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Re: NFL Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger Accused of Sex Assault
« Reply #25 on: July 22, 2009, 07:23:07 PM »
Nah -- sorry.   Respectable attorneys don't file suits like this if there is nada nothing that will stick.  They don't need that kind of attention.

You are basing your comments on a complaint, which is step 1 in a long process.   This isn't a raped-while-walking-to-my-car incident.   Lots of layers here.   Could end up being a mentally disturbed individual fabricating more into a quick sex thing, but these lawyers are not stupid.  They got something.


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Re: NFL Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger Accused of Sex Assault
« Reply #26 on: July 22, 2009, 07:24:53 PM »
Sorry dear, but I think you're off base on this one.  IF she were in fact a rape victim, and being PHYSICALLY assaulted (as she stated in the complaint) by as she states, "a 240-pound man" should have left SOME sort of mark.  She also stated he ejaculated on her.  No DNA, ANYWHERE?  Really? 

And notwithstanding, Harrah's is a multi-billion dollar corporation.  Ben is an athlete accused of a crime.  Why would Harrah's risk the liability to bring someone like that back if there was ANYTHING behind it at all?  Would their employees all act this way, each and every one of them fully aware of what could happen to their own careers and the company if it got out that you can just rape employees at will and get away with it cause they'll cover for you?

In this case, the "big guns" smell money.  And as much as I hate to be a cynic as much as the next guy, but I am one these days, particularly when it comes to scheming women and lawyers.  I've seen too many ambulance chasers in my time to think these guys (and this woman's) motives are purely altruistic. 

Having worked for and on the other side of personal injury attorneys I know an ambulance chaser when I see one.

This law firm isn't an ambulance chaser.   

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Re: NFL Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger Accused of Sex Assault
« Reply #27 on: July 22, 2009, 07:27:56 PM »
Also note -- wealthy wives of governors do not hire hacks to represent them.   

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Re: NFL Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger Accused of Sex Assault
« Reply #28 on: July 22, 2009, 07:30:05 PM »
Sorry I'm not buying into it that He's guilty of anything but having sex if it happened at all.
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Re: NFL Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger Accused of Sex Assault
« Reply #29 on: July 22, 2009, 07:30:36 PM »
Nah -- sorry.   Respectable attorneys don't file suits like this if there is nada nothing that will stick.  They don't need that kind of attention.

You are basing your comments on a complaint, which is step 1 in a long process.   This isn't a raped-while-walking-to-my-car incident.   Lots of layers here.   Could end up being a mentally disturbed individual fabricating more into a quick sex thing, but these lawyers are not stupid.  They got something.



Not necessarily.  Like I said, lawyers get greedy too.  I saw enough of them in CA.  This witness just isn't credible.
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Re: NFL Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger Accused of Sex Assault
« Reply #30 on: July 22, 2009, 08:01:19 PM »
Interesting:

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In January, McNulty filed a harassment complaint against the man whom she met while both were hospitalized in Reno for mental health issues.

In the lawsuit, McNulty attributed her deteriorating mental health that required several hospitalizations to post-traumatic stress from the alleged rape.

She claimed in the lawsuit that Harrah's officials knew of the incident and failed to report it and pressured her into keeping it quiet.

Pierini said the alleged failure of the casino to report the allegation “would not be typical.”

“We have good working relationships with all the casinos,” Pierini said. “They immediately call the sheriff's office. It would not be typical for them not to do that.”
http://www.recordcourier.com/article/20090722/NEWS/907229987/1062&ParentProfile=1049


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Re: NFL Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger Accused of Sex Assault
« Reply #31 on: July 22, 2009, 08:16:02 PM »
Read that last part again, FL.  It would go against everything these places stand for to NOT report this.  They have too much to lose--you want to be the hotel that gets the reputation of rapists, etc., running around your property and nobody will do jack shit about it?
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Re: NFL Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger Accused of Sex Assault
« Reply #32 on: July 22, 2009, 08:44:02 PM »
That is why I posted it -- it is interesting.   She is also still employed there and they released a statement today saying she is an "excellent employee."

All very odd.   I think I will be following this one.   

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Re: NFL Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger Accused of Sex Assault
« Reply #33 on: July 23, 2009, 02:00:18 PM »
Sounds like bull shit to me.

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Re: NFL Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger Accused of Sex Assault
« Reply #34 on: July 23, 2009, 02:14:13 PM »
Working girl.

