In a recent Title IX lawsuit filed against the University of Tennessee, multiple "Jane Doe" plaintiffs alleged the university created a "hostile sexual environment" favoring student-athletes. Cited in the lawsuit? The alleged incident in 1996 between Peyton Manning and a former athletics trainer.
The incident in question drew widespread attention over the weekend when a New York Daily News story resuscitated documents from a 2003 defamation lawsuit against Manning.
On Sunday the Tennessean reported the inclusion of Manning's name -- again, as a citation, not a party -- in the lawsuit:
The UT lawsuit filed last week calls out an alleged 1996 incident in which Manning, a UT football player, was accused of placing his naked genitals on the face of the female trainer while she was examining him.