Civil Lawsuit Filed Against Ben Roethlisberger

[Fireball77]

I could be wrong but my guess Skew is that Pstall is referring to the name of former Steeler Lynn Swann on his list. Definitely an interesting angle and needs to be considered.

[WilkinsonDonnie]

They said in the news criminal charges couldnt be brought because she didn't file them and if she wanted to that it is too late to now. This might be a bs case.

[pstall]

I could be wrong but my guess Skew is that Pstall is referring to the name of former Steeler Lynn Swann on his list. Definitely an interesting angle and needs to be considered.

Correct. Pitt HATES having any dirty laundry.

Every base was covered as much as possible and Rooney knows the power of ESPN to sway public opinion.

What is not so much funny as much as it's shallow is the ease in which race comes into play.

Ever hear of this thing called money. Money trumps ALL.

[scpanther22]

Correct. Pitt HATES having any dirty laundry.

Every base was covered as much as possible and Rooney knows the power of ESPN to sway public opinion.

What is not so much funny as much as it's shallow is the ease in which race comes into play.Ever hear of this thing called money. Money trumps ALL.

that may be..but most people dont look at it like you do..they see one black all over ESPN..they see one white guy no were to be found..and the basis ESPN used to justify them not showing ben..they did not use on the black guy(Marvin Harrison)

no matter IMO whats true this just goes to show how much the media sucks today..they report what they want to and in the process they almost brainwash people that dont know any better..thats just the entire medias problem

[pstall]

that may be..but most people dont look at it like you do..they see one black all over ESPN..they see one white guy no were to be found..and the basis ESPN used to justify them not showing ben..they did not use on the black guy(Marvin Harrison)

no matter IMO whats true this just goes to show how much the media sucks today..they report what they want to and in the process they almost brainwash people that dont know any better..thats just the entire medias problem

Would ESPN rather have viewers or not?

Maybe the general public needs to up their brain power a little and quit being sheeple.

That or we are too quick to paint the general public as lazy, mindless sclubs who can't discern anything on their own.

Keep this in mind as well. Criminal is MUCH different than CIVL. And the civil comes a YEAR later.

It may come out but Roony's office put a call in to stifle this.

Is there a certain # of stories/hours that have to be devoted to placate those who think ESPN is not doing this because Ben is white?

Like in life, everything isn't always black and white.

[Fireball77]

LOL ESPN just ran COMMERCIAL starring BR.

NFLN pulled their Donte Whitner commercial for Play 60 after he was accused of offseason trouble (something to do with accusations of fighting outside a club I believe).

ESPN is laughably transparent at this point. At least pull the effing commercial for now you dupes.

[Mr. Scot]

Yea, ESPN is looking more like a fool for FINALLY reporting the story when it's become old news to everyone else.

And their reasoning is become more suspect.

They screwed up on this one. Still, the question of why they didn't report it become more obvious. Can't buy their "won't comment on civil suit" policy.

Too many facts show they will when it will help them.

They just need to bite it on this one and admit they were wrong, or no one will give a poo about anything they say.

Back in the day, credibility was everything for a news company.

Now, ESPN can actually get away with bullpoo like this for the most part.

I've begun to think it's just stubbornness at this point.

They know they're wrong, and they know they look like morons, but someone (probably the news chief whose name escapes me) has it in their head that to change course now would look even worse. Thus they're "sticking to their guns".

The one thing that I think makes them look uber-stupid is that the NFL has acknowledged it on their own network. If the league itself admits it, how can an organization reporting on the league justify stifling it?

[DaCityKats]

I've begun to think it's just stubbornness at this point.

They know they're wrong, and they know they look like morons, but someone (probably the news chief whose name escapes me) has it in their head that to change course now would look even worse. Thus they're "sticking to their guns".

The one thing that I think makes them look uber-stupid is that the NFL has acknowledged it on their own network. If the league itself admits it, how can an organization reporting on the league justify stifling it?

bc its about money according to some lol......so why would the other owners not stop there athletes civil case from being aired on one station...and why would he pay only espn not to show this.people do watch other news

[pstall]

bc its about money according to some lol......so why would the other owners not stop there athletes civil case from being aired on one station...and why would he pay only espn not to show this.people do watch other news

Does ESPN want viewers or not?

[Fireball77]

Man his presser was awful. So fakey.

He didn't admit or deny knowing her or anything. My guess is that he did her and is going for the consensual angle if cornered. Without denying or admitting the sex, and if she has some kind of "proof", he can say it was consensual. If she doesn't he can say it didn't happen at all. Only way you waffle like that IMO is if you screwed the broad. If there was no sex at all, there would be no way to prove there was would there?

[pstall]

Man his presser was awful. So fakey.

He didn't admit or deny knowing her or anything. My guess is that he did her and is going for the consensual angle if cornered. Without denying or admitting the sex, and if she has some kind of "proof", he can say it was consensual. If she doesn't he can say it didn't happen at all. Only way you waffle like that IMO is if you screwed the broad. If there was no sex at all, there would be no way to prove there was would there?

We have a winner.

[Skew]

Man his presser was awful. So fakey.

He didn't admit or deny knowing her or anything. My guess is that he did her and is going for the consensual angle if cornered. Without denying or admitting the sex, and if she has some kind of "proof", he can say it was consensual. If she doesn't he can say it didn't happen at all. Only way you waffle like that IMO is if you screwed the broad. If there was no sex at all, there would be no way to prove there was would there?

We have a winner.

That's what it's starting to look like.

The whole story is sounding pretty sad now.

[Purity-Control]

It shouldn't. The automatic "money grubbing *****" response without knowing all the facts is offbase.

I'm not absolutely convinced he did it either, but I do think the story is at least credible. At the very least, I'm willing to say he could be guilty.

Nah I don't buy it, She claims she said during the "Rape" " No Don't I'm not on Birth control" WTF is that.

Shouldn't the first thing out of your mouth if your being raped be NO or help or screaming or something. But she says wait I'm not on birth control C'mon girls in a bar you bring home don't even go there I'm suppose to believe this chick who is experiencing this traumatic event that’s the first thing she thinks of.

& then she sits around for a year pondering what happen then decides instead of going to the cops I'll ask for 400k. C'mon :icon_bs:

There is so much Lawyer in this story is laughable

At the very least OK, he F*cked her then wanted nothing more to do with her she feels burned and conjures this BS story.

[Skew]

Nah I don't buy it, She claims she said during the "Rape" " No Don't I'm not on Birth control" WTF is that.

Shouldn't the first thing out of your mouth if your being raped be NO or help or screaming or something. But she says wait I'm not on birth control C'mon girls in a bar you bring home don't even go there I'm suppose to believe this chick who is experiencing this traumatic event that’s the first thing she thinks of.

& then she sits around for a year pondering what happen then decides instead of going to the cops I'll ask for 400k. C'mon :icon_bs:

There is so much Lawyer in this story is laughable

At the very least OK, he F*cked her then wanted nothing more to do with her she feels burned and conjures this BS story.

While you bring up a good point about the "I'm not on birth control" comment, many women who have been raped feel ashamed, helpless, embarrassed, and ostracized and feel if they mention to anyone they were raped, they will be ridiculed and demoralized if they mention it.

This is the reason this violent crime goes unreported very often. And rape is not sex, it's a violent crime.

Now I'm not saying Ben is guilty or not. Like said before, it's going to come down to consensual sex or not. He didn't deny knowing the girl or actually having sex with the girl.

Though I wouldn't doubt it, but I'm just saying it's a little too early to claim she was gold digging.