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Ben Roethlisberger's Bad Play
This one could go either way, the bodyguards grabbed her by the arm and sat her on a stool?

Ben Roethlisberger's Bad Play


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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 ***** 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 section 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 ***** 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 ****' and that it referred to a joke between" the women.

"I'm not down to ****, but I like to **** 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 *******, 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 warrant authorizing 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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I'm still wondering if this passes the smell test or not, too. If this is all true, BR's obviously got some deep problems. It's a power and control thing, and evidently can't handle being rejected. The guy could get some consensual tail any night of the year. If this girl turned him down, he could've wandered around the bar and found someone who did want a 'quickie' within an hour of searching.

"Ben came back with his ***** out of his pants". Really? He just walks into the room, in a public establishment, with it all hanging out? And the written part about "then he had sex with me" was kind of strange.

I'm initially willing to give celebrities some benefit of the doubt. The opportunity to snag a good pay-off settlement from a multi-millionnaire is motive enough for some. But this type of trouble seems to follow Ben around, so I'm more inclined to believe there's something up here.
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Pardon me while I put on my "Pimp" suit......

This is Big Ben's second rape accusation. I know that the first was thrown out after text messages revealed that the complainant threatened him with the accusation unless he returned her calls, but come on another one.

Where is his suspension? Isn't this the job of the commissioner to handle to at least suspend him pending the investigation or is that only for players of a darker complexion.....
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I'm sorry, but I have a hard time seeing as "innocent" a "victim" who had as many opportunities to leave as this one did, but kept hanging around until things allegedly went too far. If it had been my daughter, she'd have certainly known better than to go to the second bar (or if she did, she'd have known to leave as soon as she realized he was there). An older and very well known PI attorney once told me that you don't get to be a good PI plaintiff by acting intelligently. I think the same thing applies here.

At the same time, anyone who thinks that Ben Roethlisberger doesn't have a problem is seriously deluded. Whether the entire story is correct or not, whether he did anything wrong or not, he's gotten caught too many times with his hand too close to the cookie jar (if not in it) for me to believe he's not making some serious mistakes. He needs a serious attitude adjustment. You play with fire, you're going to get burned, and he's gotten burned too many times.
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(04-19-2010 05:55 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  He needs a serious attitude adjustment. You play with fire, you're going to get burned, and he's gotten burned too many times.

You ever been to Findlay, OH?
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(04-19-2010 06:03 PM)DrTorch Wrote:  
(04-19-2010 05:55 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  He needs a serious attitude adjustment. You play with fire, you're going to get burned, and he's gotten burned too many times.

You ever been to Findlay, OH?

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(04-19-2010 05:55 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  I'm sorry, but I have a hard time seeing as "innocent" a "victim" who had as many opportunities to leave as this one did, but kept hanging around until things allegedly went too far. If it had been my daughter, she'd have certainly known better than to go to the second bar (or if she did, she'd have known to leave as soon as she realized he was there). An older and very well known PI attorney once told me that you don't get to be a good PI plaintiff by acting intelligently. I think the same thing applies here.

for real. i have a real problem finding sympathy for her
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(04-19-2010 05:55 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  I'm sorry, but I have a hard time seeing as "innocent" a "victim" who had as many opportunities to leave as this one did, but kept hanging around until things allegedly went too far. If it had been my daughter, she'd have certainly known better than to go to the second bar (or if she did, she'd have known to leave as soon as she realized he was there). An older and very well known PI attorney once told me that you don't get to be a good PI plaintiff by acting intelligently. I think the same thing applies here.

At the same time, anyone who thinks that Ben Roethlisberger doesn't have a problem is seriously deluded. Whether the entire story is correct or not, whether he did anything wrong or not, he's gotten caught too many times with his hand too close to the cookie jar (if not in it) for me to believe he's not making some serious mistakes. He needs a serious attitude adjustment. You play with fire, you're going to get burned, and he's gotten burned too many times.

Who is to say she wasn't thinking too clearly -in a booze fog. Is that a green light for BR to take advantage of her in that state. That's why I say this one is iffy. It will be put forth, that she is the one taking advantage of BR. This will either settle or will come down to the finder of fact. Who can generate the most sympathy with the jury?
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Why didn't Roethlisberger's friends stop him? The leeches that hang on to the rich and famous never seem to help the people they're leeching from. Guess they want to keep their leech status by saying yes to everything they do.
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(04-19-2010 05:33 PM)uhmump95 Wrote:  Pardon me while I put on my "Pimp" suit......

This is Big Ben's second rape accusation. I know that the first was thrown out after text messages revealed that the complainant threatened him with the accusation unless he returned her calls, but come on another one.

Where is his suspension? Isn't this the job of the commissioner to handle to at least suspend him pending the investigation or is that only for players of a darker complexion.....

Six games (with a possibility of two games off for good behavior, though I'm not certain what that would entail) enough for you?
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(04-21-2010 03:21 PM)jh Wrote:  Six games (with a possibility of two games off for good behavior, though I'm not certain what that would entail) enough for you?

Starting the season with 6 possible losses must really suck for his teammates, coaches and fans. If I was a season ticket holder I'd be pissed.
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I heard a radio interview today with the Steelers' beat reporter for the (?) Post-Gazette. He said a recent poll shows the anger the fans have with Ben. In addition to this latest incident, many complain about the way he treats people in general, in the community.

Dudes' got a real problem. Needs professional help.
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(04-21-2010 06:34 PM)MileHighBronco Wrote:  I heard a radio interview today with the Steelers' beat reporter for the (?) Post-Gazette. He said a recent poll shows the anger the fans have with Ben. In addition to this latest incident, many complain about the way he treats people in general, in the community.

Dudes' got a real problem. Needs professional help.

ESPN reported yesterday that the Steelers were trying to trade him before today's Draft.

He would fit perfect in Oakland.
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(04-21-2010 03:21 PM)jh Wrote:  
(04-19-2010 05:33 PM)uhmump95 Wrote:  Pardon me while I put on my "Pimp" suit......

This is Big Ben's second rape accusation. I know that the first was thrown out after text messages revealed that the complainant threatened him with the accusation unless he returned her calls, but come on another one.

Where is his suspension? Isn't this the job of the commissioner to handle to at least suspend him pending the investigation or is that only for players of a darker complexion.....

Six games (with a possibility of two games off for good behavior, though I'm not certain what that would entail) enough for you?
Yep.
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