NFL: Roethlisberger Accused of Sexual Assault **Violated Conduct Policy (page 2)**
03-05-2010, 03:01 PM
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NFL: Roethlisberger Accused of Sexual Assault **Violated Conduct Policy (page 2)**
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Ben Roethlisberger Accused of Sexual Assault
Posted Mar 5th 2010 3:15PM by TMZ Staff
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has been accused of sexual assault by a young woman in Georgia, TMZ has learned.
The alleged incident occurred early this morning at Capital City -- a club in Milledgeville, Georgia.
According to law enforcement sources, the alleged victim -- who has already been interviewed by police -- was treated at a local hospital and released.
We're told in addition to the alleged victim, witnesses are being interviewed -- and one law enforcement source says they will attempt to interview Roethlisberger.
In addition to the Milledgeville Police Dept, we've learned the Georgia Bureau of Investigations is also investigating.
As we previously reported, Roethlisberger is being sued by a Reno woman, Andrea McNulty, who claims the QB sexually assaulted her in 2008.
UPDATE: We're told Ben Roethlisberger has already been interviewed by police. We're also told no formal charges have been filed at this point.
UPDATE 3:30 PM EST: A rep from the Steelers tells TMZ, "We are gathering information on this incident - until then we have no further comment."
Story developing ...
Posted Mar 5th 2010 3:15PM by TMZ Staff
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has been accused of sexual assault by a young woman in Georgia, TMZ has learned.
The alleged incident occurred early this morning at Capital City -- a club in Milledgeville, Georgia.
According to law enforcement sources, the alleged victim -- who has already been interviewed by police -- was treated at a local hospital and released.
We're told in addition to the alleged victim, witnesses are being interviewed -- and one law enforcement source says they will attempt to interview Roethlisberger.
In addition to the Milledgeville Police Dept, we've learned the Georgia Bureau of Investigations is also investigating.
As we previously reported, Roethlisberger is being sued by a Reno woman, Andrea McNulty, who claims the QB sexually assaulted her in 2008.
UPDATE: We're told Ben Roethlisberger has already been interviewed by police. We're also told no formal charges have been filed at this point.
UPDATE 3:30 PM EST: A rep from the Steelers tells TMZ, "We are gathering information on this incident - until then we have no further comment."
Story developing ...
03-05-2010, 03:21 PM
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Son of a...just posted it in the off-season thread. 
03-05-2010, 03:45 PM
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03-05-2010, 05:15 PM
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Interesting. Interesting.
I pass judgment on these kind of things until more details are available (if they ever become available). The media LOVES to bring down popular athletes and often blows these things up.
03-08-2010, 09:31 AM
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Here we go again. Steelers fan here, but Ben is a bit of a bonehead.
The woman seems a bit sketchy, though. I'm not saying it didn't happen, but if she could point he's 6'5", 241lbs without looking at Wikipedia, she's going to get a job as a college scout.
The woman seems a bit sketchy, though. I'm not saying it didn't happen, but if she could point he's 6'5", 241lbs without looking at Wikipedia, she's going to get a job as a college scout.
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03-08-2010, 09:50 AM
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How big is he?
03-08-2010, 12:48 PM
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After the last accusation by the crazy girl who has been completely discredited for being 
I am very weary to pass judgement. From what I've read the club they were at has something like 700 cameras and there should be plenty of evidence one way or the other even if there's no cameras in the bathrooms, I'm sure there's cameras in the halls outside the bathrooms. I think it's funny that everyone is passing judgement based on a TMZ report. Yet the police haven't made any formal statements or pressed any charges yet. Until that happens, I refuse to pass judgement. 
03-08-2010, 01:20 PM
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"Ma'am, can you describe the suspect for me?"
'Yeah, he was 6'5", 241. He also threw 26TDs and has a 63.3% career passing rate.'
"Did you get his name?"
'Ben...how do you pronounce this?' *points to Wikipedia page*
'Yeah, he was 6'5", 241. He also threw 26TDs and has a 63.3% career passing rate.'
"Did you get his name?"
'Ben...how do you pronounce this?' *points to Wikipedia page*
03-08-2010, 01:37 PM
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fuckin Rapelisberger....
