Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston has been accused of inappropriately touching an Uber driver in a 2016 incident, Buzzfeed reports. The NFL is investigating the matter, and sent a letter to the Uber driver.
A letter, viewed by BuzzFeed News, was sent from the NFL’s special counsel for investigations, Lisa Friel, to the Uber driver on Thursday. “The League has been informed that you may have been the victim of such a violation perpetrated by Tampa Bay Buccaneers player Jameis Winston. The league takes allegations of this nature very seriously and has opened an investigation into this matter,” the letter read.