The rumors were right, Big Ben has managed to get himself out of trouble once again. District Attorney Fred Bright announced today that he will not be filing any charges against the Steelers’ QB after a Georgia college student recently accused Ben of sexually assaulting her at a nightclub. “We are not condoning Mr. Roethlisberger’s [...]
The Pittsburgh Steelers have traded former Super Bowl MVP and current marijuana smoker Santonio Holmes to the New York Jets in exchange for a fifth-round pick. In addition, it’s been confirmed that the former first-round pick will be suspended for four games to start the season for violating the league’s substance abuse program. That’s probably [...]
It seems that some players in the Steelers organization think they can get away with anything after winning two recent Super Bowls. Finally, some discipline is being handed down. Pittsburgh wide receiver Santonio Holmes is facing a four-game suspension under the NFL’s Substance Abuse Policy, according to Profootballtalk.com. Four-game suspensions come after multiple violations. In [...]
Sources confirmed to ESPN’s Kelly Naqi that District Attorney Fred Bright will announce on Monday that charges will not be brought against Roethlisberger, stemming from the accusation of a 20-year-old student in Milledgeville, Georgia last month. PHOTO CAPTION: Cheerleaders have been known to taunt Big Ben during games This will be the second sexual assault [...]
While the local police in Milledgeville, GA say that their investigation in the sexual assault case of Pittsburgh Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger is complete, they’d still like to speak him to get some more information. And according to TMZ.com, Big Ben ain’t talking. When asked by TMZ if he was satisfied with his case, Milledgeville [...]
WPXI has learned that Milledgeville, GA police will soon wrap up their case regarding Pittsburgh Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger allegedly sexually assaulting a 20-year old girl in a nightclub bathroom. The case will then be sent to local district attorney Fred Bright. As of now, no formal charges have been filed against Big Ben, but [...]
Pittsburgh Steelers president Art Rooney II can’t be too thrilled about the behavior of his ball club lately. He’s already dealing with a couple sexual assault allegations of his star QB, and now he has hear about the MVP of his last Super Bowl-winning team being accused of assaulting a woman in a nightclub. “We [...]
One of the important aspects of being a team and being someone’s teammate, is that you have to pick each other up when times get tough. And for Pittsburgh Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger, he’s struggling with a civil rape case and now pending criminal sexual assault charges. So what are his teammates supposed to do [...]
Despite reports that the accuser of Pittsburgh Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger wasn’t going to sit down and talk to police again, TMZ says she is actually going to do just that. At this point though, we understand. Your first thought when you read that initial sentence is, ‘which accuser?’ We get confused too. It’s the [...]
Sources tell ESPN.com that the Georgia Bureau of Investigation has withdrawn its request for a DNA sample from Pittsburgh Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger. No reason was given for why they don’t want it now, and we have no idea if that’s a good thing or a bad thing for Big Ben. We’d have to think [...]
Even though charges have yet to be filed, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell plans to meet with Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger about the sexual assault allegations against him. “At the appropriate time, I’ll be meeting with Ben,” Goodell said. “The most important thing is we take the issue seriously. We are concerned that Ben continues [...]
We passed along some comments from Pittsburgh Steelers owner Art Rooney a couple days ago, but a couple more members of the Steelers organization have spoken out since then. Recently, head coach Mike Tomlin offered his thoughts on the whole sexual assault situation, and punter Daniel Sepulveda chimed in too.
Pittsburgh Steelers president Art Rooney said that he will allow the sexual assault investigation regarding QB Ben Roethlisberger to run its course before deciding what action needs to be taken. “I mean, look that’s one of the things, we do have a little bit of luxury of time,” Rooney said this afternoon during an interview [...]
According to a report from NFL Network’s Jason La Canfora, Pittsburgh Steelers QB Big Ben Roethlisberger was down in Georgia over the weekend (the devil went down to Georgia?) and spoke with local investigators about the sexual assault allegations. Well, a source tells PFT that that isn’t the case. PFT’s source says that Big Ben [...]
Ron Cook of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette goes off on Steelers WR Limas Sweed. He makes a very convincing case of why Sweed simply needs a fresh start. After being selected in the second-round in 2008, two slots ahead of Ray Rice, he has done nothing but drop passes and cause the coaches to have no [...]
KDKA investigator Andy Sheehan reported some interesting tidbits on the alleged sexual assault story involving Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. He reports: “Sources tell us that Ben Roethlisberger did speak with police in Milledgeville that night and told them there was no sexual intercourse between himself and the alleged victim. “The same sources say that [...]
Sources tell our pals at TMZ.com that the 20-year old woman who has accused Pittsburgh Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger of sexual assault, has dropped out of school and gone home with her parents. According to TMZ’s sources, the woman has dropped out of Georgia College & State University and went back to her family home [...]
USA Today spoke with the president of Pittsburgh-based PLB Sports, which markets the “Big Ben Beef Jerky” brand and the dude didn’t have many great things to say at this point. Ty Ballou calls Ben’s pattern of behavior “troubling” and he even references the motorcycle accident that almost killed the Steelers QB several years ago. [...]
The Pittsburgh Steelers re-signed free safety Ryan Clark today to a four-year, $17 million deal. The eight-year veteran also visited the Miami Dolphins on Monday, possibly gaining some leverage, and ultimately deciding to stay with the team he’s been with for the past four seasons. During his time with the Steelers, Clark has played in [...]
A league source tells PFT that Pittsburgh Steelers rapist quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has hired Ed Garland as an attorney in his latest rape accusation case. So, who is Ed Garland? Remember when Ray Lewis was accused of murdering some people? Yeah, he’s the attorney Lewis had. That doesn’t make Big Ben a rapist or a [...]
Calvin Dunlap, the attorney for Andrea McNulty, who claims that Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger raped her in 2008, tells TMZ that he will be “aggressively looking into this new case.” And when he says “new case,” he’s referring to the Georgia student who claims that Big Ben raped her in a Milledgeville, GA nightclub [...]
Free agent Willie Parker is scheduled to visit the Washington Redskins on Monday, according to who else but Adam Schefter. Usually by now the Redskins would have spent close to a billion dollars in free agency, so don’t be surprised if owner Dan Snyder offers Parker a 10-year, $79 million contract. On top of that, [...]
Pittsburgh Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman in Georgia, according to TMZ.com. According to the gossip website, the woman was treated and released from the hospital and was interviewed by police. Big Ben was also interviewed by police and no formal charges have been made against the two-time Super [...]
According to Ken Laird of ESPN 1250 in Pittsburgh, Steelers offensive coordinator Bruce Arians will be let go “in the near future.” Many Steelers fans have been begging for this for several years, although probably not when they were winning the Super Bowl. The passing game has been fine in Pittsburgh, but this is a [...]
Pittsburgh Steelers All-Pro safety Troy Polamalu, who has been injury-plagued all season long, will not play on Sunday against the Miami Dolphins, according to Jason LaConfora. Polamalu injured his knee in the season opener against the Tennessee Titans and hasn’t fully recovered since. Troy has only played in five games this year, but was still [...]
