Peyton Manning's Sexual Assault Case

[PanthersBigD]

23 minutes ago, PandaPancake said:

I've never heard that and to bring it up is just irresponsible as that has nothing to do with the story

That's very perplexing, coming from you...

[CarolinaJami']

For me all of this has very little to do with what happened 20 years ago. Its the fact that since then the media has portrayed Peyton Manning as the standard for grace, class and dignity for an NFL player. Believe it or not this is the first time a lot of people have heard of this story. Because for 20 years you only hear about good Peyton Manning. Meanwhile many athletes can't even be mentioned without some reference to their past transgressions for much lesser incidents.

[CRA]

1 hour ago, RockyTopVol said:

I can't tell if you guys are being serious or not about this story. King clearly has an agenda. We all did stupid things in college. Cam included. 

Nothing to see here besides Shaun King begging for attention. 

Not true.  Before now media didn't have access to that 74 page document that was just released.  

Pretty much all Tennessee players questioned call bologna on Peyton's mooning story and then busted Peyton later lying when his camp tried to paint her as some vulgar little girl.   Actually he pretty much got busted lying under oath with his bs. 

We all did dumb things in college....correct.  The alleged Manning incident however doesn't fall under that 

 

[PandaPancake]

25 minutes ago, PanthersBigD said:

That's very perplexing, coming from you...

Oh, character assassination without proof. I think it's time you moved on.

[RockyTopVol]

14 minutes ago, CRA said:

Not true.  Before now media didn't have access to that 74 page document that was just released.  

Pretty much all Tennessee players questioned call bologna on Peyton's mooning story and then busted Peyton later lying when his camp tried to paint her as some vulgar little girl.   Actually he pretty much got busted lying under oath with his bs. 

We all did dumb things in college....correct.  The alleged Manning incident however doesn't fall under that 

 

 

Here's the part of the book where they "went out of their way to ruin her life." Riveting!

 

Excerpt from 'Manning'

Following is an excerpt from the book Manning(HarperCollins, 2000). The excerpt is taken from sections that appear in court documents.

The way it happened, Tennessee had hired a female trainer, and never mind that women in the men's locker room is one of the most misbegotten concessions to equal rights ever made. When Dad played, there was still at least a tacit acknowledgment that women and men are two different sexes, with all that implies, and a certain amount of decorum had to be maintained. Meaning when it came to training rooms and shower stalls, the opposite sex was not allowed. Common sense tells you why.

I admit that even in the context of "modern" life, what I did to offend this trainer was inappropriate. Not exactly a criminal offense, but out of line. I certainly didn't dislike her. I thought she had a vulgar mouth, but I always tried to be nice. …

Then one day I was in the training room and a track athlete I know made some off-color remark that I felt deserved a colorful ... response. I turned my back in the athlete's direction and dropped the seat of my pants. …

But I did it thinking the trainer wasn't where she would see. … Even when she did, it seemed like something she'd have laughed at, considering the environment, or shrugged off as harmless. Crude, maybe, but harmless. But as luck would have it, this particular trainer had been accumulating a list of complaints against the university that she intended to take action on … alleged sexist acts that, when her lawyer finally put it together, resulted in a lawsuit charging thirty-five counts of sexual harassment. In the end, the university settled with her for a good bit of money. My "involvement" made headlines.

[RockyTopVol]

31 minutes ago, PanthersBigD said:

She wasn't just 'some chick who got $300,000 for being tea-bagged.' She was a professional trainer that was well regarded and she was assaulted by a spoiled dickhead. Your wording makes her sound like she was some prostitute who took money for a degrading act. She won two lawsuits against UT and the Mannings, providing eyewitnesses that refute the things that UT and the Manning's accused her of. They even violated a gag order to further smear her after she'd quietly moved on to a job out of the SEC. Why? Why would someone do that? 

I don't equate sitting on someone's face with rape, but it's obvious from the court transcripts that it was done maliciously, to bully this lady. The story could have ended with the $300,000 pay out, but the Manning's wouldn't let it. That's a scumbag move. I hope it catches up to them in some meaningful way. 

I could completely understand defending Manning if he won either case, or if he'd honored the gag order and she had been the one to break it, but that's not what happened. People defending him now simply because it's an 'old story' is ridiculous. 

First of all, being a professional trainer shouldn't have anything at all to do with it. Sexual assault is wrong, no matter who it is. Furthermore, this story is bringing back some unfortunate memories of when I was a freshman on the Fike High School soccer team in Wilson, NC. Anyone on here that was a senior in 1995, I'm pretty sure you're also guilty of "sexual assault."

I call her "some chich who got $300,000 for being tea-bagged" because that's what she is. She signed an affidavit in 1996 saying there was no contact whatsoever, but then in 2003 it all suddenly changed. She also accused some fashion designer of the same thing later. 

