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ESPN's Paula Lavigne and Accuser Attorney John Clune Teamed Up in Pursuit of Another Athlete

Paula Sullivan Lavigne of ESPN is the journalist who requested the TPD documents in what appears to be a fishing expedition Paula has also re-tweeted articles unfavorable to Jameis and FSU.

Another student athlete, University of Tulsa's, Patrick Swilling believes Paula Lavigne and attorney John Clune have pursued him and ignored numerous facts supporting his case. Patrick is attempting to fight back and released an open letter in an attempt to clear his name. Patrick Swilling was not charged of a crime by the D. A. after an investigation and the university found he did not violate the conduct code. Attorney John Clune and the accuser are now suing the university. Patrick's letter follows, and the link to the entire document showing the accuser's tweets follows:

To The Public:

While I have kept a quiet approach throughout these false allegations, I

have decided to answer the most recent articles about allegations of multiple

sexual assaults brought upon me. Abigail Ross accused me, Patrick Swilling

Jr., of sexual assault in February 2014; while I have been cleared of those

allegations by the Tulsa Police Department and The University of Tulsa,

Abigail Ross, attorney John Clune and ESPN's Paula Lavigne have

continued to pursue me. They have continued their slander, released

misinterpreted and misleading information and statements that have proven

to be false. Since the allegations began, their party has only released

information in their favor to shape the public’s view on the case; I also have

information to share:

• Ms. Ross painted the picture that I forcefully held her down and raped

her; she has recanted and changed the story numerous times since first

reporting to authorities on January 28th.

• Ms. Ross submitted incomplete (deleted) text messages to authorities

that included between 50 and 100 text messages since the night of

January 27th.• On the night of Janurary 27th Ms. Ross has stated she was at another

apartment on campus where she was witnessed acting normal and in

good spirits throughout the night.

• On the night of Janurary 27th both my roommate and his girlfriend

were both present and awoke in the apartment and did not support

Ms. Ross claims.

• Ms. Ross favorited and retweeted tweets from my twitter account after

January 27th, to later be deleted when allegations became public.

• Ms. Ross tweeted a picture of a young girl holding a poster claiming

to be raped by an athlete days before she implicated me to having

sexually assaulted her.

• Ms. Ross had previously accused a former University of Tulsa student

athlete of rape when she allegedly was recorded having sexual

intercourse with 2 other men but recanted when shown the video.

(Video Attached)• Ms. Ross is a self proclaimed "cleat chaser".

• Ms. Ross's mother attempted to "reach out" to Ms. Ross' witnesses to

make sure they were all on the same page days before The University

of Tulsa's hearing. (Documented)

• Ms. Ross was implicated in witness tampering; she allegedly asked

the witness was he still in possession of the sex video and to keep

quiet about their ordeal in which she accused him of rape if asked by

authorites.

While ESPN's Paula Lavigne has worked tirelessly to research my

background and find any lead she could, she resorted to Alexia Mallory.

Alexia Mallory was a good friend of mine during the time I spent at the

College of Southern Idaho, she was also the fiancé of my teammate and is

now a mother. I have never sexually assaulted or engaged in sexual activity

with Alexia Mallory. Mallory's then best friend and roommate, Alysha

Zephyr, has given a statement about the alleged sexual assault:"The statement that Alexia Mallory has put out claiming that Patrick

Swilling Jr. sexually assaulted her is a lie. I, at the time of the alleged

assault, was one of her closest friends and roommate; I have physical

evidence showing that what Alexia is claiming is in fact not the truth.

Patrick throughout the semester was always over at our apartment

with his teammates, Alexia and I; hanging out, having dinner,

watching movies etc. Even in the days following the alleged night of

the assault Alexia invited him over to hang out with us multiple times.

I witnessed Alexia, while arguing with her fiancé at the time, telling

him that she had sex with Patrick. She yelled, "that's right I fucked

him" and "yeah, we had sex!" as she got back in her car and headed

back to our apartment. It was then that I started to receive texts from

her saying that she was going to "kill herself" and I immediately went

back to our apartment to find her trying to take a handful of

prescription pills. She told me that it only happened one time and she

didn't want to tell me because she thought it would make things weird

between the group of friends. It was days later that Alexia changed

her story to the one she tells now, but Alexia's accusations came about

as a desperate effort to first infuriate then get her fiancé, at the time, to take her back. She came out with the story in mid February and

alleged it happened before Christmas. As I stated before I have

physical evidence and other witnesses to confirm this."

Paula Lavigne also interviewed Alysha Zephyr in the weeks following the

sexual assault allegations by Abigail Ross and was previously confronted

with all of this knowledge yet she continued to pursue a lie.

