According to KDKA 2 in Pittsburgh, the women accusing Steelers’ QB Ben Roethlisberger of sexual assault has declined to be re-interviewed by the police. She has already skipped one interview, so it appears that the case is falling apart.
Not only do prosecutors apparently not have any physical evidence of a crime, they may also be lacking a cooperating victim at this point.
Sources close to the investigation say that investigators have had trouble re-interviewing the woman since the night of the incident.
Sources say the 20-year-old co-ed did not show up for a scheduled interview a week ago yesterday and that as of Friday she still had not come in to be questioned.
Del Greco says if the victim does not cooperate, the case falls apart.
“Bottom line is no cooperative victim under these circumstances, probably no crime,” he said.
It’s very possible that the young woman is so traumatized by the situation that she is afraid and embarrassed to come forward. But why would she make these allegations in the first place if she wasn’t prepared to step forward and do what’s necessary to ensure that these charges go through?
If Roethlisberger is guilty of something, then I hope that the woman finds the strength and courage to step up and be interviewed by police. But as of right now, it’s hard not to draw conclusions that Big Ben did nothing wrong and this is just another case of someone looking for a big pay off from an athlete.
Update: The alleged victim’s lawyer is now saying that his client will cooperate with police and that she will re-schedule the interview.
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