PEYTON’S ACCUSER SPEAKS
Peyton accuser tells ‘Inside Edition’ the QB ‘scared’ & ‘intimidated’ her
While a group of Hollywood heavyweights like Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey have been hit by tidal waves of sexual harassment accusations, disturbing claims that continue to shadow Peyton Manning resurfaced again this week. The former athletic trainer who accused Manning of sexual harassment when he was in college spoke out against the retired quarterback in her first TV interview Monday with “Inside Edition” on CBS. “I was scared,” Jamie Naughright said of the incident. “I was intimidated.” According to CBS, she was emboldened to come forward again with the claims against Weinstein fresh in the news. Naughright said Manning exposed himself to her in 1996 and sat on her face. Manning has admitted to “mooning” a teammate back then, but has denied Naughright’s claims. She said Manning is a liar.
“I felt something on my face and Peyton had pulled his shorts down and sat his anus and his testicles on my face,” she said. “So I pushed him up and out. He turned around, pulled his shorts back up.”
Naughright settled with the University of Tennessee in 1998 for $300,000. This week, she said Manning “was definitely a predator” and had “violent eyes” during the incident.
“Peyton Manning has been absolutely clear: Jamie Naughright’s accusations are false,” Manning’s lawyers said in a statement. “When her claims were first investigated 21 years ago, she told a very different story. Her current account was invented several years later in connection with her first of several groundless litigations against Peyton.
“Most recently, she left Peyton’s mother a vulgar and extremely disturbing voicemail. Ms. Naughright should stop this abusive behavior.”
Naughright clapped back at the attorneys in the CBS interview.
“I have not changed my story. This is another failed attempt to discredit and smear the victim,” she said. “I have consistently and truthfully described the assault as sexual and physical.”