Roethlisberger listed as defendant in lawsuit

[BigRichard]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200....ap/index.html

RENO, Nev. (AP) -- Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has been named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by a woman in Nevada.

According to online court records, a defamation lawsuit was filed in Washoe County on Friday. Andrea McNulty is listed as the plaintiff.

Details of the suit were not available late Monday night. Roethlisberger was one of nine defendants listed in the online court docket report.

Roethlisberger's attorney released a statement to several media outlets Monday night saying the two-time Super Bowl winner was accused of sexual assault in the lawsuit by McNulty. Atlanta-based attorney David Cornwell denied Roethlisberger sexually assaulted McNulty.

"This weekend Andrea McNulty served Ben Roethlisberger with a civil complaint accusing him of sexually assaulting her in July 2008. Ben has never sexually assaulted anyone; especially Andrea McNulty. The timing of the lawsuit and the absence of a criminal complaint and a criminal investigation are the most compelling evidence of the absence of any criminal conduct. If an investigation is commenced, Ben will cooperate fully and Ben will be fully exonerated," Cornwell said.

A phone message and e-mail from the AP to Cornwell were not immediately returned.

Attorney Calvin R. Dunlap, of Reno, filed the suit, according to court documents. A telephone message left for him was not immediately returned.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Simplex3

If she's jacked in the head maybe her dog is telling her to sue for exactly $390k. No way to know.

LOL

Well, you'd have to think that the lawyer has done some research into this case before filing. Otherwise, he's going to get a ton of negative publicity for even filing this case and probably lose a ton of future, potential clients.

[Chiefnj2]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Yeah, that's what I mentioned earlier.

IF she's lying (or jacked in the head or whatever), it doesn't make much sense to go through all of this for a mere $390k.

That part doesn't add up.

Where are people getting this 390k from?

[The Franchise]

Originally Posted by Chiefnj2

Where are people getting this 390k from?

The suit seeks at least $440,000 in damages from the quarterback who won the Super Bowl this year and in 2006, and alleges hotel officials for Harrah's Lake Tahoe went to great lengths to cover up the incident. She's seeking $50,000 in damages from the Harrah's officials.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Chiefnj2

Where are people getting this 390k from?

I don't know.

The SI article claims $440k plus another $50k.

I just checked out the lead lawyer's credentials and he's been a lawyer since 1970, in both California and Nevada.

He's definitely not a bozo.

[Chiefnj2]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

I don't know.

The SI article claims $440k plus another $50k.

I just checked out the lead lawyer's credentials and he's been a lawyer since 1970, in both California and Nevada.

He's definitely not a bozo.

SI is wrong. The complaint lists specific amounts for medical bills and I believe lost wages and then asks for punitive damages in an unspecified amount to "deter" Ben from further acts in the future and other counts say "in excess of $10,000" which must be a Nevada statutory requirement. She is in no way only asking for 440.

[BigRock]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

Because she's ****ing stupid.

Exhibit A:

Never contacting the police.

If not contacting the police after you're raped makes you ****ing stupid, then an awful lot of legitimate rape victims are ****ing stupid.

And as nice as it would be, many rape victims don't suddenly turn into detectives slash CSI's and go "Sweet, I got his DNA all over me, this case will be easy to prove".

Which isn't to back this woman's story one way or another. But failing to do either of those things does not make her story less credible.

[BigRock]

Originally Posted by Hootie

This is why rape victims never come forward...

Originally Posted by Simplex3

Thanks for your input Susan Brownmiller.

The only published, real research I've ever seen on the subject was done by Dr. Kanin from Purdue. In his study the number of *proven false* accusations was 41%. On college campuses fully 50% of cases the woman admits the allegation was false.

A percentage of false rape claims has no bearing on the number of rapes that are never reported. Kanin's study doesn't contradict what Hootie said.

Specific to that study, though, Kanin's data is considerably higher than pretty much any other reporting ever done on a percentage of false rape claims. His is the only one I'm aware of with a figure over 10%, let alone close to 50%.

Kanin has even clarified it in the years since, saying by no means should that data be extrapolated (his figure was based on one specific town). Before that remark, his study was (and probably still is) being used as the hallmark of these anti-women groups who think females were put here to serve us and that rape is a myth.

Point being, one really shouldn't base their opinion on the amount of bogus rape claims in the world on that particular study. It is what it is, a report about one town over a span of several years. There have been reports refuting Kanin's findings with data from major cities (I think one was on San Diego) who had their percentage of false reports at like 3%. It doesn't mean it's that low either.

[Pioli Zombie]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

I find it hard to believe that a woman would fall into a massive depression and need psychiatric and physical hospitalization because she had consensual sex with Rothlisberger.

This is a pretty interesting point.
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[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by bandwagonjumper

I know I'm in the minority here but I always give the women the benefit of doubt. I remember the Kobe Bryant case but I also remember the Duke rape case. It could go either way. Right now we don't know but she pains a convincing picture.

On the one hand, there's the Kobe Bryant case where he was falsely accused of rape. Of course, on the other hand, there's the Duke Lacrosse case in which the men were falsely accused of rape.

