A Nevada judge on Wednesday denied a motion to move the civil sexual assault case against Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger from Reno to Douglas County. Eight former or current employees of Lake Tahoe casino were also engaged in the case.
Washoe District Judge Brent Adams in Reno ruled that one of the named defendants, Harrah’s Lake Tahoe executive Dave Monroe, has residences in both Douglas and Washoe counties and therefore Washoe County is a proper venue for the case to be heard.
The woman, who accused the two-time Super Bowl winner of raping, was a 31-year-old Harrah’s VIP hostess and alleged that Roethlisberger raped her in his penthouse suite in July 2008 during a celebrity golf tournament. She also alleges eight former or current Harrah’s employees, including Monroe, Harrah’s President John Koster and security chief Guy Hyder, orchestrated a cover-up of the incident.
However, lawyers for the defendants said that the woman was just seeking money. She failed to report the incident to police in time but filed the suit a year later. They also said that the woman was mentally unstable. Advocates for sexual assault victims explained that the woman failed to report incidents to police because she was hospitalized on numerous occasions with the trauma suffered in the alleged attack.
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