Tennessee football coach Butch Jones told sophomore wide receiver Drae Bowles that Bowles “betrayed the team” after helping a woman who said she had been sexually assaulted by two football players, according to an amended complaint filed Wednesday in a Title IX lawsuit against the university.
According to the filing, Jones later apologized for calling Bowles “a traitor.”
Bowles was also punched in the mouth and bloodied by teammate Curt Maggitt as retribution for helping the woman, Bowles said in the sworn affidavit filed in federal court. He also said he was confronted by teammates Geraldo Orta and Marlin Lane the following day.
Bowles ultimately transferred to UT-Chatt…