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QuoteWoman sues Roethlisberger, says he raped her
Accuser seeks $440,000 for incident; Harrah's officials also named in suit
updated 39 minutes ago
RENO, Nev. - A woman has filed a lawsuit accusing Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger of raping her last summer in his penthouse hotel room at a casino in Lake Tahoe during a celebrity golf tournament.
Roethlisberger's lawyer adamantly denied the allegations Tuesday, and was quick to point out that the woman never went to the authorities.
"Ben has never sexually assaulted anyone. The timing of the lawsuit and the absence of a criminal complaint and a criminal investigation are the most compelling evidence of the absence of any criminal conduct," David Cornwell said in a statement. "If an investigation is commenced, Ben will cooperate fully and Ben will be fully exonerated."
Cornwell did not immediately reply to a phone message and e-mail seeking more comment.
The suit seeks at least $440,000 in damages from the quarterback and also alleges hotel officials for Harrah's Lake Tahoe went to great lengths to cover up the incident. She's seeking $50,000 in damages from the Harrah's officials.
The Steelers and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said they were looking into the allegations against Roethlisberger, one of the biggest names in sports. He has won two Super Bowls in his five-year career, and is about to report to training camp as the Steelers look to repeat as champions.
The woman was working as an executive casino host last July when she said Roethlisberger struck up a friendly conversation at her desk during the golf tournament.
The next night, she said he telephoned her to tell her his television sound system wasn't working and asked her to look at it. She said she was unable to find a technician so she handled it herself because she had been told it was important to please the celebrities.
In Roethlisberger's room she said she determined the TV was functioning properly but as she turned to leave, the 6-foot-5, 240-pound quarterback blocked her exit, the suit claims.
The lawsuit said he grabbed her and started to kiss her. It said she was "shocked and stunned that this previously friendly man, that appeared to be a gentleman in her previous contacts with him was suddenly preventing her from leaving, was assaulting her and battering her."
She said she feared that because he was a football player he could or would physically harm her if she tried to fight him off, but that she objected and protested several times.
"But instead of stopping, Roethlisberger began fondling plaintiff through her dress and between her legs," the suit said. He then "held her against her will and physically moved plaintiff and pushed her onto his bed" where he raped her, the suit says.
She told him "You don't want to do this," and begged him "I am not on any type of birth control."
Afterward, he asked if there was a security camera in the hallway. She said he then instructed her to claim she had repaired his television if anyone asked why she was in his room.
The lawsuit says the woman required hospitalization for treatment for depression after the alleged attack.
Efforts to reach the woman Tuesday were unsuccessful.
The woman's lawyer, Calvin R. Dunlap, of Reno, declined to answer questions about the lack of a criminal complaint and why the civil action was brought a year after the incident allegedly took place.
"Neither I nor our client will be making any comment," Dunlap said in an e-mail to The Associated Press. "We believe the matter should be resolved in court rather than in the media."
Teresa Duffy, a spokeswoman for the sheriff's office in Douglas County, which includes part of Lake Tahoe, said no complaints were filed about such an incident either with sheriff's deputies or the district attorney's office.
The lawsuit also names eight Harrah's employees as defendants and alleges the cover-up involved the chief of security at Harrah's Lake Tahoe and was carried out with the knowledge of John Koster, president of Harrah's northern Nevada operations.
John Packer, spokesman for the hotel-casino, did not immediately return a telephone call seeking comment.
Harrah's Entertainment, the hotel-casino's parent company, declined comment.
"We don't comment on pending legal matters," Jacqueline Peterson said from company headquarters in Las Vegas.
The suit says Harrah's security chief Guy Hyder gained the trust of the woman's parents while she was hospitalized for depression, and persuaded them to give him a key to her home. She said Hyder and others then entered her home and allegedly erased information from her computer and confiscated it.
The lawsuit claims that when the woman first reported the attack to Hyder he dismissed her distress and crying and said she was "overreacting."
The woman said Hyder told her that "most girls would feel lucky to get to have sex with someone like Ben Roethlisberger" and that "Koster would love you even more if he knew about this" because Koster was good friends with Roethlisberger and admired him greatly.
The suit also accuses the defendants of defaming her, including suggesting she was sexually promiscuous.
It said they also made false statements about her physical and mental health, including reportedly telling others she was hospitalized for schizophrenia when they knew her "problems arose out of having been sexually assaulted."
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Tuesday he was looking into the various allegations.
"I don't know enough of the details, but it's a civil lawsuit, it's something that we obviously will look into," he said when asked about it in New York during an unrelated news conference. "I've been in touch with the Steelers about it."
Steelers spokesman Dave Lockett said the team is aware of the lawsuit, and "we are gathering information."
The Steelers clinched a 27-23 Super Bowl win over the Arizona Cardinals this year when Roethlisberger connected with Santonio Holmes for the game-winning touchdown in the game's closing seconds.
