Spring equinox with its balanced periods of darkness and light is a perilous time for the Ram, who prefers to mood-swing from yin to yang, Bartles to Jaymes, and feit to counterfeit. So if there's too much Joel Gray in your astral brew, reinforce with infusions of Camille Paglia; too much Wayne Newton, unleaven with tincture of Al Gore.
Ben Roethlisberger Fondles the Snapper
Mar 6, 2010, 12:14
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. - A twenty-year-old college student has accused Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger of sexually assaulting her at a nightclub early Friday morning. The student, whose name is being withheld by authorities, alleges that Mr. Roethlisberger placed his hands between her legs and bumped them against her suggestively several times.
The alleged assault took place in Capital City, a night club popular with students who attend Georgia College & State University in Milledgeville. Mr. Roethlisberger owns a house on a lake about thirty miles north of town.
According to the alleged victim, she and Mr. Roethlisberger had been drinking O-Bombs, a mixture of Red Bull and flavored rum, for several hours when the two-time-Super Bowl-winning quarterback suddenly grabbed her, forced her to bend forward, then crouched behind her and touched her inappropriately. The woman contacted a nearby police officer following the alleged assault. She was interviewed then taken to a hospital, where she was treated and released.
Deputy Police Chief Richard Malone told reporters that Mr. Roethlisberger and his attorney were cooperating with investigators. The player was not in custody and has not been charged with a crime, but the allegations could be troublesome for Mr. Roethlisberger, who is already being sued by a Reno woman who claims he raped her in 2008 at a Lake Tahoe hotel while barking "hut, hut, hut." He denies those allegations and has asked for counter-damages.
Mr. Roethlisberger's agent, Ryan Tollner, issued a statement late yesterday in which he claimed that his client still suffers from blackouts as a result of a 2006 motorcycle crash in which he broke his jaw and several other facial bones. He was not wearing a helmet at the time.
"At some point last night the accuser leaned forward to tie her shoe, and Ben thought she was Justin Hartwig, the Pittsburgh Steelers center. That's when he lined up behind her and simulated the way he initiates the snap from center. When the woman screamed and pitched forward onto her face, Ben dove on her to cover the football. Simple as that."
Several patrons who were in the club at the time wondered what Mr. Roethlisberger, who will be thirty in two years, was doing in a hangout for college students.
Harris Brandon, 21, a typography major at Georgia College & State University, said, "It looked kind of creepy to see an older guy in a Steelers jersey hitting on college students. Couldn't he find any women his own age to molest?"
Spring equinox with its balanced periods of darkness and light is a perilous time for the Ram, who prefers to mood-swing from yin to yang, Bartles to Jaymes, and feit to counterfeit. So if there's too much Joel Gray in your astral brew, reinforce with infusions of Camille Paglia; too much Wayne Newton, unleaven with tincture of Al Gore.
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