Filing: Vols coach Butch Jones told player he 'betrayed team' for helping alleged victim

— -- Tennessee football coach Butch Jones told sophomore wide receiver Drae Bowles that Bowles "betrayed the team" by helping a woman who said she'd been sexually assaulted by two football players, a new filing in the lawsuit against the school revealed Wednesday.

The filing, obtained by The Tennessean newspaper, states that Jones later apologized for calling Bowles a traitor.

Bowles was also beaten and bloodied by teammate Curt Maggitt as retribution for helping the woman, Bowles said in a sworn affidavit filed in federal court. Bowles ultimately transferred to UT-Chattanooga after the incidents in November 2014.

The filing also showed that two more unnamed women who say they were sexually assaulted jointed the lawsuit, bringing the total number to eight.

The federal lawsuit, filed two weeks ago in Nashville, states that Tennessee's policies made students more vulnerable to sexual assault and that the school had a "clearly unreasonable response" after incidents that caused the women making complaints to endure additional harassment. The suit also states the university interfered with the disciplinary process to favor male athletes.

Jones and 15 other varsity coaches at Tennessee held a joint press conference Tuesday to say they believe the atheltic department is being portrayed unfairly as a result of the lawsuit.

``We don't want the stereotype that there's something out there that's not true,'' said Rick Barnes, the men's basketball coach.

There have been several sexual assault complaints made against Tennessee student-athletes over the last four years, including the two mentioned in the suit, A.J. Johnson and Michael Williams, who were indicted on aggravated rape charges in February 2015 and have separate trial dates this summer.