The 572 pages of documents released on Thursday by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation likely contain plenty of useless and irrelevant stuff. But, apparently, the materials contain some interesting information that could make things even more difficult for Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.
Buried in an item in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution regarding the newly-available materials appears reference to an “unsubstantiated allegation” that a “drunken Roethlisberger” made an “unwanted advance” at another Milledgeville-area woman on an unspecified date during a party at Roethlisberger’s house in the area.
Per the GBI information, Roethlisberger allegedly pulled down his pants and told the woman she could “do whatever she wants.” A week later, he allegedly forced his hand up the same woman’s skirt.
The woman was able to get away, and her father advised her not to file a formal criminal complaint. (Her father also may have asked her why in the hell she went back to his house a week after he “showed her who he was.”)
If this stuff keeps coming out, Ben is going to get the Pacman treatment. As you may recall, Mr. Jones’ one-year suspension was based largely on a string of arrests and police incidents; despite a couple of eventual guilty pleas, he never once spent a night in jail.