Roethlisberger: 'I Have Committed No Crime'

Incident is second in 3 years involving Steelers QB

(NEWSER) - Police are investigating a Georgia woman's allegation that Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger sexually assaulted her at a nightclub. A team rep confirmed the investigation, the second involving Roethlisberger, 28, in less than 3 years. A Nevada woman sued him last summer, alleging he raped her at a hotel in Lake Tahoe in 2008, but no criminal charges were filed. More»

Shots for underage girls, crude comments, 'Clinton sex'

(NEWSER) - Ben Roethlisberger has led Pittsburgh’s beloved Steelers to two Super Bowl victories—but even a die-hard fan with a tattoo of Big Ben says, “It's to the point where he's embarrassing the franchise.” Sports Illustrated takes an extensive look at Roethlisberger’s most recent accusation of sexual assault, and the downward spiral of bad behavior that led to it:

• On the night he was accused of assaulting a 20-year-old woman, Roethlisberger ordered shots for several women, some of whom told him they weren’t of legal drinking age. At one point he held a tray of drinks and yelled, “All my bitches, take some shots!”

Hopes of a 2-game suspension dashed

(NEWSER) - Pittsburgh fans can forget any hope that Ben Roethlisberger will get off with a slap on the wrist. The league today suspended Big Ben for the first 6 games of next season for violating its personal conduct policy, reports ESPN . Some in the Steelers organization had actually feared an 8-game penance over the rape allegations. More»

Case against Steelers QB can't be proven, DA says; NFL action pending

(NEWSER) - Ben Roethlisberger will not be criminally charged in an alleged sexual assault last month in Milledgeville, Ga., the local district attorney said today. A 20-year-old college student accused the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback of assaulting her in a nightclub bathroom March 5. This doesn't mean Roethlisberger is off the hook, the Post-Gazette reports: He could still face a civil suit similar to the one pending against him in Nevada following a 2008 incident, and the NFL has not yet acted. More»

One wrote up first report without mentioning star QB

(NEWSER) - Hours before investigating a sexual-assault complaint against Ben Roethlisberger, a Georgia police officer posed for photos with the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback. And though Milledgeville Sgt. Jerry Blash later wrote a skeletal report that didn’t even mention Roethlisberger, 28, “the photographs did not and have not affected the investigation at all,” Blash’s boss tells the Union-Recorder . More»