As you may know, Ben Roethlisberger has been accused of sexual assault by Andrea McNulty. She claims that Big Ben raped her when he was in Lake Tahoe for a golf tournament. Allegedly, Roethlisberger called her to come fix his television and then proceeded to assault her. Here are pictures of McNulty via WithLeather:
It’s interesting that ESPN has decided not to give this any coverage. They say that they have a policy against covering civil court cases. Coincidentally, Ben Roethlisberger is scheduled to be on an ABC/ESPN reality show this Friday. Big Ben is set to participate in Shaq Vs., where Shaq takes on other athletes in their sports. As a result of the bad press, Roethlisberger has canceled his Thursday press conference but still plans on filming the show. Below are the rest of the details in the case.
Via FanHouse:
Ben Roethlisberger is facing accusations of sexual assault from a Nevada woman, Andrea McNulty, who filed a civil lawsuit claiming the Steelers quarterback raped her in July 2008 in a penthouse room at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe Casino.
The 36-page complaint filed last Friday in Washoe County, Nev., was made public on Tuesday and names eight defendants in addition to Roethlisberger, a two-time Super Bowl winner. McNulty, alleges that co-workers and supervisors at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe tried to cover up the incident, and that she did not file a criminal complaint because she feared she would be fired and that no one in her workplace would back her story.
The lawsuit seeks special and punitive damages in excess of $390,000.
According to the document, McNulty was working at her position of VIP guest shift manager and executive casino host during the 2008 American Century Celebrity Golf Tournament when Roethlisberger — a guest in one of the penthouse rooms — engaged her in friendly conversation.
The suit says McNulty was responsible for serving all guests on the VIP floor, among them Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley.
The next evening, July 11, the suit alleges that Roethlisberger called McNulty to his room on the 17th floor complaining that his television was broken. McNulty said in the complaint that she could not reach anyone in engineering to check on the problem and reported to the room herself because she had been instructed to make sure “that Roethlisberger had a good trip.”
It was then, the suit alleges, that the 6-foot-5, 249-pound quarterback blocked McNulty from leaving, grabbed her, kissed her and “began fondling plaintiff through her dress and between her legs.” McNulty protested and objected, the suit claims, but she feared the football player would physically harm her.
The suit then graphically describes how Roethlisberger “held her against her will and physically moved plaintiff and pushed her onto his bed,” where he allegedly raped her.
Afterward, the suit claims, Roethlisberger asked McNulty whether there were security cameras in the room. She told him there were cameras everywhere, and he ordered her, “If anybody asks you, you fixed my television. You fixed my television. Now go!” the suit says.
According to the complaint, McNulty told Harrah’s security chief Guy Hyder about the attack and was informed that the casino president, John Koster, was close friends with Roethlisberger. Hyder, the lawsuit said, told McNulty she was “overreacting,” and 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.”
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