A former athletic trainer spoke out about the sexual harassment allegations against retired NFL quarterback Peyton Manning.
Jamie Naughright, who was an athletic trainer at Manning’s alma mater, the University of Tennessee, spoke to Inside Edition in her first television interview since the allegations began in 1996.
[Manning] “pulled his shorts down and put his anus and testicles on my face,” Naughright said on Feb. 29, 1996. The athletic trainer was examining the quarterback’s foot at the time when the alleged incident occurred.
Manning denied the allegations and insisted he was “mooning” a friend in the locker room.
The interview had an exclusive clip of Manning’s deposition, showing the then-19-year-old college quarterback telling his side of the story.
"I briefly pulled down my pants to so-called 'moon' him," Manning said in the deposition. "One second, one and a half seconds. Pulled my pants back up and continued with Jamie's examination of the bottom of my foot."
"I was repulsed. I was scared. I was intimidated," she said. "It was definitely a predator -- intimidating, anger, violent eyes that he had."
The trainer said she filed a report with a crisis center that handled sexual assault allegations and told the counselor she "feared for her job, worried and feared for her life."
“My boss, when I called him that night, really realized that this was a serious situation," Naughright said. "This was a sexual assault and he informed me not to call the police or press."
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainmen...out-about-alleged-sexual-harassment-case.html
Lots of issues here.
First, there's a difference in the telling of what happened. Naughright may not have been aware of what Peyton's intentions were at the time. Peyton could be lying about what his intentions were. There's no way to know.
The answer is definitely different now, but 20 years ago, would it have been expected that guys would need to change their behavior in the locker room because females were present?
Naughright said Manning had violent eyes. She feared for her job and for her life. Assuming that fear was real, was it something a reasonable person would feel under the circumstances.
Naughright said it was sexual assault. This is one place I think she goes way too far, in any setting.
Jamie Naughright, who was an athletic trainer at Manning’s alma mater, the University of Tennessee, spoke to Inside Edition in her first television interview since the allegations began in 1996.
[Manning] “pulled his shorts down and put his anus and testicles on my face,” Naughright said on Feb. 29, 1996. The athletic trainer was examining the quarterback’s foot at the time when the alleged incident occurred.
Manning denied the allegations and insisted he was “mooning” a friend in the locker room.
The interview had an exclusive clip of Manning’s deposition, showing the then-19-year-old college quarterback telling his side of the story.
"I briefly pulled down my pants to so-called 'moon' him," Manning said in the deposition. "One second, one and a half seconds. Pulled my pants back up and continued with Jamie's examination of the bottom of my foot."
"I was repulsed. I was scared. I was intimidated," she said. "It was definitely a predator -- intimidating, anger, violent eyes that he had."
The trainer said she filed a report with a crisis center that handled sexual assault allegations and told the counselor she "feared for her job, worried and feared for her life."
“My boss, when I called him that night, really realized that this was a serious situation," Naughright said. "This was a sexual assault and he informed me not to call the police or press."
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainmen...out-about-alleged-sexual-harassment-case.html
Lots of issues here.
First, there's a difference in the telling of what happened. Naughright may not have been aware of what Peyton's intentions were at the time. Peyton could be lying about what his intentions were. There's no way to know.
The answer is definitely different now, but 20 years ago, would it have been expected that guys would need to change their behavior in the locker room because females were present?
Naughright said Manning had violent eyes. She feared for her job and for her life. Assuming that fear was real, was it something a reasonable person would feel under the circumstances.
Naughright said it was sexual assault. This is one place I think she goes way too far, in any setting.
