The lawyer for a former Nevada casino worker
who has accused Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger
of sexually assaulting her says his client will drop her civil
lawsuit if he acknowledges the rape and apologizes.
Attorney Cal Dunlap says in a letter to Roethlisberger's lawyers
that his client would also like the quarterback to donate $100,000
to the Committee to Aid Abused Women, a Reno nonprofit
organization.
The woman filed the suit in July accusing the Super Bowl-winning
quarterback assaulted her in 2008 in a hotel across the street from
a golf course where he was playing in a celebrity tournament.
Dunlap says the offer is designed to counter claims made by
Roethlisberger's lawyers that his client only filed the lawsuit to
get money.
