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.

[Coach]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

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.

Clearly, you don't understand the situation. OJ did clearly murder his ex-wife and her friend, regardless of what the Jury said. That's entirely different than Ben's situation.

Big Ben did NOT murder anybody, and as far as this whole thing is being played out now, apparently DID NOT rape the woman. So, what I am trying to understand is, if Big Ben has been proven innocent, without a doubt, then there is NO LOGICAL reasoning for Big Ben to have to go to some stupid civil court to pay HER $, especially when SHE FABRICATED a story, combine it with her mental issues, and for some reason, waited for a whole year, just to file a ****ing police report.

[orange]

When exactly was "Big Ben has been proven innocent, without a doubt?"

When he said he didn't do it?

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by Coach

Clearly, you don't understand the situation. OJ did clearly murder his ex-wife and her friend, regardless of what the Jury said. That's entirely different than Ben's situation.

Big Ben did NOT murder anybody, and as far as this whole thing is being played out now, apparently DID NOT rape the woman. So, what I am trying to understand is, if Big Ben has been proven innocent, without a doubt, then there is NO LOGICAL reasoning for Big Ben to have to go to some stupid civil court to pay HER $, especially when SHE FABRICATED a story, combine it with her mental issues, and for some reason, waited for a whole year, just to file a ****ing police report.

oj CLEARLY did it? what makes you THINK that? there's nothing clear about it. it's called speculation, you know the courts acquitted him, and in this country people are innocent until PROVEN guilty right?