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Re: NFL Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger Accused of Sex Assault
« Reply #35 on: August 09, 2009, 10:02:29 AM »
Whoops.  Not good for the plantiff...

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Roethlisberger accuser allegedly bragged about sex

Associated Press - August 8, 2009 5:25 PM ET

RENO, Nev. (AP) - The woman suing Ben Roethlisberger for alleged sexual assault has been accused of bragging about having consensual sex with him to a co-worker.

According to court documents filed late Friday, Angela Antonetti said the woman who made the rape claim "did not appear to be upset, stressed-out or nervous" about her time with the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback during a 2008 celebrity golf tournament at Lake Tahoe.

Antonetti says her Harrah's hotel-casino co-worker "appeared happy and boastful" about it and later said she thought she might be pregnant from the encounter.
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Re: NFL Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger Accused of Sex Assault
« Reply #36 on: August 09, 2009, 10:04:58 AM »
Whoops.  Not good for the plantiff...

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Roethlisberger accuser allegedly bragged about sex

Associated Press - August 8, 2009 5:25 PM ET

RENO, Nev. (AP) - The woman suing Ben Roethlisberger for alleged sexual assault has been accused of bragging about having consensual sex with him to a co-worker.

According to court documents filed late Friday, Angela Antonetti said the woman who made the rape claim "did not appear to be upset, stressed-out or nervous" about her time with the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback during a 2008 celebrity golf tournament at Lake Tahoe.

Antonetti says her Harrah's hotel-casino co-worker "appeared happy and boastful" about it and later said she thought she might be pregnant from the encounter.


Wonder if plan A didn't work out so well, so she has moved on to plan B to make some money from him.

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Re: NFL Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger Accused of Sex Assault
« Reply #37 on: August 09, 2009, 02:44:31 PM »

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Re: NFL Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger Accused of Sex Assault
« Reply #38 on: August 09, 2009, 03:02:18 PM »
Well now.   This affidavit supports the contention that Roethlisberger actually had sex with this woman. 

You all keep thinking this was done to help Roethlisberger..........   

Mcnulty's attorney is pure genius. 



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Re: NFL Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger Accused of Sex Assault
« Reply #39 on: August 10, 2009, 06:47:05 AM »
And if this had been Tom Brady, you'd be defending him to the ends of the earth.  Stop already.  She alleges she was RAPED.  The worst Ben did was bang a psycho chick, WITH HER CONSENT.

Her allegations are pure BS.
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Re: NFL Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger Accused of Sex Assault
« Reply #40 on: August 10, 2009, 09:13:28 AM »
You don;t get it.   I could give a flying fig about the merits of this case, or if Roethlisberger did this or not (yawn already). I never said he did it.

This case was taken on by a respected high profile law firm.   What has been released to the press makes you scratch your head over why a law firm would take this on, however the complaint itself was rather well written and made me pause in passing judgement on whether it happened or not.   

Now comes this affidavit, which predictably (and clearly the intent of the filing) lays some foundation that the sex actually happened.    The lack of physical evidence (necessary for criminal proceedings) is really no longer an issue.  Roethlisberger's case just took a twist, and is now a lot more difficult to defend.

I suggest that instead of making ANY judgements at all in this case that you sit back and watch it unfold.   McNulty has a damn good legal team.   As I stated in the beginning, this is worth watching.

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Re: NFL Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger Accused of Sex Assault
« Reply #41 on: August 10, 2009, 11:27:22 AM »
You don;t get it.   I could give a flying fig about the merits of this case, or if Roethlisberger did this or not (yawn already). I never said he did it.

This case was taken on by a respected high profile law firm.   What has been released to the press makes you scratch your head over why a law firm would take this on, however the complaint itself was rather well written and made me pause in passing judgement on whether it happened or not.   

Now comes this affidavit, which predictably (and clearly the intent of the filing) lays some foundation that the sex actually happened.    The lack of physical evidence (necessary for criminal proceedings) is really no longer an issue.  Roethlisberger's case just took a twist, and is now a lot more difficult to defend.

I suggest that instead of making ANY judgements at all in this case that you sit back and watch it unfold.   McNulty has a damn good legal team.   As I stated in the beginning, this is worth watching.

Settlement or will this really get to court?

