Roethlisberger one of nine defendants in sexual assault lawsuit

[Mr Walker]

Cops: Big Ben & Accuser Went Bar Hopping

Posted Mar 5th 2010 7: 00PM by TMZ Staff
Ben Roethlisberger and the woman accusing him of sexual assault visited "multiple establishments" together before the alleged incident, this according to the Milledgeville Police Department.

Milledgeville Deputy Police Chief Richard Malone just concluded a news conference, confirming Roethlisberger is at the center of a sexual assault investigation that allegedly took place at the Capital City nightclub.

According to police, the alleged victim is a 20-year-old female student from Georgia College & State University.

Police say the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback was interviewed and released and thus far has not been charged with a crime.

Ben's agent claims Roethlisberger did nothing wrong.

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[damngoodtimes]

for everyone out there not from GA, Milledgeville is little town in middle of fuckin nowhere. somewhere between Macon and Augusta. it was the state capital about 100 years ago. there's nothing there but a state prison and a college. Ben was trolling college bars for 20-year old chicks.

my first question when I heard this was, "what the fuck was he doing in Milledgeville, of all places?" I just read, however, that he owns a home on Lake Oconee, which is about 30 miles north of there. I don't know why an Ohio kid, who works in Pittsburgh, decided to buy a lake house in the middle of nowhere Georgia, but it is a nice high-end, golf course type community down there. lots of folks with money out of Atlanta have vacation or retirement homes out there.

what a fuckin' image: punk-ass NFL QB living out in Tunafish, GA with a bunch of rich 60 year old white men with bad pants. for shits and giggles, he gets in his Hummer and drives 30 miles to some two-bit college town to hit on 20-year old redneck girls.

Stay classy, Rapistburger....

[Mr Walker]

stay classy, rapistburger....

lmmfao!!!

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Just another golddigger, trying to trap him....

Nothing to see here, just like in Tahoe...

[TAKIN WHISKEY]

Just another golddigger, trying to trap him....

Nothing to see here, just like in Tahoe...

Probably. I hate to see it though because the dude seems like a pretty cool guy. I do know he is a damn good QB who needs to start making better decisions and I bet that is exactly what the Steelers, as an organization, are thinking as well.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

It just doesn't make sense....

You've got what is probably a plush summer home 30 minutes away, but yet you want to bang some college chick in the bathroom of a club ??

The Pittsburgh PG's story makes a distinction though... The first woman never reported it to the cops, this one did at the first opportunity....

[redblkwht]

It just doesn't make sense....

You've got what is probably a plush summer home 30 minutes away, but yet you want to bang some college chick in the bathroom of a club ??

The Pittsburgh PG's story makes a distinction though... The first woman never reported it to the cops, this one did at the first opportunity....

This guy need a girlfriend fast & shut it down..media is gonna kill this
guy if he keeps this up ala tyson..

[damngoodtimes]

Just another golddigger, trying to trap him....

Nothing to see here, just like in Tahoe...

don't be such a fan, VA. while this may be true, we don't know the facts yet.

at the very least, Ben's certainly been displaying some massively poor judgment. he shouldn't be out trolling for hotties at small-town college bars....

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Did you not read what I posted after that ?

[Nickdfresh]

At best, Big Ben's image is shot

Mark Kriegel is the national columnist for FOXSports.com. He is the author of two New York Times best sellers, Namath: A Biography and Pistol: The Life of Pete Maravich, which Sports Illustrated called "the best sports biography of the year."

Updated Mar 9, 2010 12:04 PM ET

Eighty-eight yards from the end zone, with two and a half minutes remaining in Super Bowl XLIII, Ben Roethlisberger led the Steelers on one of the great, game-winning drives in football history.

Of course, he had more than a little help from his receiver, Santonio Holmes, who accounted, quite acrobatically, for 73 of those yards. But in a larger sense, the game conferred a special -- potentially immortal -- status on a quarterback who had grown up idolizing John Elway. If Roethlisberger, who wears No. 7 in Elway's honor, was big, occasionally reckless, prone to both improvisational magnificence and mishaps, he was also, undoubtedly, a winner.

It's worth noting that Elway didn't win a Super Bowl until his fourth try, when he was 36. Roethlisberger, on the other hand, was 23 when he won his first, the youngest starting quarterback to win one. By 27, he added a game-winning drive to his Super Bowl resume.

But now, just a week removed from his 28th birthday, you are again reminded that all the winning bestows no special status beyond the white lines. The ability to maintain composure in those final, frantic seconds of a ballgame is, unfortunately, no harbinger of one's dignity as a man. With a civil lawsuit for sexual assault already pending, Roethlisberger finds himself the subject of a criminal investigation for the same alleged offense.

And the best thing you can say here is that Big Ben's a big dope, a jackass who has jeopardized his precious beef-jerky endorsement.

