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.
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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.”
Apparently the policeman who took the victim’s initial statement has now resigned. He made insulting remarks about the victim and posed for pictures with Roethlisberger. It’s now being reported that Roethlisberger will be benched for 2-4 games by the NFL. Is that all the punishment he’ll ever see? This is actually the second time that Roethlisberger has been accused of rape.
Tiger Woods was an arrogant, entitled prick who thought he could do anything he wanted without paying the consequences. Roethlisberger is the same – he saw something he wanted and he took it. Her feelings weren’t important. Now we’re going to see the victim smeared and Roethlisberger defended by too many people – all because he’s good at throwing a football.