If you really care about this story, I encourage you to read Clay Travis's piece. If you just want to jump on this so you have something to be outraged about, carry on. 

http://www.foxsports.com/college-football/outkick-the-coverage/peyton-manning-newest-target-of-fake-internet-outrage-brigade-021316

 

[CarolinaJami']

Based on the settlement that excerpt should have not even been in the book.

[PanthersBigD]

11 minutes ago, PandaPancake said:

Oh, character assassination without proof. I think it's time you moved on.

LOL

[RockyTopVol]

3 minutes ago, 15 said:

If Bill Cosby was a UT alum, what would your stance be?

I'm embarrassed for you that you just made such a ridiculous parallel. Remember that I wanted Peyton Manning to lose the Super Bowl. I wish the story this week was that he blew another big game. His being a Tennessee graduate has nothing to do with my ability to discriminate between real news stories and obvious page-click-bait. 

[tiger7_88]

31 minutes ago, CRA said:

Not true.  Before now media didn't have access to that 74 page document that was just released.  

Not quite true.  According to the linked article in the OP, USA Today had it many, many years ago and sat on it.

[Ricky Spanish]

I'm just going to interject here and clear some things up:

This isn't being brought up out of the blue. UT is involved in a lawsuit in which they are being accused of allowing a hostile working environment for women to occur. The incident from 20 years ago involving Manning is named specifically as evidence for these claims. 

So it isn't just a smear campaign against Manning because he won a super bowl. It's relevant to the current allegations against the Vols because it is specifically referenced. People did some digging as to why the incident is relevant, and it is now being brought to light. 

 

[RockyTopVol]

1 minute ago, Cracka McNasty said:

I'm just going to interject here and clear some things up:

This isn't being brought up out of the blue. UT is involved in a lawsuit in which they are being accused of allowing a hostile working environment for women to occur. The incident from 20 years ago involving Manning is named specifically as evidence for these claims. 

So it isn't just a smear campaign against Manning because he won a super bowl. It's relevant to the current allegations against the Vols because it is specifically referenced. People did some digging as to why the incident is relevant, and it is now being brought to light. 

 

That's not why the Shaun King piece was written. This guy is on a Peyton-tirade, not a University of Tennessee one. 

[AceBoogie]

38 minutes ago, RockyTopVol said:

First of all, being a professional trainer shouldn't have anything at all to do with it. Sexual assault is wrong, no matter who it is. Furthermore, this story is bringing back some unfortunate memories of when I was a freshman on the Fike High School soccer team in Wilson, NC. Anyone on here that was a senior in 1995, I'm pretty sure you're also guilty of "sexual assault."

I call her "some chich who got $300,000 for being tea-bagged" because that's what she is. She signed an affidavit in 1996 saying there was no contact whatsoever, but then in 2003 it all suddenly changed. She also accused some fashion designer of the same thing later. 

If you really care about this story, I encourage you to read Clay Travis's piece. If you just want to jump on this so you have something to be outraged about, carry on. 

http://www.foxsports.com/college-football/outkick-the-coverage/peyton-manning-newest-target-of-fake-internet-outrage-brigade-021316

 

Wow I actually have read the article by Clay Travis and it's probably the worst article I've ever read and he should be fired for the content found in that article. His article is something you might read in the 1960s, calling someone a "fake black guy," along with a complete disregard for women. The fact that you chose that article to support your claim is embarrassing for you and anyone associated with you. 

[PanthersBigD]

13 minutes ago, RockyTopVol said:

First of all, being a professional trainer shouldn't have anything at all to do with it. Sexual assault is wrong, no matter who it is. Furthermore, this story is bringing back some unfortunate memories of when I was a freshman on the Fike High School soccer team in Wilson, NC. Anyone on here that was a senior in 1995, I'm pretty sure you're also guilty of "sexual assault."

I call her "some chich who got $300,000 for being tea-bagged" because that's what she is. She signed an affidavit in 1996 saying there was no contact whatsoever, but then in 2003 it all suddenly changed. She also accused some fashion designer of the same thing later. 

If you really care about this story, I encourage you to read Clay Travis's piece. If you just want to jump on this so you have something to be outraged about, carry on. 

http://www.foxsports.com/college-football/outkick-the-coverage/peyton-manning-newest-target-of-fake-internet-outrage-brigade-021316

 

No matter how anyone spins or slanders this lady, the facts still appear to be on her side. That's never mattered when it comes to peoples' need to prop up one of their heroes. 

The Donna Karan suit is definitely strange, but nothing has come out about it being false. Even if it was, she didn't accuse anyone of assault. She accused some guy recommended by Karan of posing as a qualified PT and then injuring her during treatment. 

You can malign and question this lady's story all you want. The fact remains that when pressed to provide corroboration for her stories, she did, from numerous sources who agreed to testify under oath. Whatever you think about her, the Manning's violated the gag order, not her.