No Means No

[Blake]

MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. -- The young woman who accused Ben Roethlisberger of sexual assault said she tried to get away from the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback and told him "no, this is not OK," according to police documents released Thursday.

In a statement to police on March 5, the 20-year-old college student said Roethlisberger encouraged her, and her friends, to take numerous shots of alcohol. Then one of his bodyguards escorted her into a hallway at the Capital City nightclub, sat her on a stool and left. She said Roethlisberger walked down the hallway and exposed himself.

"I told him it wasn't OK, no, we don't need to do this and I proceeded to get up and try to leave," she said. "I went to the first door I saw, which happened to be a bathroom."

According to her statement, Roethlisberger then followed her into a nearby bathroom and shut the door.

"I still said no, this is not OK, and he then had sex with me," she wrote. "He said it was OK. He then left without saying anything."

In 500-plus pages of documents released Wednesday, Nicole Biancofiore, a friend of the accuser, told investigators from the Georgia Bureau of Investigations her friend, a student at Georgia College & State University, "was dragged by a bodyguard to the back room in Capital [City, a local nightclub]. She was extremely intoxicated and not aware of what was happening."

Two of the woman's friends said they saw the bodyguard lead her into the hallway and then saw Roethlisberger follow. They said they couldn't see their friend but knew she was drunk and were worried about her.

Ann Marie Lubatti told police she approached one of Roethlisberger's two bodyguards and said, "This isn't right. My friend is back there with Ben. She needs to come back right now."

She said the bodyguard wouldn't look her in the eye and said he didn't know what she was talking about. The GBI later identified that bodyguard as Ed Joyner, and the GBI also determined that the man who led Roethlisberger's accuser down the hallway was Anthony Barravecchio. Joyner is a Pennsylvania trooper and Barravecchio is an officer on the force in the Pittsburgh suburb of Coraopolis.

Attorney Michael Santicola, who represents Barravecchio but said Joyner also is a longtime friend, confirmed on March 10 that the two officers were present, but not in an official capacity. He said the two men are friends with Roethlisberger and did not witness any criminal activity or inappropriate behavior. He said the officers "have no memory" of meeting Roethlisberger's accuser.

 

[JoshHoward5]

Nothing like your franchise QB wearing a "drink like a champion" shirt.

 

[Blake]

He looks so out-of-place

 

[footballplaya52]

looks like a creeper

 

[JoshHoward5]

"Why is she down there and not sucking anything. I don't get it"

 

[Blake]

That first picture is epic.

Who would want this clown on their team?

 

[Blake]

LOL JH5

 

[.GR]

Ben Roethlisberger is an idiot. You're right, a creeper.

 

[Blake]

Check the other topic I just made.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

From what I've heard from numerous people, Ben is a class A douche.

 

[Giantmetfan07]

Hey hey! Football is like, the cornerstone of America, along with baseball and taking advantage of drunks girls.

Now if you don't like America then you can just GHEEET OUUUT!!

 

[cruzg24]

Damn I think he is going to jail....

 

[WHO-DEY-BENGALS_18]

I'm all for not seeing him being the starting Steelers QB for about 4-6 weeks.