NBA Star Derrick Rose Acquitted on All Charges in Rape Case

In a hotly contested civil trial, a Los Angeles jury decided that NBA star Derrick Rose and his two friends should not be held legally responsible on any charges. Rose’s ex-girlfriend accused the three men of drugging her, breaking into her apartment. She also accused them of gang-raping her while she was passed out in August of 2013.

The complainant had claimed that Rose and two friends, Randall Hampton and Ryan Allen, put a drug in her drink. This was done during a party at Rose’s Beverly Hills residence. She is a 30-year-old woman identified in court documents as “Jane Doe”.

Thie woman had a non-exclusive sexual relationship with Rose from late 2011 up to July 2013.

She professed to have taken a cab home and that the driver had to walk her to her front door. The woman also stated that she remembered throwing up and fainting in her bedroom with her clothes on. She could recall not much else regarding the early hours of August 27, 2013. She had a recollection, however, of Rose, Allen and Hampton being in her apartment, Rose having sex with her, and then Allen and Hampton later having sex with her while Rose watched.

Lawyers of Rose, Hampton and Allen had admitted that their clients had sex with Doe on the night in question, but called the sex consensual. The respondents testified that the complainant had asked them to go to her house after the party. They also stated that she’d let them into her apartment herself and that they alternately had consensual sex with the woman in her room.

Their lawyers alleged the accuser was attempting to “shake down a highly respected and successful athlete.”

Cleared on all counts

One day after hearing closing arguments in the case, the jury reached its decision after 3 hours and 45 minutes of deliberation on Wednesday. The panel had been delegated with deliberating the separate allegations. These include trespassing, battery, sexual battery, gender violence, emotional distress and conspiracy.

The panel must also establish distinct undisputed verdicts on whether the three men should be held liable on any of the claims.

Rose, Allen and Hampton were cleared on all counts.

Following the verdict, the plaintiff’s attorneys said that they are contemplating an appeal.

With the trial now decided, Rose is expected to rejoin his new team. The New York Knicks goes up against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday’s regular season opener.

 

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