Throughout these allegations I have maintained a quiet approach and

we have tried our best to keep private information about my accuser away

from the public. While Abigail Ross has given a consistent effort to destroy

my livelihood, I have made a conscious effort to not make this about my

accuser but focus more on defending myself of these harsh allegations. I

have learned countless lessons from these circumstances and I have

continued to mature from this situation. I have proven my innocence and

continue to persevere through these tough times. I have been verbally

abused, harassed, constantly sent harsh things on social media and even

received death threats on multiple occasions. While I understand the

backlash, your opinions of myself have been created by reading material that

portrays me in a negative light. Nothing written has been in my favor and

nothing negating my accuser's stories has been written either.While I do not condone Sexual Assault in any manner, after going

through this experience I believe assumptions and public perception are

made well before any factual information has been determined. It takes 3

words, "He raped me" to start an onward cycle of hate, discrimination and

public disowning with almost always half of the story being told. It’s

become easy for a woman to use to sexual assault for a substitute when

friends, family and most of the time their significant other frowns upon the

truth of what she did. If allegations of Rape can put me in prison, why can’t

proven false allegations of Rape put an accuser in prison for the same

amount of time? The allegation is just the beginning, what comes after is

what’s felt the most. I was suspended indefinitely from all athletic events

before anyone even asked me what happened on the night of January 27th,

2014. Athletes are always targeted on both the college and pro level because

of our popularity and how much we have to lose; we are not treated as

regular students or citizens when it comes to these types of allegations. The

news releases are usually tainted to make us look a certain way, more than

likely in a bad perspective. The accusers names are never mentioned because

it is detrimental to their well being, however it's ok for my name to be

tarnished and for me to receive death threats, hate mail and suspensions

while what’s being reported is false? The accuser sexual history is never spoken of but anything found or heard in my sexual history is printed? Yes, I

am an athlete. Yes, I am the son of a former NFL player and I am also a

regular young man continuing to mature and find my way in life. I have

feelings, I have a social life, I have dreams, I have goals, and yes I've made

mistakes, but no I have never sexually assaulted anyone. I have never been

arrested, Police has only questioned me on one occasion during my life and

that was voluntarily, I have never been charged with a crime and yet I have

lost more in 6 months than I have in 22 years, my respect. I haven't sued

anyone for deformation or spoken badly about anyone involved in the

proceedings, I just want to move on. The same way people found guilty of

Sexual Assault are often asked, "How could you live with yourself after

doing that?" this question should be asked to the women who fabricate these

stories with terrible intentions or when put under pressure.

Articles are written based on information they want to use; ESPN's

Paula Lavigne interviewed three people from College of Southern Idaho

who all told her Alexia Mallory's story was not factual at all, yet none of that

was noted. I didn't expect it to be used because anything positive about me

wouldn't be good for her career and wouldn't make good news. There never

was an article written about me being cleared of any wrong doing or

working with underprivileged kids in Tulsa this summer. What about an article titled "Sexual Assault Accuser Caught In Multiple Lies and

Inconsistencies", it probably won't get much media attention I guess. While I

understand the job of being a journalist, I also believe writers should think

about this before writing articles based on false or unproven claims: Put

yourself in my shoes for one day, how do you think my mother and sister

feel? What if I were your son or brother? How would you feel if she came

out and said she lied about everything? Would you be ok with writing

articles with the intent to ruin my life without knowing the truth?

My life has changed drastically since these allegations have been

brought against me. I’ve lost friends, I’ve lost loved ones, my goals have

changed, my image has change and I’ve lost Patrick Swilling Jr. in it all. I’m

not the same person I was before the allegations, I can’t be. I don’t smile the

same, I don’t communicate the same and I don’t have the same confidence

that made me who I was. Most of you will never know how it feels to be

isolated from regularity or have someone you love turn their back on when

you need them the most. Most of you will never get the feeling of a parent

telling your best friend to stay away from you or Women’s basketball coach

telling an entire team to go the other way if you’re anywhere around them.

Most of you all will never know how it feels to cry as your teammates live

out the goal you set for them on national TV. Most of you will never get a phone call from your younger brothers in tears because they’ve read death

threats directed towards you on social media. Most of you will never know

how it feels to have your dreams ruined and everything taken away from you

because of something you didn’t do. False Allegations can ruin a person’s

life by not only sending them to jail but putting them in a public box that

usually can not be broken out of; and being stuck in that box is sometimes

worse than being in jail because you feel free to not be free. While I also feel

I have no reason to feel guilty or hold my head down it’s also an instinctive

reaction when you can’t be comfortable around people you once looked at as

friends or teammates. I am embarrassed and ashamed because regardless

how much I fight to restore myself, this will always linger. I understand the

seriousness of these allegations and I also understand the anger a reader or

anyone can have after digesting the material you all have been given; all I

ask is before you jump to a conclusion, threaten another college student’s

life, send hate mail or write an article about another young man who was

falsely accused of rape with ill intent, remember this letter and remember

how a stranger can affect someone’s life he or she only knows through

articles and interpretations, all developing from something I have never

done.


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