In a day and age when so many people outright lie ( from those high up on the economic/professional chain to those not as high up), this coming out now, is highly suspicious imo. Even if she did report that something did happen to her, that does not conclusively mean it was Jameis Winston.
So many people in today's world lie, it is a fact. Doctors, lawyers, politicians, actors, teachers, etc etc. That is why I firmly believe EVERYONE has to be vetted, accuser, accused, witness' and so on.
Just last week I was having a discussion with a buddy of mine, on a related subject. I had served with my friend in the Air Force almost thirty years ago. I worked with him for almost a year . I reported to him on a project I was working on as a staff officer, and it involved the Pentagon and it's budget, so I had a more senior officer guiding, monitoring my efforts in politically treacherous waters.
This friend retired as a full Bird Colonel (0-6), his last job was as that of Chief of Staff to the Commander of Lackland AFB in Texas . He was prior enlisted during and went to Vietnam. He earned his undergraduate, Masters, and PHD while on active duty. My friend's professionalism was impeccable, he was one of the finest officers I had the privilege to work with and for.
Any way he told me a story (when he was stationed at another base before I worked with him) of where a female enlisted subordinate (along with her AF pararescue member husband), fabricated he had sexually harassed her. This was an attack on my friend's integrity, character and he defended himself vigorously, fought it hard, proving it was totally without any shred of believability, as well as completely outrageous.
Her story started to unravel when/where she claimed it happen there was CCTV proof she was elsewhere.. He deception went downhill from there.
Long story short was it came out both the woman and her husband made it up, outright fabricated the entire accusation. She did this cause she was mad at my friend for not allowing her to transfer to another position/squadron on base, since her skills and expertise were needed in his unit. Along with that it came out she had pysh issues which contributed, for which she was separated from the Air Force for both lying and her mental health issues.
So in a day and age where so many lie, I want to see the evidence before I jump on any bandwagons and condemn another.
I am not necessarily saying JW did or did not do it, but too many dishonest or disingenuous people are driven by their agendas today. It's one thing when there are so many credible, corroborating and consistent accounts of some one's unacceptable behavior/actions.
It's another in my opinion when a single accusation is coming out quite a significant time after it allegedly occurred. Let's see incontrovertible proof, or at least it is too hard to discount or dismiss.
Whether a situation involves a politician, athlete, celebrity, whomever, in this country I believe you are still innocent until proven guilty, whether in the court of public opinion or a court of law (unless as one recent politician there is a picture of you groping another). Call me cynical, but with all the dishonest people making untrue claims (yes, along with those that are not only true, but the accused should be held accountable), I will remain suspicious until it can no longer be denied.
In any event, I hope this story on JW turns out to be without truth, if not, he alone is responsible for his own actions.,