[Coach]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Not necessarily.

She wouldn't be offered a settlement sum in a criminal case.

Why should she be offered a settlement after possibly fabricating a story and that Ben has been cleared ALL of the charges? Combine that with her past mental issues, yeah, I don't think so.

[FAX]

Originally Posted by BigRock

If not contacting the police after you're raped makes you ****ing stupid, then an awful lot of legitimate rape victims are ****ing stupid.

And as nice as it would be, many rape victims don't suddenly turn into detectives slash CSI's and go "Sweet, I got his DNA all over me, this case will be easy to prove".

Which isn't to back this woman's story one way or another. But failing to do either of those things does not make her story less credible.

Yep. It's an amazing phenomenon, really ... that so many rape victims fail to report the crime to the police, I mean. Coupled with the fact that such a large number of rape reports turn out to be false or utterly unprovable and you have yourself a real problem. Couple that with the dilemma concerning what aspects of the "victim's" behavior is and is not admissible in court, and the problem is made even worse. Maybe less coupling is in order.

It bothers me that any woman can accuse any man of rape at any time. All you have to demonstrate is proximity and you have a case. It is an accusation that can come years after the fact and still carry weight. Mr. Simplex3's description of a "crap storm" is pretty darn accurate.

FAX

[KCUnited]

Originally Posted by orange

There are already rumors being spread - anonymously, of course - about the "real" reason for her mental breakdown.

Bizarre Twist in Roethlisberger Assault Case
Posted Jul 21st 2009 10:24AM by TMZ Staff

Sources connected to the Ben Roethlisberger sexual assault case claim the psychiatric care the accuser says she's under has nothing to do with Ben .... it has to do with a relationship she had with a man who never existed.

Andrea McNulty has sued Roethlisberger, the Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl champ, claiming he sexually assaulted her in July 2008. Sources tell us Roethlisberger and McNulty had a sexual liaison at the time but Ben insists it was purely consensual. We're told the two knew each other because Ben had stayed at Harrah's in Lake Tahoe over the last several years for golf tournaments -- and she worked at the hotel.

Sources connected with the case tell us a former co-worker of McNulty's at Harrah's came forward with this incredible story -- that around the time McNulty hooked up with Roethlisberger, she was allegedly involved with a married man. The man's wife, we're told, created an email account, posing as a U.S. soldier in Iraq. The wife began corresponding with McNulty to gain information. We're told the former co-worker has said McNulty fell in love with the fictitious soldier and began telling people she was engaged to him. When the wife stopped the correspondence, McNulty then began telling people the soldier was killed in action.

We're told McNulty told at least one co-worker she began seeing a psychiatrist because of the phantom soldier.

We tried repeatedly getting in touch with McNulty. So far we have been unable to reach her.

http://www.tmz.com/2009/07/21/ben-ro...ldier-mcnulty/

TMZ posted that BEFORE the court papers went online. It will be interesting to see if their "source" is one of the co-defendants; or if this correspondence with the fictitious soldier began before or after the encounter with BR.

Wow.

I like how bitches are crazy enough to pose as a U.S. Soldier in Iraq to gain information about an affair, and crazy enough to fall in love with someone that doesn't exist and make up a fake death for this fake person they are in love with, but aren't crazy enough to claw a dudes eyes out while they're being sexually assualted.

But I'm no rape doctor.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Coach

Why should she be offered a settlement after possibly fabricating a story and that Ben has been cleared ALL of the charges? Combine that with her past mental issues, yeah, I don't think so.

Clearly, you don't understand the law.

O.J. was acquitted of murdering Nicole Simpson and her friend.

Yet in Civil Court, he was found guilty was ordered to pay $33 million dollars.

[Hootie]

Originally Posted by BigRock

A percentage of false rape claims has no bearing on the number of rapes that are never reported. Kanin's study doesn't contradict what Hootie said.

Specific to that study, though, Kanin's data is considerably higher than pretty much any other reporting ever done on a percentage of false rape claims. His is the only one I'm aware of with a figure over 10%, let alone close to 50%.

Kanin has even clarified it in the years since, saying by no means should that data be extrapolated (his figure was based on one specific town). Before that remark, his study was (and probably still is) being used as the hallmark of these anti-women groups who think females were put here to serve us and that rape is a myth.

Point being, one really shouldn't base their opinion on the amount of bogus rape claims in the world on that particular study. It is what it is, a report about one town over a span of several years. There have been reports refuting Kanin's findings with data from major cities (I think one was on San Diego) who had their percentage of false reports at like 3%. It doesn't mean it's that low either.

I was going to chime in and defend myself, because he made my exact point in his next post after he had just called me a dumbass, but then I really just lost interest.

[Hootie]

Originally Posted by Simplex3

Rape cases are a tough deal. The crime is freaking awful and devastating, but it is nearly impossible to prove. Add to it the fact that such a huge percentage of claims are later proven false to suit some desire of the accuser (alibi, revenge, or sympathy) and it's just a crap storm all around for everyone.

This was my exact point when I said..."this is why most people who are legitimately raped don't come forward"...

But thanks for chiming in and belittling me like usual.