Cop in Roethlisberger case resigns

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ATLANTA -- The Georgia police officer who took the first report from the woman who accused Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger of sexual assault has resigned.

Milledgeville police Chief Woodrow Blue on Friday confirmed that Sgt. Jerry Blash resigned Wednesday, a day before the Georgia Bureau of Investigation made public all documents related to its investigation of a 20-year-old woman's claim that Roethlisberger sexually assaulted her in a nightclub.

Prosecutors announced earlier this week that they are not charging Roethlisberger in the March 5 incident. Blash is the only officer who interviewed the quarterback. He acknowledged in an interview with investigators that he made some derogatory comments about the accuser to other officers, and that some in Roethlisberger's party may have overheard him.

Multiple calls to a phone number listed for Blash went unanswered.

Photos surfaced online a week later of Roethlisberger smiling alongside Blash at the Milledgeville nightclub where the alleged assault took place. Blue said the photos were taken hours before the allegation was made.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=5099224


Hmmmmmm......

[Captain Hilts]

1. Is this the guy that said, "He's an NFL quarterback, he won't do anything stupid"?

Guys look out for each other.

[RamboLiberal]

Nope that was the PA cops including a state trooper

I live in Pittsburgh and am amazed there isn't more outrage against the two PA police officers who acted as his bodyguards.

Looks like it is starting to trickle out though on the cops & I hope they are forced to resign as well.

[Captain Hilts]

3. Yes, that's what's making this an interesting case.

Mom's from Johnstown and the Steelers are our AFC team...

[RamboLiberal]

5. State police to investigate trooper

PITTSBURGH -- Pennsylvania state police say a trooper with Ben Roethlisberger the night he was accused of sexually assaulting a 20-year-old college student in a Georgia nightclub is subject to the department's code of conduct whether he was working for the Steelers quarterback or along as a friend.

Lt. Myra Taylor said Friday that an internal investigation will determine whether Trooper Ed Joyner did anything "that could reasonably be expected to destroy public respect" for the agency.

A friend of the accuser said in a statement to police that a "bodyguard" refused to acknowledge that the woman, who had been drinking, was alone with Roethlisberger in the back of a nightclub in Milledgeville, Ga., on March 5. Georgia investigators later identified that man as Joyner.

State police say Joyner had permission to work off-duty as Roethlisberger's "personal assistant" since 2005 -- but say "bodyguard" is not listed in the duties he asked to perform.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=5101043

[Grand Taurean]

2. Pull his pension too.

[virgogal]

4. Aw,come on.