Jameston winston. He was never arrested following the investigation nor did he Face Criminal Charges because a prosecutor for the state of florida found there was insufficient evidence. According to an investigative report from fox sports in october, that criminal investigation was hampered when Florida State University Officials and tall has zee police took steps to both hide and then hinder it. For the adjudication of his innocence and guilt, he was left in the hands of the university and the florida of University Student conduct process. That ended after a twoday hearing when winston declined to answer questions about the alleged assault. Instead, for the first time he spoke for himself telling his version of the events that happened that night in a fivepage statement he read during the hearing. His accuser, identified him as the man who raped her one month after the alleged assault, but in his statement winston claimed sexual acts between himself and the woman happened with her ful
said about this. over the last 20 years, it really laid the groundwork for shifting people s thinking about sexual assault. when you go back to look at the way the assault allegations were covered at the time, there s a lot of, i think she s going for the gold. there s a lot of really dismissive stuff in the way that journalists and talking heads talked about it. you re seeing a lot less about that now. people take this a lot more seriously and i think one of the reasons why the cosby allegations have sort of stuck here at this time in a way they didn t in 2005 is because of this work that feminists have done shifting the conversation about how we think about sexual assault. right, so now this time when it emerges into the public, even if that line of discourse exists there, is a counter line. thank you to tony hogue, zarlena maxwell and lisa litt. adam is back with us next hour. and we have much more to get to this morning, including the
wasn t feeling well. hog s friend was in her clothes, but she was a mess, she was in a fog and couldn t snap out of it. later in the daily beast report, her friend was listed in the civil suit filed against cosby. the woman never testified and it was settled in a case before it went to trial. the daily beast contacted her and his sentiment largely echoed his. we reached out to bill cosby s attorney for a statement on the daily beast article but did not receive one. cosby once again has not been charged with any crime. in the past has denied similar allegations. joining me now at the table, tony hog whose story is featured in the daily beast. adam sorer and lisa litt, clinical psychologist. already, tony, are you telling the story on behalf of your