NYDN Article on Peyton Manning's sexual assault allegations

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Apparently ESPN has basically refused to cover this. One reporter claimed that he had been told by an ESPN employee that they were literally forbidden from higher ups to discuss the article.

 

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/king-peyton-manning-squeaky-clean-image-built-lies-article-1.2530395?cid=bitly

 

There's no real way to sum this up. You need to read it to grasp the full understanding of what happened and the evidence for it occurring.

 

The idea that Peyton Manning is some squeaky clean saint is just complete bullshit.

 

I know TGP doesn't like him for his football skills, the man is overrated by the consensus opinion on here, (I think), but this is something different.

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Old story is old. It gets brought up at least once a year these past three years or so. The media definitely tried to sweep it under the rug though.

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Definitely a weird story, and not a good look, but that entire 74-page document was compiled by her lawyers. Not that that means it should be ignored, just that it needs to be taken with a grain of salt before we crucify the guy.

 

Hi-larious that this gets brought up because of the flak Cam was getting.

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This is all Cam Newton's master plan to regain his face.

 

(sadly, his face is off)

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Definitely a weird story, and not a good look, but that entire 74-page document was compiled by her lawyers. Not that that means it should be ignored, just that it needs to be taken with a grain of salt before we crucify the guy.

 

Hi-larious that this gets brought up because of the flak Cam was getting.

 

Agreed. The NYDN article was suspiciously missing any documents from the court or from Peyton's lawyers. They basically read the plaintiff's documents and drafted a narrative based on it and nothing else.

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ESPN was running this story today: http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/14776509/lawsuit-alleges-peyton-manning-tennessee-athletes-created-hostile-sexual-environment

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ESPN was running this story today: http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/14776509/lawsuit-alleges-peyton-manning-tennessee-athletes-created-hostile-sexual-environment

Interesting. I wonder why they decided to roll with it now? Because he's likely retiring? That'd be my guess.

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Interesting. I wonder why they decided to roll with it now? Because he's likely retiring? That'd be my guess.

 

Because a lot of other media outlets were going with it and it forced their hand. They acted like it didn't exist for the longest.

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This comes out and Cam Newton will still be more criticized because he's "cocky" and "arrogant." If this had been more widely reported about Newton, the world would be after his nutsack.

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This comes out and Cam Newton will still be more criticized because he's "cocky" and "arrogant." If this had been more widely reported about Newton, the world would be after his nutsack.

 

In your own words....

 

Because he's black, right?

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In your own words....

 

Because he's black, right?

 

Naw. This one is a bit simpler.

 

It's because Newton did his deed in the age of social media and twitter. He also wasn't the rich famous son of Archie Manning who could get it swept under the rug so easily.

 

If Peyton and Newton had swapped ages, Peyton would certainly have not gone #1 overall, and would have been in far more serious trouble.

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Some tidbits. Whole bunch of court docs and a timeline and whatnot are in the bottom of the article in the link.

 

http://www.si.com/nfl/2016/02/14/peyton-manning-lawsuit-sexual-harassment-documents-tennessee

 

As reported and analyzed on Saturday, Peyton Manning along with his father Archie Manning and a ghostwriter were sued for defamation in 2002. The lawsuit stemmed from the trio’s published commentary about a disputed incident between Peyton Manning and Dr. Jamie Naughright on Feb. 29, 1996. SI.com has obtained additional documents from Naughright’s lawsuit, which involved state and federal courts, took three years to litigate and spawned a second lawsuit filed by Naughright against Manning in ’05 that in turn led Manning to countersue Naughright. Taken together, the documents (shown below) raise questions about the alleged facts and highlight how media coverage of Manning altered the litigation’s trajectory. (A timeline of the key facts is also detailed below.)

 

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In sworn testimony, she insisted that Manning had placed his “naked butt and rectum” on her face. As supporting evidence, Naughright included a sworn statement by the player Manning allegedly mooned, Malcolm Saxon. Saxon said that although he originally supported Manning’s account—that Manning mooned Saxon—he wanted to own up and make clear that it did not occur as Manning had characterized. Saxon, however, offers a vague recanting and does not say that Manning made contact with Naughright.

 

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But a year later, on Jan. 14, 2005, an allegation surfaced that the settlement agreement between Naughright and the Mannings had been breached. At the time, Peyton Manning was preparing to play the Patriots in the divisional playoff round on Jan. 16 (the Patriots would defeat the Colts 20–3 in that game, with Manning throwing for no touchdowns and an interception). On Jan. 18, Naughright filed a second lawsuit against Manning in Polk County. In it, she demanded that Manning abide by the settlement agreement.

 

At first glance, it is unclear what specifically triggered Naughright’s claim for enforcement of the settlement agreement. The Florida case files for Naughright’s lawsuits against Manning were “destroyed” on June 26, 2014. Keep in mind, this “destruction” was not in any way nefarious: the Florida Rules of Judicial Administration permit a court clerk’s office to dispose of records after final judgment in a case. Many of the records for Naughright’s lawsuits against Manning were actually contained in a court file for nearly a decade until their destruction.

 

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Naughright’s complaint against Manning filed on June 10, 2002 does not refer—at least not explicitly—to Manning placing his rectum on Naughright’s face. In fact, there is no explicit reference to any physical contact by Manning on Naughright. Instead, Naughright refers more generally to Manning “not merely mooning” and that he undertook an additional act “of such an egregious nature as to be beyond the pale.” In other words, her complaint makes clear that she believes Manning did something in addition to mooning, but she declines to elaborate or state that it involved contact. She also argues that Manning’s conduct was directed at her, rather than at a teammate, as Manning asserts​.

 

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Additional insight is gained from a motion to dismiss filed by Manning’s attorneys on July 2, 2002. In it, the attorneys reject Naughright’s characterization of the ’96 incident. Specifically, they contend Naughright only suggested a legally insignificant variation of the incident:

 

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Manning’s legal team also included an affidavit signed by Naughright in 1996 concerning the ’96 incident. Although she describes Manning as behaving in a gross and offensive manner, she does not describe Manning as making any physical contact with her:

 

“He pulled his pants down and exposed himself to me, as I was bent over examining his foot after asking me personal questions. I reported this to my supervisor, who referred to it as ‘merely a prank,' and no action was taken in regard to this until after I formally complained.”

 

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The dynamics of the litigation changed, however, when, Naughright asserted Manning made contact. In her statement of facts filed on Oct. 15, 2003, she asserted that Manning had made contact with his “naked butt and rectum.”

 

 

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Edited February 16, 2016 by NotNotVin

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And here we thought it was only Von Miller who like throwing his nuts around.