Last week Roethlisberger played in the 20th annual American Century Celebrity Golf Tournament at Lake Tahoe, finishing tied for 30th in the field of 89 golfers. It was not immediately known if he stayed at Harrah's.
In 2006, Roethlisberger made his first public appearance at the tournament after having nearly died in a motorcycle accident the month before.
He had seven hours of facial reconstruction surgery after ramming into a car that turned in front of him on a Pittsburgh street. He broke his jaw and nose and was thrown over the car onto the pavement. He was cited for riding without a license and not wearing a helmet.
© 2009 The Associated Press.
While I find Big Ben to be an abomination at QB, this is bullshit.
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 21, 2009, 06:05:51 PM
While I find Big Ben to be an abomination at QB, this is bullshit.
Meh, Roflsburger can't always be the one raped by Buicks and Bart Scott.
Yeah right. Crazy bitch thinks she can get paid.
Tim, have you seen her pic? Rottenburger didn't rape her.
Quote from: Caliga on July 21, 2009, 06:16:23 PM
Tim, have you seen her pic? Rottenburger didn't rape her.
Superfat, superugly, or both?
Tom Brady is the real rapist.
I shall now go pepper the Steelhead's fanboards with Rapistburger posts.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 21, 2009, 06:21:17 PM
I shall now go pepper the Steelhead's fanboards with Rapistburger posts.
:lol:
Quote from: Caliga on July 21, 2009, 06:16:23 PM
Tim, have you seen her pic? Rottenburger didn't rape her.
Haven't seen it, but he could have been really really drunk.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 21, 2009, 06:21:17 PM
I shall now go pepper the Steelhead's fanboards with Rapistburger posts.
Awesome. :lol:
Worthlessberger is surpassed.
And how about this interesting tidbit.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/07/21/marvin-harrisons-accuser-shot-seven-times/
The guy who had a lawsuit pending against Marvin Harrison accusing Marvin of shooting him has been shot again, 7 times.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 21, 2009, 06:26:24 PM
And how about this interesting tidbit.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/07/21/marvin-harrisons-accuser-shot-seven-times/
The guy who had a lawsuit pending against Marvin Harrison accusing Marvin of shooting him has been shot again, 7 times.
Well, my prime suspect was Peyton Manning, but I'm not sure anymore.
Bungles fans are even trolling:
http://boards.espn.go.com/boards/mb/mb?sport=nfl&id=pit&tid=5080565&lid=2
enjoy the "we" 'tard response.
Quote from: Caliga on July 21, 2009, 06:16:23 PM
Tim, have you seen her pic? Rottenburger didn't rape her.
Hook us up homeschool.
She can't be that fugly if her job title was executive hostess.
The front page alone is priceless:
http://boards.espn.go.com/boards/mb/mb?sport=nfl&id=pit
The woman in question
http://photos.tmz.com/galleries/andrea_mcnulty
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 21, 2009, 06:39:07 PM
The woman in question
http://photos.tmz.com/galleries/andrea_mcnulty
Looks like the sort he grew up with in Findley Ohio. NEIGH WILBUR!
Do you believe me now, Yi? :)
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 21, 2009, 06:39:07 PM
The woman in question
http://photos.tmz.com/galleries/andrea_mcnulty
Not so good. Kinda scary.
Guys, except for the hard-core sexual deviants, rape tends to be very much a crime of the moment and of opportunity. The woman's appearance has nothing to do with how credible the claim is.
^_^
Yay, opportunity to hit the ugly!
Quote from: Barrister on July 21, 2009, 06:45:55 PM
Guys, except for the hard-core sexual deviants, rape tends to be very much a crime of the moment and of opportunity. The woman's appearance has nothing to do with how credible the claim is.
And Captain Buzzkill prances in again, and ruins everybody's good times. THANKS AGAIN CAPTAIN!
I didn't say she was *ugly*. But I'm pretty sure Rottenburger can do way, WAY better.
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 21, 2009, 06:48:14 PM
Quote from: Barrister on July 21, 2009, 06:45:55 PM
Guys, except for the hard-core sexual deviants, rape tends to be very much a crime of the moment and of opportunity. The woman's appearance has nothing to do with how credible the claim is.
And Captain Buzzkill prances in again, and ruins everybody's good times. THANKS AGAIN CAPTAIN!
^_^
I see my work here is done...
Quote from: Caliga on July 21, 2009, 06:52:30 PM
I didn't say she was *ugly*. But I'm pretty sure Rottenburger can do way, WAY better.
People are ugly or not. No in between!
Quote from: garbon on July 21, 2009, 06:54:13 PM
Quote from: Caliga on July 21, 2009, 06:52:30 PM
I didn't say she was *ugly*. But I'm pretty sure Rottenburger can do way, WAY better.
