Roethlisberger Admits Sexual "Contact"
Ben Roethlisberger admitted to police he had sexual contact with a woman accusing him of sexual assault at an Atlanta-area nightclub Friday night, but denies the two had intercourse, according to sources speaking to CBS Pittsburgh station KDKA.
After the woman made the claim, police in Milledgeville, Ga. spoke with the two-time Super Bowl-winning Steelers quarterback, the station reports. And, notes CBS News Correspondent Jeff Glor, those investigators say they intend to interview Roethlisberger again in coming days.
He was at the club celebrating his 28th birthday.
The sources also say Roethlisberger denied there was an assault, and told cops the woman, 20, slipped and fell after the sexual contact, injuring her head.
The woman immediately went to a local hospital to report her complaint, Glor points out.
Police will ask Roethlisberger for DNA samples, Glor says, presumably to see if they match substances taken from the woman at the hospital.
Roethlisberger's lawyer, Ed Garland, maintains his client will emerge from the incident with his reputation intact. "We intend to finish this case in a way that neither his liberty nor his future is damaged," garland told reporters.
Roethlisberger is also being sued by a woman who claims he raped her at a Lake Tahoe hotel/casino last year, an allegation he strongly denies.
On "The Early Show" Thursday, CBS News legal analyst Jack Ford says the latest revelations, if true, "change the dimensions" of the case:
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Copyright 2010 CBS. All rights reserved. After the woman made the claim, police in Milledgeville, Ga. spoke with the two-time Super Bowl-winning Steelers quarterback, the station reports. And, notes CBS News Correspondent Jeff Glor, those investigators say they intend to interview Roethlisberger again in coming days.
He was at the club celebrating his 28th birthday.
The sources also say Roethlisberger denied there was an assault, and told cops the woman, 20, slipped and fell after the sexual contact, injuring her head.
The woman immediately went to a local hospital to report her complaint, Glor points out.
Police will ask Roethlisberger for DNA samples, Glor says, presumably to see if they match substances taken from the woman at the hospital.
Roethlisberger's lawyer, Ed Garland, maintains his client will emerge from the incident with his reputation intact. "We intend to finish this case in a way that neither his liberty nor his future is damaged," garland told reporters.
Roethlisberger is also being sued by a woman who claims he raped her at a Lake Tahoe hotel/casino last year, an allegation he strongly denies.
On "The Early Show" Thursday, CBS News legal analyst Jack Ford says the latest revelations, if true, "change the dimensions" of the case:
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including his brain.
is there no one around to advise this guy? No friend to say; "Ben, don't go there" or Ben, don't do that."?
As you are a Steeler fan, It must have been hard enough to deal with his motorcycle crash and recovery.....and now this ?
So, it's off to the college bars he goes, chasing little teeny boppers around and scoring with guttersnipe s.l.u.t.s. Every once in a while, some girl with actual self-worth tells him to get lost, and he just loses it and attacks them.
Ben, you are a LOSER!!!! Whatever few brain cells you once had were lost in that motorcycle accident and now you're just a reptilian-brained moron!
Some men like to TAKE sex--it heightens the experience for them if the woman is not willing and it also gives them an excuse to 'hurt' such a woman. If this man is like one of those--then all of the money in the world is not enough to keep him from raping--because money only makes many women willing--BUT if he does not want the willing ones and wants to hurt--then him being rich or cute is not the thing.
The fact is--he said at first that it did not happen--now he does admit sexual contact and also admits she got hurt but blames it on a fall? This is a man who may like rough sex and may like it when it is not with a person acting like they do not want him --but likes it with a person who really, really does not want him. A TAKER. Another name for such a person--when they are not famous or rich is a RAPIST.
These women who think they will give up something sexual in nature and become the next Mrs Pro-Athlete and get paid.
The Athletes are just stupid, there is ALWAYS a fee. Prostitution isn't just in the red light district. The more money you make the larger the target on you for any and all scammers be they in the form of the next-great-business-dealer, to the high-priced hooker (excuse me gold-digger). So, they are idiots, every time they wake up thinking they will be under the radar today.