Jameis Winston is now being investigated by the NFL for allegedly groping an Uber driver

Jameis Winston.
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston is being investigated by the NFL, BuzzFeed News reported Friday, after an Uber driver alleged that Winston groped her during a ride in March 2016. The driver claimed that after picking Winston up around 2 a.m. in Scottsdale, Arizona, the quarterback grabbed her crotch while they were waiting for food at a drive-thru window.

The driver, Kate, declined to provide her last name to BuzzFeed News for fear of retribution from NFL fans. She said that Winston sat in the front seat of her car and was the only passenger for the ride, and that he held his hand over her crotch for several seconds. She said he moved only after she "looked up in shock and said, 'What's up with that?'"

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Kelly O'Meara Morales

Kelly O'Meara Morales is a staff writer at The Week. He graduated from Sarah Lawrence College and studied Middle Eastern history and nonfiction writing amongst other esoteric subjects. When not compulsively checking Twitter, he writes and records music, subsists on tacos, and watches basketball.