Roethlisberger wants damages from accuser

Submitted by anthony on Sat, 2009-10-17 23:53

Story here. Excerpt:

'RENO, Nev. -- Ben Roethlisberger is seeking unspecified counter damages from a woman he says falsely accused him of rape in what his lawyer describes as a plan she hatched to seduce the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback in his Lake Tahoe casino-hotel room.

The woman alleged in a civil suit filed in Washoe District Court in July that Roethlisberger sexually assaulted her at Harrah's in July 2008 after he lured her there under the false pretense of needing his television repaired.

Roethlisberger's lawyer, John Echeverria, said in a response to the lawsuit filed this week that the woman made up the story because she knew it was against Harrah's policy for employees to visit a guest's room without a work-related purpose.

Her violation of the policy "was a deliberate step in her plan to seduce Mr. Roethlisberger," Echeverria wrote.'

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Good for him. False rape accusers need to be punished by someone. If the criminal court system won't do it, then it it's the victims responsibility to do it in civil court. By standing up for himself Mr. Roethlisberger is sending a strong message to any future false rape extortionists that he will go after them if they try to cry rape, and then get a big payout in a civil lawsuit that has a much lower standard for evidence.

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Submitted by insdel2005 on Mon, 2009-10-19 17:45

Yes. This is very important. Most falsely accused men simply don't have the wherewithall to go after their accusers.

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Submitted by champ1 on Tue, 2009-10-20 04:43