Report: NFL Investigating Jameis Winston for Allegedly Groping Uber Driver in 2016

The NFL is investigating an allegation that Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston groped an Uber driver last year, Buzzfeed News reports.

League investigator Lisa Friel sent a letter to the accuser confirming that the NFL is examining the matter, according to the report.

The driver, a woman identified only as Kate, says she picked up Winston in Scottsdale, Arizona, in the early morning hours of March 13. As they waited in the drive-through lane at a Mexican restaurant, Winston “reached over and he just grabbed my crotch,” the woman told Buzzfeed.

The driver lodged a formal complaint with Uber, writing that “this rider reached over and put his fingers on my crotch.”

“It wasn’t my stomach or my thigh, it was my crotch and I want to be clear about that,” she added.

Uber confirmed to Buzzfeed that Winston question was banned from using the service in the future.

While a student at Florida State, Winston was accused of raping a female student. The alleged 2012 assault was not publicized until 2013, amid controversy of a cover up by the school and Tallahassee police. The woman in that case, Erica Kinsman, sued Florida State and reached a settlement that would pay her $950,000. Winston was also suspended for one half of a game in 2014 for shouting a sexual explicit phrase in public.

Winston will not play this week due to a shoulder injury.

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