Jameis Winston Accuser's Testimony to Detective Revealed in Leaked Search Warrant Affidavit (READ)
ByJameis Winston will not be charged with anything in relation to the sexual assault case he was implicated in, USA Today reported.
After William Meggs, the Florida State Attorney in Tallahassee, announced there would be no criminal charges against Winston, the Florida State quarterback held his own press conference.
Winston's attorney, Tim Jansen, scheduled the public address, in which the leading Heisman candidate thanked his family, teammates and coaches for their support. Winston was not present for the announcement, but Jansen read a statement he wrote on the decision. He was also thankful to Meggs for his diligent work and timely announcement of the results.
Still, new information has managed to surface in the case, even after it is seemingly settled. Fox Sports reported they obtained a copy of the search warrant affidavit, which includes a detective's notes on the alleged victim from the night she reported the incident.
"Her memory is very broken from that point forward," a detective wrote in the document. "She remembers being in what she thinks is a cab [with a] 'non-descript' [African-American man] in the back seat with her."
The document seemingly confirms the alleged victim was drinking that night and said was assaulted by someone she did not know. She told the detective the friends she was with had left before she did.
"She then remembers entering an apartment on the ground floor (no other description available)," the detective wrote. "She remembers the male taking off her clothes then engaging in penile/vaginal sex with her as she told him to stop and tried to fight him off."
She could not remember where the attack took place, but she remembered someone else witnessing the event at one point.
"At some point another black male with dreads came into the room and told him to stop," the detective wrote. "The suspect led the victim into the bathroom and completed the act.
The alleged victim identified Winston as her attacker five weeks later. At the time, he was a highly regarded recruit, but had not played in an actual game. Still, DNA results provided by Winston matched a sample from the woman's underwear that night.
When the news of the alleged assault became public last month, he was a leading Heisman candidate playing for a highly ranked Seminoles team.
"Her next memory is the suspect dressing her then putting her on a black scooter," wrote the detective. "She told him where she lived and he dropped her off at the intersection of Call and stadium. The victim has no idea where the incident occurred."
Meggs included in his decision that a sexual event took place that night, something Jansen and Winston did not refute. The accuser said it was not consensual and Jansen said his defense strategy always included the argument that it was consensual.
In the end, Meggs said he did not have enough evidence to pursue criminal rape charges and therefore did not ask for the arrest of Winston.