ran with the “extortion” headline, Mike Florio wrote that there was more nuance than that:
Later, the accuser’s new attorney, John Clune, who specializes in Title IX law, fired back at Cornwell in a letter that was obtained by the Orlando Sentinel:
Cornwell declined to officially comment to TBL, but tweeted this response on Wednesday:
This all feels like it will not end anytime soon.