The NFL is investigating an allegation that Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston groped an Uber driver last year, Buzzfeed News reports.
League investigator Lisa Friel sent a letter to the accuser confirming that the NFL is examining the matter, according to the report.
The driver, a woman identified only as Kate, says she picked up Winston in Scottsdale, Arizona, in the early morning hours of March 13. As they waited in the drive-through lane at a Mexican restaurant, Winston “reached over and he just grabbed my crotch,” the woman told Buzzfeed.
The driver lodged a formal complaint with Uber, writing that “this rider reached over and put his fingers on my crotch.