Florida State to settle lawsuit with woman who accused quarterback Jameis Winston of rape

Florida State University said Monday it’s settling a lawsuit with a former student who said she was raped by former star quarterback Jameis Winston.

FSU will pay Erica Kinsman $250,000 and her attorneys $700,000, university President John Thrasher said in a news release. He said FSU is settling to avoid spending millions on the lawsuit.

Kinsman has said the university failed to respond to allegations that Winston sexually assaulted her; she has a separate lawsuit pending against Winston. The former student has said she was drunk at a Tallahassee bar in December 2012 when Winston and others took her to an apartment, where she says the quarterback raped her.

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Winston, who is now the starting quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, denied Kinsman’s allegation and was cleared of wrongdoing by FSU following a hearing late last year. He has said the two had consensual sex.

A Florida prosecutor chose not to press criminal charges in late 2013, saying that there were gaps in the accuser’s story and that there wasn’t enough evidence to win a conviction.

The Associated Press and The Times do not routinely identify people who say they’re sexual assault victims. However, Kinsman has come forward publicly, including telling about her case in a documentary.

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