鈥?A former San Francisco 49ers player now playing professional rugby in Australia has been sued by a California woman who says he sexually assaulted her.The woman filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging that Jarryd Hayne raped her after a gathering with mutual friends in a San Jose Tanner Lee Jersey Jaguars , California, bar in December 2015. The woman alleges she was heavily intoxicated when Hayne took her to his home “despite having minimal interaction that night.”The woman said in the lawsuit that she recalled little about that night but woke the next morning in a pool of blood, naked and draped in a sheet in Hayne’s bed. She said she had never had sexual intercourse before that night but was fearful of going to police because of Hayne’s prominence.Hayne was a rugby star in Australia when he decided to try American football in 2015. After a standout preseason with the 49ers, Hayne made the team as a punt returner and reserve running back. He played eight games that season and has since returned to Australia where he plays for the Parramatta Eels, where he starred before his stint with the 49ers.The woman wasn’t identified in the lawsuit.Hayne’s Australian lawyer Ramy Qutami said in a prepared statement that Hayne “unequivocally and vehemently” denies any wrongdoing. Qutami said that Hayne cooperated with a police investigation at the time.Santa Clara County prosecutors declined to charge Hayne because of insufficient evidence after the encounter was reported to police three months later.The woman is represented by John Clune Cheap Vita Vea Jersey , a Boulder, Colorado, attorney who has represented several women who have accused professional and college athletes of sexual abuse. Clune was involved in the settlement of a lawsuit alleging rape against retired Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant. Clune’s firm has also sued several universities alleged to have been financially responsible for college athletes assaulting women. Germain Ifedi was back with the first unit in training camp Monday, two days after Seattle coach Pete Carroll yanked the starting right tackle from the lineup during the Seahawks' scrimmage.
The embattled offensive lineman is hoping to keep his starting spot, but didn't help his cause in Saturday's scrimmage when he was flagged for a false start and a holding penalty. Carroll had seen enough.
Penalties plagued Ifedi last season when he was flagged 20 times, the most penalties for any player in the NFL. New offensive line coach Mike Solari had a long conversation with Ifedi on the sidelines after he was pulled from the scrimmage.
"We want Germain to be disciplined," Solari said Monday. "It was unacceptable. Just unacceptable and he knows it. We want to give him immediate feedback. It's just concentration."
Ifedi was a first-round draft choice out of Texas A&M in 2016, but has yet to live up to the lofty expectations. The offensive line overall struggled most of the 2017 season Authentic Harold Landry Jersey , but Ifedi received most of the ire from the fans for his inconsistent play.
Ifedi knows his must eliminate the same mistakes that resurfaced Saturday.
"It was a learning experience," Ifedi said. "We know that pre-snap penalties are unacceptable. It's a lesson. You take the good things you did and move on."
Ifedi said Solari told him he has to stay calm in every situation and that composure will be key.
"Coach saw something on the field and he thought it was a good time to take me out and let me cool off. I was fine with it," Ifedi said.
Ifedi was replaced by Isaiah Battle in the scrimmage. Battle is a fourth-year player from Clemson who was acquired in a trade with Kansas City last season. The Seahawks could also opt to move George Fant to right tackle. Fant missed all last season after suffering a major knee injury in the preseason and is backing up Duane Brown at left tackle.
Solari said last week that the best five players will start on the offensive line. He told Ifedi what he expects of him if Ifedi hopes to remain the starter.
"Germain's a good football. He's working on his technique. For a coach, it's never quick enough, but we are demanding that he do it right Authentic Joseph Noteboom Jersey ," Solari said.
Solari is expected to use more man-on-man blocking and less of the zone-blocking concept that predecessor Tom Cable employed. The Seahawks want to return to being more of the power-running team they were with Marshawn Lynch.
The Seahawks signed veteran guard D.J. Fluker to improve their run blocking. The other expected starters are Brown, second-year player Ethan Pocic at left guard and Justin Britt at center. Seattle also signed veteran guard J.R. Sweezy last week. Sweezy began his career with the Seahawks in 2012 and started on the Super Bowls teams in the 2013 and 2014 seasons.
The unit's first test will come Thursday night when Seattle opens the preseason against Indianapolis. And there will be plenty of attention on Ifedi.
"It's a big week for me with a new coach," Ifedi said. "Mike is a great coach and you can tell he really cares about us. There's pressure every year to get better and step up your game. You have to constantly evolve."