If you are to believe Erica Kinsman’s attorney, Jameis’ attorney David Cornwell tried bullying tactics to scare her client into dropping her rape complaint against Jameis.
In a statement she says that Mr. Cornwell basically called her client and a groupie and a ho. Here is portion of that statement via the Orlando Sentinel.
“Settlement discussions were immediately unproductive as Cornwell was crude and insulting going so far as to say ‘your client likes to [expletive] football players.’ When told that the client’s main concern was not money but that Winston be held accountable for his actions, Cornwell threatened to sue our client and her parents for civil racketeering in an effort to intimidate them into staying quiet. After learning about Mr. Cornwell’s unprofessional conduct at that meeting from Ms. Carroll, our office has decidedly not engaged with Mr. Cornwell at all or anyone else on Mr. Winston’s behalf. Although it our understanding that settlement was discussed, no authorized demands were made of Mr. Winston.
Winston’s attorney’s job was to get him off the hook by any means necessary, but if true this does seem sort of harsh, unless it can be proven to be true.