# ESPN is reporting no charges for FSU's Jameis Winston.

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [December 5, 2013, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn-is-reporting-no-charges-for-fsus-jameis-winston/675596 "2013-12-05T19:14:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn-is-reporting-no-charges-for-fsus-jameis-winston/675596/76 "2014-09-25T15:07:18Z")

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> [@mhendo](#):
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> I would go so far as to call it a completely dishonest interpretation that accepts as gospel truth everything alleged by one party, and conveniently ignores everything said by the other.

> [@Marley23](#):
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> And then there’s the obvious trap: if she didn’t sue, he’d say it’s because she is obviously a liar and as no case. If she does sue, she’s obviously just in it for the money. If you think this way, there is literally no way a woman can accuse an athlete of anything without being guilty of something.

And if she not only didn’t file charges, but married him and tried to secure a lenient punishment, guess what!

> [@Ray Rice goes Tubthumping.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-rice-goes-tubthumping/689126/7):
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> His ‘wife’ wants to get as much $$$ as she can off of his contract. No surprise.

> [@Ray Rice goes Tubthumping.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-rice-goes-tubthumping/689126/75):
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> I would call her a gold digger to her face. It’s quite obvious that they agreed to marry to make sure prosecution of Rice would be almost impossible. She has her hands on half his money now. I wouldn’t be surprised if Ray Rice went out and bought her Kobe Bryant style bling.

Maybe I’ve misunderstood this whole thing and **dalej42** is an old-timey prospector.

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