University of Tennessee football coach Butch Jones told one of his players he “betrayed the team” after the wide receiver helped a woman who said she was raped by two other football players, according to a new legal filing in a sweeping lawsuit filed by six women against UT.
Sophomore Drae Bowles “broke down and cried” after speaking with his coach, the lawsuit said.
Jones later called the player back and apologized for calling a "traitor" according to the suite.
The two calls with Jones came after Bowles was punched in the mouth and bloodied by teammate Curt Maggitt as retribution inside the UT locker room, according to the new filing.
Bowles, who transferred to UT Chattanooga shortly after the November 2014 incidents, provided the account of events in a sworn affidavit filed in federal court in Nashville
The legal filing is the latest in the ongoing federal lawsuit that has brought renewed scrutiny to UT’s athletics department. Also on Wednesday, two new women claiming they were also sexually assaulted by football players joined the lawsuit.
Things are only getting worse for Tennessee. And if any of this is true I believe they deserve the death penalty. You don't call a player a traitor because he put an alleged rape victim ahead of a sport.
http://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/college/vols/2016/02/24/lawsuit-t...
Edit: here's the link discussing the 2 new women who joined the lawsuit.
http://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/college/ut/2016/02/24/women-join-...
Edit: Butch Jones statement. Hat tip to GoBucks2204 for posting it