Saturday, March 6, 2010

Is Ben Roethlisberger guilty?

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After it recently broke that Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback has been accused of sexual assualts, stories started popping up all across the internet.

Pictures of Big Ben Roethlisberger with numerous women and accounts of drunken debauchery from the night were soon to follow. Now, police are investigating, and Ben Roethlisberger is in a precarious situation.

Unfortunately for Roethlisberger, this is not the first time he has been accused of sexual assault. In 2009, Roethlisberger was accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe.

The current situation, which happened at a bar near Georgia College and Georgia State University, is unrelated, but still potentially devastating for Ben Roethlisberger. In the account, Roethlisberger allegedly assaulted a 20-year-old woman in the washroom of the Capital City nightclub.

I would love to say this is just another crazy fan trying to make some money, and I would like to defend Roethlisberger, but whether he is innocent or guilty, he definitely is putting himself in potentially dangerous situations. Two sexual assault accusations in less than a year?

Based on the accounts on TMZ.com, I would tend to assume he's not guilty, but as a professional athlete, Ben Roethlisberger needs to be aware that his actions, even those he thinks are private, are available to the world at any moment. Just ask Tiger Woods.

Is he guilty? I guess we'll have to let the courts decide, if the case even gets that far. One thing is for sure, the former Super Bowl Champion needs to re-evaluate his social life. Ben Roethlisberger is one mistake away from being dragged through the media and tarnishing his spectacular NFL career.

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