Vols Coach Butch Jones Releases Statement After Former Player Allegations

CHATTANOOGA, TN (WDEF) -Former Vols receiver Drae Bowles claims head coach Butch Jones told him he betrayed the team after Bowles assisted a female student, who was allegedly raped by two U-T football players in November of 20-14.

That allegation came out Wednesday in a revised federal lawsuit against the University of Tennessee, which claims the school has a hostile sexual environment against female students.

Jones denies the claims. He issued a statement saying: “The assertion that I ever attempted to belittle or demean a young man for taking action to help another person is absolutely false. To the contrary, I did all I could to assist the former student in question. During the course of the judicial process, campus officials, as well as the young man’s own words, will clearly establish that I have done nothing wrong. I will fight all of these false attacks on my character, and I know that once this process has been completed, my reputation will be affirmed.”