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On Saturday, we released a 74-page court documentfiled by Dr. Jamie Naughright's lawyers detailing the complex case of how the life and career of the fomer Director of Health & Wellness for Men's Athletics at the University of Tennessee, were ruined by Peyton Manning, Archie Manning and the university.
In the wake of this release, countless pundits and platforms have repeatedly made one key error - they have erroneously reported that the document we released was "one-sided" or was just "one woman's thoughts" on the case. This is not only an egregious misrepresentation of what we released, it causes me to sincerely question the motives of anyone who says such a thing.
KING: PEYTON'S SQUEAKY-CLEAN IMAGE BUILT ON STACK OF LIES
What follows will be a summary of the essential facts of the case included in the court document from Polk County, Fla., we released on Saturday and from other statements which have been released on the case. The Polk County court document, again, is posted in full below.
1. When Peyton and Archie Manning spoke about Dr. Jamie Naughright in their book, "The Mannings," they violated an agreement that was in place with the University of Tennessee not to speak about her or the incidents involving her at the university.
Since what we released on Saturday did include my own narrative summary and thoughts of the document, today I'd like for us to simply drill down to the facts.
2. Dr. Jamie Naughright sued Peyton Manning, Archie Manning, their ghostwriter, and the publisher of the book, Harper-Collins, for defaming her character - which she said cost her a brand new job that she had landed at Florida Southern.
3. Peyton Manning filed a motion to have her lawsuit thrown out.
Now, this next fact is perhaps the most important in the entire case that has been released thus far to debunk the notion that what we're dealing with here is one opinion from one writer or one side from one victim.
4. Polk County Circuit Judge Harvey A. Kornstein not only denied the motion from the Manning family but blasted Peyton Manning, his father, and the others, ruling a jury could find there was "clear and convincing evidence" the Mannings lied. In his statement, he said:
"Even if the plaintiff is a public figure, the evidence of record contains sufficient evidence to satisfy the court that a genuine issue of material fact exists that would allow a jury to find, by clear and convincing evidence, the existence of actual malice of the part of the defendants."
"Specifically, there is evidence of record, substantial enough to suggest that the defendants knew that the passages in question were false, or acted in reckless disregard of their falsity. There is evidence of record to suggest that there were obvious reasons to doubt the veracity of Peyton Manning's account of the incident in question. The court further finds that there is sufficient evidence to permit the conclusion that the defendants entertained serious doubts as to the truth of the passages in this case."
Judge Harvey Kornstein did not arrive at his conclusion that "clear and convincing" evidence of malice existed because one woman said it did, but because there was substantial evidence to prove such a thing.
PEYTON MANNING INCIDENT CITED IN NEW LAWSUIT
Now, let's explore that evidence.
In their book, and later under oath, the Manning family recalled a "favor" that Peyton Manning did for Dr. Jamie Naughright. This "favor" is an essential story because it was the only time that Manning could actually recall Dr. Jamie Naughright being "vulgar." Manning described in his book and under oath a time when he and four other athletes traveled to a conference in Virginia together. At that conference, he stated that Dr. Naughright asked him to give the four younger students a ride somewhere. According to Manning, when she asked him, she called the students "motherf-----s."