Roethlisberger

#51
#51
TrueOrange said:
Everyone needs legal representation in court, especially criminal court

if not, they'd get eaten up alive by the other side's attorneys

you have to have someone to both represent you and who knows the system; going into court without that is a terrible idea in almost any case
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The attorney hired by the accuser would have zero input in a criminal case. That's what DA's are for.
 
#52
#52
dobre_shunka said:
The attorney hired by the accuser would have zero input in a criminal case. That's what DA's are for.
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ok then i misunderstood; my bad. i think i just thought that if you took someone to court for a criminal case you still needed an attorney/lawyer
 
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#53
#53
The story floating around down here is that he was in Milledgeville because his group got asked to leave the bar at Cuscowilla (high end resort on the lake about 30 minutes away.)
 
#54
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GAVol said:
The story floating around down here is that he was in Milledgeville because his group got asked to leave the bar at Cuscowilla (high end resort on the lake about 30 minutes away.)
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Ben strikes me as the guy who would have his collar popped and out causing trouble.
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#55
#55
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#57
#57
I sense an out of court settlement coming following a public statement of innocence. :ermm:
 
#63
#63
GAVol said:
The story floating around down here is that he was in Milledgeville because his group got asked to leave the bar at Cuscowilla (high end resort on the lake about 30 minutes away.)
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probably aren't as many drunk College women running around a high end resort either
 
#66
#66
Pretty sure that if you're defending yourself on a sexual assault charge, "She fell down and injured her head right after the sex act" is not a sentence you want to hear coming out of your mouth.
 
#69
#69
dude still has not talked to police about his side. if it were me in his shoes i would have been there the next day after the accusations to clear my side of things no matter what my schedule was. it just sounds fishy. in the public eye, to me when you don't man up and declare your innocence in a timely manner it just shouts guilty. he may not be guilty, but it looks like he is avoiding the inevitable and to me looks more and more guilty the longer he hides. look at the tiger woods saga. my advice to ben is just do your interview and move on if you have nothing to hide. but the longer he waits the more eyes he will have on him including changing attitudes about his innocence. what is the hold up? if it was me i would want to clear my name as soon as possible.
 
#70
#70
i do understand he does not necessarily have to interview, but once again if i was innocent i would be interviewing with the police and shouting my innocence to whoever would listen.
 
#71
#71
blupotato said:
i do understand he does not necessarily have to interview, but once again if i was innocent i would be interviewing with the police and shouting my innocence to whoever would listen.
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I don't think it's quite that simple when there's alcohol, he said/she said and a guy with an 8 figure net worth involved.
 
#72
#72
GAVol said:
I don't think it's quite that simple when there's alcohol, he said/she said and a guy with an 8 figure net worth involved.
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your either guilty or your not. at the very least you could interview your side of the story. if he can't remember his side than that is a different story. everyone else there seems to have spoken to investigators. but one question i have is if he waits it out, does that lead to an inevitable settlement potentially costing him his job and lots of money because of the he said/she said factor? is that the ultimate goal by not speaking to investigators? money vs. jail? either way it is a shame people keep putting themselves in this situation when they have it made.
 
#73
#73
I'm going to be in Milledgeville on Friday. I've got an appointment in the morning, but I pledge to all of you that I'll figure all of this out sometime after lunch. :thumbsup:
 
#74
#74
blupotato said:
your either guilty or your not.
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The not guilty can still get screwed over. Believe it.

Every time an athlete screws up in this situation, they are making a grave mistake 100% of the time if they don't do exactly as their lawyer says, down to the detail. If that means refraining from speaking to the police, then so be it.

It's like people accusing somebody of being guilty because they exercise the fifth.
 
#75
#75
milohimself said:
The not guilty can still get screwed over. Believe it.

Every time an athlete screws up in this situation, they are making a grave mistake 100% of the time if they don't do exactly as their lawyer says, down to the detail. If that means refraining from speaking to the police, then so be it.

It's like people accusing somebody of being guilty because they exercise the fifth.
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i understand your point and i agree entirely. in this case this is not going to go away and could just keep on snowballing the longer he holds out. in the end he will be found innocent or guilty whether it is a settlement or jail, so why not cooperate to help your cause? his lawyer would be there to ensure he is not entrapped or mistreated. it is his right not to speak to investigators at this time, but it sure makes things alot easier for you in the long run if you are cooperative. he can't run from this forever and could not only help his case during the investigation, but also help his case in terms of his endorsements and his job.

all i am trying to say is that he could seriously further complicate his life by playing the denial game. look at the other situations we have seen lately. i could be entirely wrong and i am not a lawyer, but we have seen this before.
 
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