Next best? His conduct deserves the strictest scrutiny under commissioner Goodell's "zero-tolerance" policy.

But there's another possible outcome: indictment. Criminal charges might finally settle the debate as to whether white quarterbacks and black quarterbacks are held to different standards by the press and the public. (Hey, if there was evidence to believe Michael Vick was a thug -- even before the dog-fighting charges -- there's enough to consider Roethlisberger a lout).

But it won't get to that point, at least not according to the assurances issued Monday by his lawyer, the inestimable Ed Garland. "No sexual assault occurred," said Garland. " . . . The truth of the events should cause this investigation to end without a criminal charge."

The NFL has been very good to Garland. His clients have included Ray Lewis (whose murder charge was busted down to a misdemeanor after he ratted out his friends), Jamal Lewis (who did a mere four months for his role in a major-weight federal drug case), and Pacman Jones (who received a suspended sentence and 200 hours of community service after being charged with two felonies for a strip-club altercation that left a man paralyzed).

That's good news for Roethlisberger, the defendant. But what of the Super Bowl hero?

I think that guy's done. Again, let's take the best-case scenario. I'm not saying Roethlisberger is a rapist. I just know that, at some level, he suffers from the same malady that affected Garland's other clients: a star ballplayer's sense of entitlement.

To this point, the most damning testimony to Roethlisberger's image has come from Amber Hanley, a 21-year-old student at Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville, Ga. She had the privilege of meeting him in the VIP area of Capital City, a local club, last Thursday night.

From the AP: "She said she asked the quarterback to take a photo with her friend, who was a fan, but he seemed disappointed that's all she wanted. Hanley said she rolled her eyes, and Roethlisberger called her an expletive and walked away. Later, Roethlisberger was aggressively hitting on another girl, Hanley said."

Doesn't take much to imagine what that expletive was. The story has a ring of truth, no?

Later still, a 20-year-old sophomore claimed she was assaulted by Roethlisberger, who had been to at least one other bar that night, in a bathroom at the club.

Again, as it's not my job to indict the guy, I'll assume the very best. So here's a guy who has been a full-blown celebrity for at least five years. The period of his fame coincides with the age of cell-phone cameras and the like.

But it seems to serve no warning. In fact, by now you may be acquainted with the candid shot of Roethlisberger with a T-shirt that reads: "DRINK LIKE A CHAMPION." The hottie next to him is smiling, but Big Ben can barely open his eyes. His is the unmistakable look of a slob.

Two Super Bowl rings. A $102 million contract. And he's still doing shots with college kids. Way to go, champ.

At best, Big Ben's image is shot - NFL News - FOX Sports on MSN

[Mr Walker]

Two Super Bowl rings. A $102 million contract. And he's still doing shots with college kids. Way to go, champ.

Sums it up right there.
Rapistberger = loser

[SilvioDante]

As a long time Steelers fan I gotta say I am about done with this guy. I mean, its always something with this guy. Motorcycle wrecks, bad teammate, and now he can keep his hands of the ladies.

Ben, IMHO, is obviously borderline retarded. I mean who in their right mind 7 months after being accused of rape puts themselves in the exact situation?

I know I am gonna hear, "Dude, he's young and rich, just tryin to have some fun". That's fine. Go sign with the Bengals or Raiders, grab all the jailbait tail you want. Go to jail. Piss your career away. Fine. Just don't do it in a Steeler uniform.

[Nickdfresh]

...
I know I am gonna hear, "Dude, he's young and rich, just tryin to have some fun". That's fine. Go sign with the Bengals or Raiders, grab all the jailbait tail you want. Go to jail. Piss your career away. Fine. Just don't do it in a Steeler uniform.

Not from me. It Rapistberger (LOL @ that!) has any kind of personality, genuinely likes women, and is the least bit sensitive to them---he should be rolling in women and having them practically trying to rape him. If you're a celebrity with money, you have to be a major asshole to be getting into this shit year after year...

[POJO_Risin]

Who fucking cares. He's a football player, not my fucking family.

He's paid 100 million to win football games.

If he happens to be a fucking cuntbag on top of that, shame on him. He'll end up out of football or in jail.

If it turns out to be a $2 whore looking to cash in...well...Roethlisberger won't be the first moron to win super bowl for the Steelers.

Bradshaw's still cashing in, and nobody's going to confuse him for a rocket scientist.

I flat fucking amused at Steelers fans that are "let down" by his behavior. You know, because 28-year-old males are so fucking smart to begin with. Go to the mall, count every 28-year-old you see, and know this for sure...

...if there's a 20-year-old hottie around, they'll want to fuck it.

Bottom line? Roeth is a QB, not a rocket scientist. "Let Down?" Didn't he win two super bowls? Pussy isn't steroids, they are going to take them away...

[Little Texan]

Rapistburger...



Genius!