03-08-2010, 02:35 PM
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I'm just waiting for the press conference, hopefully they dismiss this bs. Funny how she didn't go to the club security that was all around her and went outside to find a cop
03-08-2010, 03:13 PM
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That was the most useless press conference, they're still interviewing and have no other information, didn't really need a national press conference for that
03-09-2010, 02:33 PM
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If I was a Rooney I would be jumping all over his ass. The have paid him BIG money until 2015 and he's still running around like some dumbass. Putting himself into situations that can have problems for him, if he did it or not.
I wonder if the color of his skin is allowing some slack? maybe he's a Super Bowl QB?
I wonder if the color of his skin is allowing some slack?
maybe he's a Super Bowl QB?
03-09-2010, 02:46 PM
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Well, one thing's for sure - he's a complete fucking moron.
The fact of the matter is that he has been accused of this before, so he should never put himself in a situation where another accusation is possible, EVER. A man of his stature and salary should understand this. He obviously doesn't. Rapist or not, what a tool.
The fact of the matter is that he has been accused of this before, so he should never put himself in a situation where another accusation is possible, EVER. A man of his stature and salary should understand this. He obviously doesn't. Rapist or not, what a tool.
03-09-2010, 05:12 PM
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If that's the girl, she looks like Hulk Hogan...Woman-version. 
03-10-2010, 08:57 AM
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That's not her, that's a really old pic
03-10-2010, 09:25 AM
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Well, one thing's for sure - he's a complete fucking moron.
The fact of the matter is that he has been accused of this before, so he should never put himself in a situation where another accusation is possible, EVER. A man of his stature and salary should understand this. He obviously doesn't. Rapist or not, what a tool.
The fact of the matter is that he has been accused of this before, so he should never put himself in a situation where another accusation is possible, EVER. A man of his stature and salary should understand this. He obviously doesn't. Rapist or not, what a tool.
Unfortunately, sexual assault charges are a weapon sometimes played by a woman who doesn't get what she wants. Scoff if you want to, but I've seen it happen. Little risk for the woman, and even if the man is innocent and found thus, it's monumentally devastating.
I'm not saying Ben's innocent, but a woman could bump into him at the mall and claim he groped her. And now with two claims against him already, who would be more believable?
03-10-2010, 11:57 AM
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Yes indeed, this does happen. I know someone who was deported because he took two girls from the club back to a hotel room and one of them was a little too drunk because when she woke up she didn't know where she was, so she claimed rape or something similar, I forgot. The guy didn't even touch her, cause she fell asleep and he was busy banging the shit out of her friend right next to her on the same bed 
It's pretty hard to know the truth since something like this is hearsay. Most of the time, the benefit of the doubt goes to the woman since how is she going to defend herself against a bigger, stronger man?
It's pretty hard to know the truth since something like this is hearsay. Most of the time, the benefit of the doubt goes to the woman since how is she going to defend herself against a bigger, stronger man?
03-10-2010, 05:48 PM
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ESPN reported that Ben is writing his autobiography and this is the book cover
03-11-2010, 12:10 PM
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Benny Admits Contact But No Bom-Chikka-Wow-Wow...
Ben Roethlisberger told police there was no sexual intercourse with the woman who is accusing the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback of assault, a Pittsburgh television station reported on its Web site Thursday night.
Citing unnamed sources, KDKA-TV reported Roethlisberger conceded to Milledgeville, Ga., police the night of the incident that he had contact with the 20-year-old college student, but said a sexual act was not consummated inside the dance club. Roethlisberger said the woman injured her head after she slipped in the bathroom.
The accuser immediately reported the incident to police and was treated at an area hospital. TMZ.com reported Thursday that police have taken possession of the security tapes from the Capital City Night Club.
"We intend to finish this case in a way that neither his liberty nor his future is damaged," Roethlisberger's attorney Ed Garland told KDKA-TV.
The Atlanta law firm hired by the family of the accuser has asked for for discretion as the case progresses.
"Their daughter has done the right thing and reported this matter to the police," lawyer Lee Parks said in a statement. "She has been, and will be, available to the authorities to assist them in the criminal investigation. While the matter is under investigation, we ask you to respect her privacy, keep her name out of the press and allow the family space and time to heal."
