This distorted presentation is all the more egregious in light of the fact Ms. "This provides the viewing public with an incomplete and erroneous view of what the University did to investigate Ms. "The filmmakers interviewed Erica Kinsman, but no one representing Florida State," FSU president John Thrasher said in a statement. Since its debut at the Sundance Film Festival in January, the film has been praised as a piercing look at on-campus sexual assaults and criticized by universities that said they were not given fair and timely opportunities to respond. Kinsman is one of many students at universities across the country, from North Carolina to Harvard to UC Berkeley, who tell their stories. "I think things that happened that night were not good." "I think I did not have sufficient evidence to prove he sexually assaulted her against her will," Meggs said. 1 overall pick in next month's NFL draft. He defends his December 2013 decision not to file charges against Winston, whom the Bucs are targeting as a potential No.
The most notable revelation comes from State Attorney Willie Meggs. "I kind of just want to know, why me?" Kinsman says in the documentary, wiping away a tear. drive from Pasco County to Tallahassee and crying in a hospital room with his wife and daughter. Her father also appears in the film, recalling a 3 a.m. "I wanted to get out of there," Kinsman said.Īs Kinsman tells her version of events, the filmmakers - Oscar nominees Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering - show scenes of Winston winning the Heisman and ESPN personalities calling the allegations "unfair" for Winston. She alleges that Winston raped her, first in his bedroom then in a bathroom, dressed her and took her to a false residence she provided. Erica Kinsman asks why she was victimized in a new documentary called 'The Hunting Ground,' about sexual assault on college campuses. She acknowledges a spotty memory, which the State Attorney's Office cited in choosing not to charge Winston. "I'm fairly certain there was something in that drink," Kinsman said. She suggests that someone - she doesn't say who - slipped something into a shot of alcohol she took that night at a Tallahassee bar, although no drugs were found in her system. Kinsman first appears onscreen after a montage of highlights from FSU's national championship season and looks at the camera as she details her recollection of what happened in December 2012. Though Winston has never been arrested or charged with a crime and has denied wrongdoing, the film spends about 15 of its 90 minutes on the case and the role of athletics in campus sexual assaults across the country.