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Re: NFL Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger Accused of Sex Assault
« Reply #42 on: August 10, 2009, 11:40:31 AM »
How about neither?  Couple more affadavits like that and it'll all just go away quietly, with Ben having learned a valuable lesson about not sticking his pee-pee into psycho hose beasts.
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Re: NFL Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger Accused of Sex Assault
« Reply #43 on: August 10, 2009, 11:54:44 AM »
Settlement or will this really get to court?

No idea, but I will tell you this -- if they settle immediately after depositions then McNulty has pay dirt for evidence. 

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Re: NFL Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger Accused of Sex Assault
« Reply #44 on: August 10, 2009, 11:56:09 AM »
She has jack squat for "evidence", and she knows it.  Why else wait a year?
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Re: NFL Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger Accused of Sex Assault
« Reply #45 on: August 10, 2009, 12:11:37 PM »
She has jack squat for "evidence", and she knows it.  Why else wait a year?

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Re: NFL Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger Accused of Sex Assault
« Reply #46 on: August 10, 2009, 12:43:14 PM »
Because it is all about money, that's why.

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Re: NFL Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger Accused of Sex Assault
« Reply #47 on: August 10, 2009, 12:43:55 PM »
She has jack squat for "evidence", and she knows it.  Why else wait a year?

IMHO...Ben wanted a booty call...she thought that if she slept with him he'd want to see her again.

He never called back....she got pissed.  Lawsuit insued.


Remember the William Kennedy Smith rape trial?  All that drama just because he called her by another girls name just as they were about to get busy on the beach.
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Re: NFL Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger Accused of Sex Assault
« Reply #48 on: August 10, 2009, 01:57:43 PM »
Settlement or will this really get to court?

My turn.

If I were on the jury with just what we have here I would go for the defence.

The woman involved here is not some 21 year old girl right out of college. She must have been around Casinos all her life.

She was what 30 some odd years old when she was hired at the Hotel and in less then 2 years worked herself into one heck of a good job.  A very fast learner and most capable of doing her job with skill.

The Casino business has few ministers of God running them or working there.  Small sin city's there.

I have to go with Sparky on this one, it is not easy keeping dirty pool a secret in any kind of organization, gossip goes around like wheels  on the slot machines.

One may when they are young think they can sleep to the top but Lord this was a woman who had been around the MOB for 2 years at that place and not a young girl.

How many people were she responsible for on that VIP floor ?  

You know, all this was suppose to have happend at 10 O'clock at night, this is a place where people are coming to their rooms off and on until day light needing room service, more towels, perhaps some hangover cure, a hooker or drugs.

I cannot get over the fact that she left her station to go to his room for any reason.!!!!!

I am not convinced she had NO backup for breaks or bathroom. I am not convinced she could not have called for a back up, told them where she would be so as to not left the station deserted for even one minute.

She was in charge of being at the beck and call of all the high profilers on that floor, the customers were not in the cheap $400.00 a night rooms, they were in suites and drunk or sober expected service at the instant they demanded it.

Now if all this happend as she says, she may have been spooked big time and acted in a hysterical manor, but next day at the least is when she would have to decide what to do, go to the police or suck it up and learn a good lesson.  

What did she think running around work telling everyone she had been raped was going to accomplish.? If she herself didn't go to the police what did she expect her boss to do about her problem.?

There is no evidence that man did one darn thing to her, it is all she said. No evidence he had a hooker in his room before he jumped on her, just her word.  One full year after the fact and she never to this day has put out a criminal complaint on him.

At this point I find the defendant NOT GUILTY----with more information coming our way, I may revise my thinking.












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Re: NFL Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger Accused of Sex Assault
« Reply #49 on: August 18, 2009, 08:09:06 PM »
Roethlisberger co-defendant files motion to dismiss civil lawsuit (6:02 PM)
August 18, 2009 6:02 PM
RENO, Nev. (AP) - A former Harrah’s employee has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit that accuses Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger of raping another worker.
Stacy Dingman is the former director of hotels at Harrah’s and one of nine defendants named in the lawsuit filed last month in Washoe County District Court. The suit also accuses managers of the hotel-casino at Lake Tahoe of covering up the alleged sex assault.
She also said she is the former best friend of the woman who claims Roethlisberger raped her at the hotel-casino during an annual celebrity golf tournament in July 2008.
Dingman said in her motion that the lawsuit is baseless and that she has been dragged into it without justification.
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