Citing unnamed sources, KDKA-TV reported Roethlisberger conceded to Milledgeville, Ga., police the night of the incident that he had contact with the 20-year-old college student, but said a sexual act was not consummated inside the dance club. Roethlisberger said the woman injured her head after she slipped in the bathroom.
The accuser immediately reported the incident to police and was treated at an area hospital. TMZ.com reported Thursday that police have taken possession of the security tapes from the Capital City Night Club.
"We intend to finish this case in a way that neither his liberty nor his future is damaged," Roethlisberger's attorney Ed Garland told KDKA-TV.
The Atlanta law firm hired by the family of the accuser has asked for for discretion as the case progresses.
"Their daughter has done the right thing and reported this matter to the police," lawyer Lee Parks said in a statement. "She has been, and will be, available to the authorities to assist them in the criminal investigation. While the matter is under investigation, we ask you to respect her privacy, keep her name out of the press and allow the family space and time to heal."
03-11-2010, 12:53 PM
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Looks to me like her head was injured before she went into the bathroom.
03-11-2010, 01:27 PM
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Pro-tip: Never, under any circumstances, say anything involving possible criminal charges to the police without a lawyer present. mmmmmmmmmmmkkkkkkkkk
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Good QB...dumb person.
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A district attorney in Georgia said that the sexual allegations against Ben Roethlisberger cannot be proven beyond a reasonable doubt and as a result there will be no arrest made or criminal prosecution.
District Attorney Fred Bright, held a press conference Monday afternoon and detailed out the known facts from the evening in question.
After reading the facts and speaking with the victim's family, Bright felt that he could not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Roethlisberger committed a crime.
A 20-year-old college student accused Roethlisberger of sexually assaulting her back on March 5 at a nightclub in Milledgeville, Ga.
Sources say the woman went into a bathroom with Roethlisberger but later flagged down police.
Had the district attorney recommended charges, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell could have suspended Roethlisberger until the case is over
District Attorney Fred Bright, held a press conference Monday afternoon and detailed out the known facts from the evening in question.
After reading the facts and speaking with the victim's family, Bright felt that he could not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Roethlisberger committed a crime.
A 20-year-old college student accused Roethlisberger of sexually assaulting her back on March 5 at a nightclub in Milledgeville, Ga.
Sources say the woman went into a bathroom with Roethlisberger but later flagged down police.
Had the district attorney recommended charges, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell could have suspended Roethlisberger until the case is over
04-15-2010, 04:48 PM
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From http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive...isberger1.html
Ben Roethlisberger's Bad Play
Police reports detail NFL quarterback's unseemly night in Georgia
APRIL 15--The college student who accused Ben Roethlisberger of sexually assaulting her last month in a Georgia nightclub told cops that the NFL star approached her "with his penis out of his pants" and followed her into a bathroom, where "he had sex with me" in spite of her objections.
The victim's account is included in 572 pages of Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) records detailing the probe of the booze-fueled March 5 incident involving the athlete and the 20-year-old woman, both of whom had spent that evening barhopping in Milledgeville, a college town 90 miles southeast of Atlanta. The woman told police that the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback raped her in a bathroom adjacent to the VIP room of the Capital City club.
In one of two handwritten police statements, the woman recalled that she told Roethlisberger, "No, this is not OK, and he then had sex with me. He said it was OK. He then left without saying anything." After the woman reconnected with friends, they left the club and "went to the first police car we saw," according to one statement.
The alleged victim, in a second statement, told investigators that she met Roethlisberger at The Velvet Elvis, a Milledgeville bar where the athlete called her and her friends "a tease." Later, at Capital City, the football star's bodyguards "told my friends they couldn't pass through to get to me," she recalled. A Milledgeville Police Department incident report indicates that the woman, whose name was redacted from investigative reports, initially told a cop that she was "sexually assaulted or sexually manipulated" by Roethlisberger.
The GBI documents, which were provided to TSG in response to an open records request, include interview reports with several of the alleged victim's friends, all of whom are sorority sisters from Georgia College and State University.
