Report: Court documents expose Peyton Manning as a liar
According to a New York Daily News article, new court documents suggest former Vol quarterback Peyton Manning has a few skeletons in the closet.
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According to a New York Daily News article posted Saturday, new documents have been uncovered that allege that Peyton Manning’s sexual assault charges were covered up by himself, his father, Archie and the University of Tennessee.
In the article, Shaun King states that he received documents that were previously unavailable that prove the allegations were covered up in order to maintain Manning’s public image.
The allegations stem from a reported incident involving Manning and Dr. Jamie Naughright, who was a highly-respected member of the medical staff and even had more tenure than head coach Phillip Fulmer at the time.
King’s article claims that on February 29, 1996, while Naughright was examining Manning’s foot for a possible stress fracture, Manning placed his “naked testicles and rectum directly on her face with his penis on top of her head.”
Naughright then reported the incident. It was later settled.
According to the article, in an attempt to defend Manning, a story was concocted that said he was simply mooning a fellow student-athlete, Malcolm Saxon, and that Naughright being involved was not intentional.
However, Saxon denied the claim in both an affidavit and in a letter directed at Manning personally. Saxon claims that the story was entirely false and that he did not understand why Manning refused to just come clean and admit he made a mistake.
The second piece of the allegations stem from Manning’s alleged breach of the confidentiality agreement in 2001.
According to King, the documents stated that on May 16, 2001, Naughright returned to her office to find an envelope titled “Dr. Vulgar Mouth Whited.” Inside were copies of the book, “The Mannings”, which was written by both Peyton and his father, Archie Manning. In the book, Naughright was further defamed and discounted. She then filed a suit.
In court, Manning told a story of a trip to Charlottesville, Va. to explain why he referred to Naughright as vulgar-mouthed. However, the four other students Manning claimed were on the trip all denied that it ever happened.
At this point, none of the allegations have been confirmed. The Tennessee Journalist will continue to report on this situation as more information becomes available.
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Edited by Cody McClure
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I think if you trying to be idiotic, you couldn’t do a better job. You take a guy who’s made it his mission to be a great ambassador for the University of Tennessee and try to ground his good name into the dirt for the sake of a story for your disreputable website. SHAME ON YOU. dw