jameis winston, florida state university. >> reporter: jameis winston is one of football's rising stars. going to be a first-round pick in the 2015 nfl draft. but the former fsu student who accused winston of raping her one night in december 2012 is speaking out. >> i kind of just want to know -- like, why me? >> reporter: erika kinsman sharing her story in the new film "the hunting ground." using firsthand accounts of more than a dozen college students -- >> there's a lot of victim blaming. >> he lectured us about how we shouldn't go out in short skirts. >> reporter: the filmmakers are seeking to expose what they say is a shocking epidemic of violence and institutional cover-ups. >> universities are protecting a brand. >> reporter: sweeping college campuses across america. >> doesn't really make sense. >> reporter: in the film kinsman says right after the alleged rape she reported the incident to tallahassee police department. and an investigation was opened. however, winston was never charged. the state attorney calling her testimony "problematic." >> we did not feel that we had suffi

enjoy the relief. >>> this is florida state quarterback jameis winston.mber one pick in the nfl draft. this week a federal judge was asked to throw out a lawsuit by a fellow student accusing him a rape. the woman filed a lawsuit in january saying that official had knowledge of her alleged assault and this created a hostile educational environment for her. now she has spoken out for the first time in a powerful new documentary "the hunting ground." it shows the sexual assault epidemic across the country on college campuses. >> i went to see my victim's advocate. in that meeting, we were just talking. she was like, we just want to let you know like there's another victim from him. i kind of just want to know like why me? >> this is just one part of a film that also profiles survivors of sexual assault and follows two activists across the country helping them to file title nine complaints against their colleges. joining us now is the oscar-nominated producer of "the hunting ground." amy, so glad to have you with us. >> thanks for having me. >> i want to star

>> for example, the accuser at florida state, jameis winston's accuser, says she's a victim.decision made on his guilt or innocence, she would walk through campus and scream at her you whore, you cleat chaser. they threatened to burn down her sorority house. this is the kind of behavior that goes beyond the victims. we've seen other witnesses, for example, involved in the penn state case their names, their addresses, their wives' names and addresses, their kids' schools have been posted to internet sites. >> even when the victims were children? >> and where there was a man convicted in a criminal court, convicted of assaulting them. there are still groups of people who encourage others to go out and harass them believing that they are lying. the way -- it's all in the name of the team all in the name of exonerating people who they just idolize. i've seen this over and over and over again, year after year now, where there's this phenomenon where we'd dollize these sports icons, make them into gods. then when they make a mistake, this whole idea we worship these people we don't

. >> you spoke to the woman accused heisman trophy winner jameis winston of rape.iew. >> i wen to see my victim's advocate and in that meeting, we were just talking. she was, like, we just want to let you know like, there is another victim from him. i kind of just want to know like why me? >> so winston has not been charged. state attorney dropped the case. she has filed a federal lawsuit against the title ix against the school's trustees. has winston responded to this film? >> not that we know. >> do you know what the status of the lawsuit is? >> >> i don't know. >> how about any college administrators? did you speak to them at all and, if so what was their response? >> we reached out to numerous college administrators and college presidents throughout this film and vast majority declined to speak to youus on film. >> they just said no we are not going to talk? >> for the most part, most colleges said no, they are not going to talk they prefer not to talk. they didn't see any upside in talking with us. as our film demonstrates they don't want this information gett