As Audio said.....this kinda stuff has been going on for a long time in Tallahassee.
Remember Julian Pittman?
There have been many other similar situations over the years...here's one back in '93 in which the school's president T.K. Weatherell clearly got away with his involvement in trying to keep the alleged rape 'under wraps' -
It's really just disgusting....
Remember Julian Pittman?
Then there was the Peter Warrick arrest and conviction for petty theft in 1999 - suspended for 2 games during the investigation - then allowed to stay on the team AND PLAY the rest of the season. He was a front-runner in the Heisman race that year but thankfully was not invited to the Athletic Club awards event that year.In the beginning of his senior year in September 1997, Pittman was charged with burglary and theft when he allegedly broke into a girlfriend’s apartment, and as a result he was given a 30-day jail sentence and five years of probation, as well a suspension from Florida State.[SUP][/SUP] However, he was later reinstated and played the last four games of the 1997 season, including the Sugar Bowl.
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In May 1998, he allegedly committed sexual battery in a bar in Tallahassee, which constituted a probation violation. Facing potentially three and a half years in prison, he was instead ordered to pay a $5,000 fine and perform 500 hours of community service.
There have been many other similar situations over the years...here's one back in '93 in which the school's president T.K. Weatherell clearly got away with his involvement in trying to keep the alleged rape 'under wraps' -
TALLAHASSEE -- Florida State University administrators will not be charged with any wrongdoing for allegedly tampering with a rape trial that involved two of the school's athletes, State Attorney Willie Meggs said Tuesday.
Meggs met last week with Florida State President T.K. Wetherell to review the school's involvement in the case -- a rape accusation by a female student athlete against football star Travis Johnson. He was acquitted Aug. 14 of the charge in less than a half hour by an all-woman jury.
The 6-foot-4, 286-pound Johnson -- a key member on the Seminole defense -- was charged with raping the woman on Feb. 6. He said the sex was consensual.
But prosecutor Adam Ruiz was outraged that Florida State officials met with both parties in what he suspected was an effort to divert the case from a highly publicized and embarrassing trial for the school.
It's really just disgusting....