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Ben Roethlisberger says rape claims changed his life
[HMG] – When Pittsburgh Steelers Quarterback, Ben Roethlisberger was hit by sexual assault allegations on March 5 the sports world was stunned. But Ben says the man accused of this unproven crime wasn’t him — he’s no longer ‘Big Ben.’
“Big Ben just kept building. You just never saw who Ben Roethlisberger was any more,” he told the Huff Post. “At the time, I didn’t see it. It got so overwhelming, it consumed me.”
In his first interview since a Judge dismissed the case for sheer lack of evidence, Ben, 28, says he’s cleaned up his life; There’s a family history of alcohol problems, but Ben is determined it won’t wreck his future.
“You have to make the right decisions, and that’s what I have to do when alcohol presents itself,” he told reporters. “You can’t stop living, but you’ve got to live smart.”
Ben acknowledges the ‘Big Ben’ alter ego was ruling his life, and swears he won’t go back to the boorish egocentric it twisted him into. He’s also aware it affected his game – The Steelers missed the playoffs last season, one season after winning the Super Bowl.
“I’ve wanted to apologize to the fans for so many things; For being immature, being dumb, for not knowing better,” he told the media. “I know I haven’t been the best person, or the best quarterback.”
But life has already improved since the March 5 allegations collapsed.
“About a month ago my dad said ‘It’s good to have my son back,” Ben recalls. “That killed me, because my dad’s been my best friend. That let me know I wasn’t who he raised me to be.”
And with the alleged rape case behind him, Ben says he’s focused on rebuilding his image. From now on, he declares, no more big, bad Ben;
“I know I’ve slipped, stumbled … but you’ll see a new Ben,” he assured the reporters. “Those chapters are closed. It only matters what I do from here on. That’s what I’m excited about — showing people who Ben Roethlisberger is. And that Ben is here to stay.”
Changed your life right! Yeah! So you go rape two more women.
I have a good friend from school who is from Pitt. He goes to some of the same watering holes as Ben, and told me point blank to my my face that Ben is an obnoxious drinker. When he’s wasted he says anything that comes to his head to women. A lot of the times they are so offended that they don’t even care that he’s a star.
The First woman said that all Ben had to do was donate to womens abuse and tell the truth about what he did. She was not just looking for money and look how people are doing her. It is hard enough for these women to come forward. They shouldn’t having to be put through this by the media and bloggers. The second girl has dropped out of school. That poor innocent “southern bellâ€â€¦. Ben has turned her life upside down and torn it apart. He reminds me of O.J. Simpson!!!
I think a crime was still comitted here though. The girl and her friends were in the VIP area doing shots with Ben and his friends. The girl is underage, and her friends may have been underage. Ben, his crew, and the bar could all get into serious trouble for providing alcohol to these girls. I know it’s a college bar and everything, but most places I know around here have been getting pretty strict about serving underage people.
I saw today’s interview of the DA from Milleridge, Georgia about B.R. and it is evident of the old boy/sport star getting preferential treatment. The DA was obviously in awe of this football oaf and had the gall to say he only indicts cases that can be proved beyond a reasonable doubt. Excuse me but the way I learned the legal system and I worked in it for 35 years, is that it’s the jury that decides that question. Between the DA’s concern about his conviction statistics and the probable contributions to come from big time sports contributors if this case quietly goes away, it smacks of a fix as well as double-standards. And I wonder if this would have happened if the player in question had been African-American. What do you think?