Pittsburgh News March 3, 2010

Roethlisberger Victim or Criminal?

Police investigators say they are arranging to interview Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger about sexual assault allegations lodged against him by a young woman, and that they will seek a DNA sample.

A 20-year-old student at Georgia College and State University told police early Friday morning that Mr. Roethlisberger, 28, had sexually assaulted her at a nightclub near the college campus. Police at the scene interviewed Mr. Roethlisberger and members of his party and permitted them to leave.

The woman was taken to Oconee Regional Medical Center in Milledgeville, where she was treated and released.

Police on Monday would not provide details of what the woman told them happened, but Tom Davis, special agent for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation in Milledgeville, confirmed that she has hired an attorney.

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