University of Tennessee wide receiver Drae Bowles during a workout at Haslam Field, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013. (Amy Smotherman Burgess/News Sentinel)More allegations were released from the Federal lawsuit filed in Nashville against the University of Tennessee athletic department.
In a shocking revelation – one that moved this story to the early parts of national sports shows Thursday morning – former UT football player Drae Bowles in a sworn declaration claims that UT football coach Butch Jones told him “betrayed” the team for helping a woman who claims she was raped by two Vols teammates.
Bowles said Jones told him that and then called him to apologize.
Jones strongly denied the claim, releasing a statement that reads as follows:
“The assertion that I ever attempted to belittle or demean a young man for taking action to help another person is absolutely false. To the contrary, I did all I could to assist the former student in question. During the course of the judicial process, campus officials, as well as the young man’s own words, will clearly establish that I have done nothing wrong.