One witness, Ann Marie Lubatti, told investigators that she saw one of Roethlisberger's bodyguards guide the alleged victim to a side door. Lubatti said that she immediately approached another bodyguard and said, "This isn't right. My friend is back there with Ben. She needs to come back right now." Lubatti, who described Roethlisberger as "noticeably intoxicated," said she was rebuffed by the bodyguard, who remarked, "I don't know what you are talking about."
When Lubatti later spotted her friend, the alleged victim said, "We need to go now." Lubatti said the woman told her that Roethlisberger "walked back to where she was with his penis already out of his pants. She told him that they shouldn't be doing this and that it wasn't right." The woman told Lubatti that Roethlisberger had followed her into the bathroom and shut the door. "She continued to say she didn't want to have sex, but he kept saying, "No, it's OK." Lubatti said that her friend told of having unprotected sex with Roethlisberger. After hearing her friend's account, Lubatti and another woman, Nicole Biancofiore, "walked up to the first cop we saw and told them what happened."
Biancofiore also told police about seeing her friend disappear with Roethlisberger inside the club. She recalled telling the club's owner that her friend was "too drunk to be back there" with Roethlisberger, adding that the man assured her that "Ben would not do anything to ruin his reputation." Biancofiore said that when her friend resurfaced, the woman was crying and "she told us he raped her."
Another sorority sister, Victoria Garofalo, recalled that the alleged victim was wearing a name tag with the initials "DTF." The tag--which the woman had received at a birthday party earlier that evening--was the subject of an inside joke between the students. When Roethlisberger asked about the initials, "Garofalo explained that 'DTF' stood for 'down to fuck' and that it referred to a joke between" the women.
"I'm not down to fuck, but I like to fuck girls," Roethlisberger replied, according to a police report.
Witness Elizabeth Brooks told investigators of partying with Roethlisberger at Capital City, where he purchased a round of shots for women in the VIP room and announced, "All my bitches, take some shots."
The GBI records also include an interview report with Brad Aurila, a Roethlisberger pal who accompanied the athlete on the Milledgeville bar crawl. When the athlete's entourage returned to Roethlisberger's home, Aurila--who had noticed cops speaking with the NFL star at Capital City--asked Roethlisbeger what happened. "Roethlisberger explained to Aurila that nothing had happened," and that he was "in the back with a girl and they were 'messing around.'" Aurila recalled that Roethlisberger said the "girl slipped and he helped her up and then came back out." Aurila noted that "he took 'messing around' to mean 'kissing, whatever,'" according to a GBI report. He added that Roethlisberger's demeanor was "angry and shocked that this was happening" as he spoke of the allegation leveled against him.
The GBI records also include a floor plan of the Capital Club, with the dimensions of the bathroom where the encounter occurred, as well as a search warrantauthorizing investigators to collect a DNA sample from Roethlisberger, along with "hair follicles, specifically head and pubic." The samples were not eventually collected from Roethlisberger, because investigators were unable to retrieve more than trace amounts of male DNA from the alleged victim for matching purposes.
In a March 17 letter to prosecutor Fred Bright, a lawyer for the woman asked that the rape probe be dropped. "What is obvious in looking forward is that a criminal trial would be a very intrusive personal experience for a complainant in this situation, given the extraordinary media attention that would be inevitable," wrote attorney David Walbert. "The media coverage to date, and the efforts of the media to access our client, have been unnerving, to say the least." (23 pages)
Ben Roethlisberger's Bad Play
Police reports detail NFL quarterback's unseemly night in Georgia
APRIL 15--The college student who accused Ben Roethlisberger of sexually assaulting her last month in a Georgia nightclub told cops that the NFL star approached her "with his penis out of his pants" and followed her into a bathroom, where "he had sex with me" in spite of her objections.
The victim's account is included in 572 pages of Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) records detailing the probe of the booze-fueled March 5 incident involving the athlete and the 20-year-old woman, both of whom had spent that evening barhopping in Milledgeville, a college town 90 miles southeast of Atlanta. The woman told police that the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback raped her in a bathroom adjacent to the VIP room of the Capital City club.
