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Roethlisberger's accuser claims threats
By Tim Puko, TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
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The woman accusing Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger of rape claims she has received more than 100 threatening and harassing phone calls, according to a sheriff's office in Nevada.
The 31-year-old woman from Douglas County, Nev., reported the incidents to authorities on Thursday. Different callers, almost exclusively men, have left messages at her home harassing her and threatening that "If you don't drop this, something's going to happen," she claimed.
"You can imagine, it's pretty unsettling for a woman to receive those kinds of calls," said Calvin R.X. Dunlap, the woman's attorney. The Tribune-Review does not identify alleged victims of sexual assault.
Roethlisberger has denied charges from her civil lawsuit that he assaulted the woman at Harrah's Lake Tahoe Hotel and Casino, where she worked as a VIP concierge.
His lawyer, David Cornwell of Atlanta, did not respond to a request for comment Tuesday.
The calls started July 21, a day after local news organizations first reported the woman's allegations. One of two numbers the woman turned over from her answering machine's caller identification was traced by police to Pittsburgh. The other, in which a man with a Russian accent threatened, "something was going to happen," came from Miami, according to the report.
The woman told police she did not want to press charges but wanted the calls to stop. Police told her to log any future calls and change her number to unlisted. She agreed, according to the report.
By Tim Puko, TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
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The woman accusing Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger of rape claims she has received more than 100 threatening and harassing phone calls, according to a sheriff's office in Nevada.
The 31-year-old woman from Douglas County, Nev., reported the incidents to authorities on Thursday. Different callers, almost exclusively men, have left messages at her home harassing her and threatening that "If you don't drop this, something's going to happen," she claimed.
"You can imagine, it's pretty unsettling for a woman to receive those kinds of calls," said Calvin R.X. Dunlap, the woman's attorney. The Tribune-Review does not identify alleged victims of sexual assault.
Roethlisberger has denied charges from her civil lawsuit that he assaulted the woman at Harrah's Lake Tahoe Hotel and Casino, where she worked as a VIP concierge.
His lawyer, David Cornwell of Atlanta, did not respond to a request for comment Tuesday.
The calls started July 21, a day after local news organizations first reported the woman's allegations. One of two numbers the woman turned over from her answering machine's caller identification was traced by police to Pittsburgh. The other, in which a man with a Russian accent threatened, "something was going to happen," came from Miami, according to the report.
The woman told police she did not want to press charges but wanted the calls to stop. Police told her to log any future calls and change her number to unlisted. She agreed, according to the report.
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