Nearly 40 FSU players have been accused of sexual assault under Jimbo and Bowden

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The former director of Florida State’s Victim Advocate Office said in a deposition obtained by the Associated Press and New York Times that Seminoles football players received special treatment and her office had seen nearly 40 football players accused of either sexual assault or "intimate partner" violence over the last nine years.

There have been 20 victims who alleged sexual assault by FSU football players over the last nine years, according to the June deposition from former director Melissa Ashton, who said most of those victims ultimately declined to press student conduct charges on the players based on a fear of retaliation. Ashton said she could only recall one of the 40 players being found responsible, according to the Times.

Ashton believes that football players got special treatment during the original investigations, in part by those investigating the allegations allowing the players to reach out to “an athletic department official who helps them get access to outside lawyers,” according to the AP.

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