In one of two handwritten police statements, the woman recalled that she told Roethlisberger, "No, this is not OK, and he then had sex with me. He said it was OK. He then left without saying anything." After the woman reconnected with friends, they left the club and "went to the first police car we saw," according to one statement.
The alleged victim, in a second statement, told investigators that she met Roethlisberger at The Velvet Elvis, a Milledgeville bar where the athlete called her and her friends "a tease." Later, at Capital City, the football star's bodyguards "told my friends they couldn't pass through to get to me," she recalled. A Milledgeville Police Department incident report indicates that the woman, whose name was redacted from investigative reports, initially told a cop that she was "sexually assaulted or sexually manipulated" by Roethlisberger.
The GBI documents, which were provided to TSG in response to an open records request, include interview reports with several of the alleged victim's friends, all of whom are sorority sisters from Georgia College and State University.
One witness, Ann Marie Lubatti, told investigators that she saw one of Roethlisberger's bodyguards guide the alleged victim to a side door. Lubatti said that she immediately approached another bodyguard and said, "This isn't right. My friend is back there with Ben. She needs to come back right now." Lubatti, who described Roethlisberger as "noticeably intoxicated," said she was rebuffed by the bodyguard, who remarked, "I don't know what you are talking about."
When Lubatti later spotted her friend, the alleged victim said, "We need to go now." Lubatti said the woman told her that Roethlisberger "walked back to where she was with his penis already out of his pants. She told him that they shouldn't be doing this and that it wasn't right." The woman told Lubatti that Roethlisberger had followed her into the bathroom and shut the door. "She continued to say she didn't want to have sex, but he kept saying, "No, it's OK." Lubatti said that her friend told of having unprotected sex with Roethlisberger. After hearing her friend's account, Lubatti and another woman, Nicole Biancofiore, "walked up to the first cop we saw and told them what happened."
Biancofiore also told police about seeing her friend disappear with Roethlisberger inside the club. She recalled telling the club's owner that her friend was "too drunk to be back there" with Roethlisberger, adding that the man assured her that "Ben would not do anything to ruin his reputation." Biancofiore said that when her friend resurfaced, the woman was crying and "she told us he raped her."
Another sorority sister, Victoria Garofalo, recalled that the alleged victim was wearing a name tag with the initials "DTF." The tag--which the woman had received at a birthday party earlier that evening--was the subject of an inside joke between the students. When Roethlisberger asked about the initials, "Garofalo explained that 'DTF' stood for 'down to fuck' and that it referred to a joke between" the women.
"I'm not down to fuck, but I like to fuck girls," Roethlisberger replied, according to a police report.
Witness Elizabeth Brooks told investigators of partying with Roethlisberger at Capital City, where he purchased a round of shots for women in the VIP room and announced, "All my bitches, take some shots."
The GBI records also include an interview report with Brad Aurila, a Roethlisberger pal who accompanied the athlete on the Milledgeville bar crawl. When the athlete's entourage returned to Roethlisberger's home, Aurila--who had noticed cops speaking with the NFL star at Capital City--asked Roethlisbeger what happened. "Roethlisberger explained to Aurila that nothing had happened," and that he was "in the back with a girl and they were 'messing around.'" Aurila recalled that Roethlisberger said the "girl slipped and he helped her up and then came back out." Aurila noted that "he took 'messing around' to mean 'kissing, whatever,'" according to a GBI report. He added that Roethlisberger's demeanor was "angry and shocked that this was happening" as he spoke of the allegation leveled against him.
The GBI records also include a floor plan of the Capital Club, with the dimensions of the bathroom where the encounter occurred, as well as a search warrantauthorizing investigators to collect a DNA sample from Roethlisberger, along with "hair follicles, specifically head and pubic." The samples were not eventually collected from Roethlisberger, because investigators were unable to retrieve more than trace amounts of male DNA from the alleged victim for matching purposes.
In a March 17 letter to prosecutor Fred Bright, a lawyer for the woman asked that the rape probe be dropped. "What is obvious in looking forward is that a criminal trial would be a very intrusive personal experience for a complainant in this situation, given the extraordinary media attention that would be inevitable," wrote attorney David Walbert. "The media coverage to date, and the efforts of the media to access our client, have been unnerving, to say the least." (23 pages)
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