( CNN ) -- The attorney for Jameis Winston says that despite serious legal concerns , his client will cooperate in Florida State University 's Title IX investigation concerning an allegation that the Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback sexually assaulted a woman in 2012 . In a letter that was dated Tuesday and obtained by CNN on Wednesday , attorney David Cornwell , who also serves as an adviser to the Winston family , says that Winston will participate in a requested interview with the university . `` Mr. Winston will cooperate with the Investigation , '' Cornwell writes in the conclusion of his letter to FSU General Counsel Carolyn Egan . `` He looks forward to clearing his name . But , Mr. Winston will not walk into a honey trap . '' Cornwell alleges in the letter that an attorney for the woman who accused Winston of rape demanded $ 7 million to settle claims against Winston , Florida State and Tallahassee police before the case became public . Cornwell writes that Patricia Carroll , attorney for the alleged victim , met with him and `` demanded $ 7,000,000 to settle ( the alleged victim 's ) claim . `` Ms. Carroll stated , 'If we settle , you will never hear from my client or me again -- in the press or anywhere , ' '' Cornwell writes in his letter to FSU 's Egan . John Clune , another attorney who represents the accuser , said in an email to CNN that Cornwell had approached Carroll first about paying off the accuser . `` Settlement discussions were immediately unproductive as Cornwell was crude and insulting going so far as to say 'your client likes to f ! # % football players , ' '' Clune said in the email to CNN . Cornwell declined to comment on Clune 's statement . Carroll declined to comment , deferring to Clune 's statement . Title IX is a federal law that requires schools to investigate allegations of sexual assault . This investigation is mandatory under the law even if criminal charges were not filed , which they were not in the 2012 case after police said the alleged victim did not want to proceed . Winston could be charged by his university for a code-of-conduct violation for sexual misconduct , depending upon the results of the school 's investigation . On September 5 , Clune told CNN that Florida State had opened the Title IX investigation into the 2012 sexual assault case involving Winston . Clune said his client -- the alleged victim -- was interviewed by FSU officials in August , calling it a `` very thorough interview '' and he said that his client , then a Florida State student , `` felt like she was heard by the university . '' Florida State -- one of several universities under federal review for their handling of sexual violence and harassment complaints -- previously has not commented on the investigation , citing state and federal student privacy laws . According to police documents , the accuser said Winston raped her in December 2012 after she had been drinking with friends at a bar in Tallahassee . She said an unknown man gave her a shot glass of liquid before they left the bar . The accuser also said she did not remember much of what happened next but that she remembered being in a ground-floor apartment , where a man took off her clothes and had sex with her despite her objections . The accuser reported the alleged assault to campus police that night . A month later , in January 2013 , she accused Winston of the alleged rape . Tallahassee interim Police Chief Tom Coe said last year that the woman `` broke off contact '' with investigators in February 2013 and did n't want to go forward with the case . The woman 's family said a detective warned her attorney that Tallahassee is a `` big football town '' and that life could be miserable if she pursued the case . Tim Jansen , another attorney for Winston , has said his client had consensual sex with the woman . After he won the Heisman Trophy , Winston and the Seminoles went on to win the BCS National Championship against Auburn in January . Winston spent this spring playing for the Florida State baseball team . Winston made headlines again in April when he was accused of shoplifting crab legs from a Publix supermarket in Tallahassee . Police said that Winston said he forgot to pay . As part of a civil citation for alleged shoplifting -- an alternative to criminal prosecution for first-time , nonviolent offenses in Leon County -- Winston was not arrested but was ordered to serve at least 20 hours of community service , authorities said . This past week , Florida State suspended Winston for its game against Clemson , which the Seminoles -- still ranked No . 1 in national polls -- escaped with a 23-17 win in overtime . The suspension came after witnesses said that Winston made a sexually explicit remark near the school 's student union . Florida State initially announced Winston would be suspended for the first half of the game . However , Athletics Director Stan Wilcox increased the punishment late Friday after hearing eyewitness accounts that differed from Winston 's initial version , a source close to the situation told CNN 's Rachel Nichols .
Title IX is a federal law that requires schools to investigate allegations of sexual assault . Florida State University currently has such an investigation into an alleged assault in 2012 . A woman accused FSU 's Jameis Winston ; police said she declined to proceed with case . Winston 's attorney says he will cooperate with FSU probe .