Post by Logan on Jan 25, 2016 13:37:10 GMT -6
Florida State University has reached a settlement with Erica Kinsman, a former student who accused former FSU quarterback Jameis Winston of rape.
The $950,000 lump sum payment is the largest ever Title IX discrimination settlement to a single plaintiff claiming a university's "indifference" to a sexual assault, according to the Boulder, Colorado-based law firm representing Kinsman, Hutchison Black and Cook.
As part of the settlement Kinsman agreed to drop her title IX lawsuit against the school. She will receive $250,000 and her attorneys will receive $700,000. The settlement also comes with a 5-year commitment from FSU to implement "sexual assault awareness, prevention and training programs," her lawyers said. Also, FSU will produce reports each of the next five years "about its programs to deter and address campus sexual assault."
FSU President John Thrasher said the university agreed to the settlement to avoid millions of dollars in litigation expenses.
Continued at www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2016/01/25/fsu-reaches-250k-settlement-winston-accuser/79300122/ .
The $950,000 lump sum payment is the largest ever Title IX discrimination settlement to a single plaintiff claiming a university's "indifference" to a sexual assault, according to the Boulder, Colorado-based law firm representing Kinsman, Hutchison Black and Cook.
As part of the settlement Kinsman agreed to drop her title IX lawsuit against the school. She will receive $250,000 and her attorneys will receive $700,000. The settlement also comes with a 5-year commitment from FSU to implement "sexual assault awareness, prevention and training programs," her lawyers said. Also, FSU will produce reports each of the next five years "about its programs to deter and address campus sexual assault."
FSU President John Thrasher said the university agreed to the settlement to avoid millions of dollars in litigation expenses.
Continued at www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2016/01/25/fsu-reaches-250k-settlement-winston-accuser/79300122/ .