Peyton Manning among those cited in sexual harassment lawsuit

Quarterback Peyton Manning of the Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos will be the featured speaker for the inaugural South Dakota Sports Awards.

The lawsuit mentioned a 1996 incident in which Manning, then Tennessee’s quarterback, was accused of placing his genitals on the face of a female trainer, Dr Jamie Naughright, while she examined him.

The lawyer for six women suing the University of Tennessee over its handling of sexual assault complaints by student-athletes is focused on what he considers the school’s systemic problems and is surprised at the attention the complaint’s brief mention of Peyton Manning generated.

Peyton Manning’s many media prize fighters were out in full force on Saturday after the New York Daily News published a thorough account of a sexual harassment claim levied against the 39-year-old quarterback when he was a college football superstar at the University of Tennessee.

Naughright claimed that the school asked her to change her story and say that, when she later left the Knoxville school, it was because an African-American athlete had exposed himself to her and was not because of the alleged incident with Manning.

By now we all know what took place on the campus of the University of Tennessee back in February of 1996 between Peyton Manning and a female trainer. Underwood’s statement revealed that Archie Manning suggested to him that Naughright was going into the dorms and having sex with large numbers of black student athletes.

However, Naughright said Manning “sat on her face” while she was assessing the extent of an injury. For example, in the 74-paged court document Saxon, the supposed recipient of the “mooning”, clearly refuted Manning’s story and even told Manning in a letter that he lost his student athlete eligibility over the matter.

Manning has made no public comment on the issue. The university also used an adjudication process that they said was unusual and biased against victims who step forward.

“In fact, there is no explicit reference to any physical contact by Manning on Naughright”.

Ramsey added Tuesday that if a student allegedly involved in a sexual assault has this type of hearing, the person making the complaint is permitted to have a lawyer who can intervene on her behalf and cross-examine witnesses. Well, that may no longer be entirely true, in light of a scandal that resurfaced over the weekend regarding sexual assault accusations, a cover-up by the University of Tennessee, and a smear campaign against the woman alleging this behavior by Manning.

However, Peyton Manning seems to be unfazed by the allegations as the Denver Broncos star was spotted in Mexico for a family vacation by TMZ.

The Mannings made up a story about Naughright calling other players expletives to corroborate the assertion in the book “Manning” that she “had a vulgar mouth”, and no one who was present corroborated this story under oath. More or less, he doesn’t believe that Manning should be getting a pass in this regard simply because of who he is.

The subject of Manning was of course brought up during the edition of First Take, and as you would expect Stephen A. Smith had some thoughts about all of this.