People are ugly or not. No in between!
I disagree - there are many gradations between ugly and beautiful. 10 of them in fact.
Lies perpetuated by the patriarchy.
Wait, wait, wait... the security dude befriended her parents to get at her computer and erase info... (what the hell kind of info would have been on there anyway if it was a spur-of-the-moment rape).
I smell a :tinfoil: .
Quote from: garbon on July 21, 2009, 06:54:13 PM
Quote from: Caliga on July 21, 2009, 06:52:30 PM
I didn't say she was *ugly*. But I'm pretty sure Rottenburger can do way, WAY better.
People are ugly or not. No in between!
There is no ugly, only differently beautiful. That's what people tell me anyway. :huh:
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 21, 2009, 06:48:14 PM
Quote from: Barrister on July 21, 2009, 06:45:55 PM
Guys, except for the hard-core sexual deviants, rape tends to be very much a crime of the moment and of opportunity. The woman's appearance has nothing to do with how credible the claim is.
And Captain Buzzkill prances in again, and ruins everybody's good times. THANKS AGAIN CAPTAIN!
You know the fucker brought a briefcase with him on his honeymoon.
I couldn't tell how big her boobs are from any of those pics. :(
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 21, 2009, 07:15:22 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 21, 2009, 06:48:14 PM
Quote from: Barrister on July 21, 2009, 06:45:55 PM
Guys, except for the hard-core sexual deviants, rape tends to be very much a crime of the moment and of opportunity. The woman's appearance has nothing to do with how credible the claim is.
And Captain Buzzkill prances in again, and ruins everybody's good times. THANKS AGAIN CAPTAIN!
You know the fucker brought a briefcase with him on his honeymoon.
Not at all - I brought a hockeybag full of camping equipment. :canuck:
And an iron for keeping those pleats nice & crisp, I hope :D
Didn't read the full article, but those are only civil charges? Wouldn't rape also warrabt criminal investigations?
"Yeah, you raped me, but I just want your cash, not put you in jail (I have money riding on the Steelers' games)."
QuoteGuy Hyder gained the trust of the woman's parents while she was hospitalized for depression, and persuaded them to give him a key to her home.
:lol:
Good job, dad.
Quote from: Syt on July 22, 2009, 12:14:20 AM
Didn't read the full article, but those are only civil charges? Wouldn't rape also warrabt criminal investigations?
"Yeah, you raped me, but I just want your cash, not put you in jail (I have money riding on the Steelers' games)."
The word on the street is she is crazier than a shithouse rat.
QuoteBizarre Twist in Roethlisberger Assault Case
Posted Jul 21st 2009 10:24AM by TMZ Staff
Ben RoethlisbergerSources connected to the Ben Roethlisberger sexual assault case claim the psychiatric care the accuser says she's under has nothing to do with Ben .... it has to do with a relationship she had with a man who never existed.
Andrea McNulty has sued Roethlisberger, the Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl champ, claiming he sexually assaulted her in July 2008. Sources tell us Roethlisberger and McNulty had a sexual liaison at the time but Ben insists it was purely consensual. We're told the two knew each other because Ben had stayed at Harrah's in Lake Tahoe over the last several years for golf tournaments -- and she worked at the hotel.
Sources connected with the case tell us a former co-worker of McNulty's at Harrah's came forward with this incredible story -- that around the time McNulty hooked up with Roethlisberger, she was allegedly involved with a married man. The man's wife, we're told, created an email account, posing as a U.S. soldier in Iraq. The wife began corresponding with McNulty to gain information. We're told the former co-worker has said McNulty fell in love with the fictitious soldier and began telling people she was engaged to him. When the wife stopped the correspondence, McNulty then began telling people the soldier was killed in action.
We're told McNulty told at least one co-worker she began seeing a psychiatrist because of the phantom soldier.
We tried repeatedly getting in touch with McNulty. So far we have been unable to reach her.
http://www.tmz.com/2009/07/21/ben-roethlisberger-sexual-assault-pittsburgh-steelers-superbowl-lawsuit-soldier-mcnulty/
Quote from: derspiess on July 21, 2009, 11:23:21 PM
And an iron for keeping those pleats nice & crisp, I hope :D
Not when camping - that's strictly for at home. :rolleyes:
Quote from: Barrister on July 22, 2009, 01:45:58 AM
Quote from: derspiess on July 21, 2009, 11:23:21 PM
And an iron for keeping those pleats nice & crisp, I hope :D
Not when camping - that's strictly for at home. :rolleyes:
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Quote from: sbr on July 22, 2009, 01:12:07 AM
The word on the street is she is crazier than a shithouse rat.
I like this expression and am going to start using it. K THX. :)
On a related note, all this talk about Rottenburger is making me hungry. :mmm: