Lawyer in Title IX case says focus is UT, not Peyton Manning

Fast forward to 2002, Naughright sued Manning for defamation after he described her as having a “vulgar mouth” in his book entitled Manning: A Father, His Sons, and a Football Legacy. The settlement wasn’t exclusively tied to the incident involving Peyton, it was also tied to 32 other claims she made during her tenure at the school, according to an Associated Press story from 1997.

A 20-year-old sex assault accusation against Super Bowl champion quarterback Peyton Manning of the Denver Broncos reportedly was cited by six former female students in a new lawsuit against the University of Tennessee.

Two recent events have thrown Manning back to a sexual assault allegations that a female claimant said occurred in November 1994 and February 1996 – when Manning was a freshman and sophomore, respectively, at the University of Tennessee.

Hyams is referring to the national sports media and people on social media reporting the Manning scandal as if it was something they just uncovered.

On Feb. 29 of that year, Naughright, at that point the university’s director of health and wellness, was in a training room, examining what she thought might be a possible stress fracture in Manning’s foot. “But I can tell you what they’re going to find”.

But there’s no way Manning now could make a retirement announcement without being bombarded with questions about his days at Tennessee and his actions toward Jamie Naughright, an athletic trainer with a doctoral degree. For a story of gender, race, and the corruption of the soul the Old South, the words William Faulkner could not be more appropriate: “The past is never dead”.

The organization can’t afford to get too cute, though, because in a quarterback-starved league, a bidding war could erupt for Osweiler if he does get to the market and with plenty of other free-agent headaches to deal with, starting with Super Bowl MVP Von Miller, the last thing Elway wants is Osweiler’s deal growing past his budgetary plans.

The school asked Naughright to say that a black player had exposed himself to her and that – not the incident with Manning – was why she took medical leave.

At first, the Manning’s cameo in the lawsuit didn’t get much attention.

Attorney Brian Kent of the firm behind AbuseGuardian.com commented on this news by stating, “Reporting an assault can be an emotional experience, which can reopen wounds”. That’s why this is really not a Peyton Manning story.

The federal lawsuit filed Tuesday says Tennessee created a “hostile sexual environment” through a policy of indifference toward assaults by student-athletes. She also resigned from her job at the university.

The court filing by Naughright’s lawyers only gives her side of the story.

Manning has always denied the charges but admitted to possibly “crass” behavior, claiming he was mooning a teammate, who signed an affidavit refuting that claim.

At the time Naughright went by the name Jamie Whited. Manning is listed in that lawsuit as one of these examples. The case was settled out of court. In 2003, and as part of that same lawsuit, the specific allegation of unwanted physical contact was raised in the previously noted Facts of the Case, namely that Manning placed his genitals on Naughright. Meanwhile, the book remains for sale and Manning contemplates whether to walk away from the game, as the National Football League investigates the report that HGH was mailed to his wife at their home.