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Lawyers for Ben Roethlisberger claim in new court documents that the woman accusing the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback of raping her at a Lake Tahoe hotel-casino concocted the story in part to try to shield herself from possible layoffs at the resort.
In a motion filed late Wednesday in Washoe District Court in Reno, Roethlisberger's lawyers say the woman fabricated the rape allegation against the two-time Super Bowl winner, a friend of Harrah's executives, in an effort to prevent Harrah's from terminating her.
Andrea McNulty, a 31-year-old Harrah's VIP hostess, has accused the two-time Super Bowl winner of raping her in his penthouse suite in July 2008, when Roethlisberger was at Lake Tahoe for a celebrity golf tournament.
The suit also alleges eight former or current Harrah's employees, including Monroe, Harrah's President John Koster and security chief Guy Hyder, orchestrated a cover-up of the incident.
Her suit seeks a minimum of $440,000 in damages from Roethlisberger, at least $50,000 in damages from the Harrah's officials and an unspecified amount of punitive damages.
Roethlisberger denies the allegation. His lawyers suggest the woman is mentally unstable.
In a motion filed late Wednesday in Washoe District Court in Reno, Roethlisberger's lawyers say the woman fabricated the rape allegation against the two-time Super Bowl winner, a friend of Harrah's executives, in an effort to prevent Harrah's from terminating her.
Andrea McNulty, a 31-year-old Harrah's VIP hostess, has accused the two-time Super Bowl winner of raping her in his penthouse suite in July 2008, when Roethlisberger was at Lake Tahoe for a celebrity golf tournament.
The suit also alleges eight former or current Harrah's employees, including Monroe, Harrah's President John Koster and security chief Guy Hyder, orchestrated a cover-up of the incident.
Her suit seeks a minimum of $440,000 in damages from Roethlisberger, at least $50,000 in damages from the Harrah's officials and an unspecified amount of punitive damages.
Roethlisberger denies the allegation. His lawyers suggest the woman is mentally unstable.
