Chicago Bulls all-star point guard Derrick Rose is being sued by an ex-girlfriend for a gang rape that allegedly occurred in 2013, TMZ reports.
Bleacher ReportAccording to Bleacher Report, “Jane Doe” — who dated Rose from 2011-2013 — claims that Rose drugged her at his Beverly Hills home.
“The plaintiff says she escaped the house with a friend, but later that night, Rose and his friends broke into her apartment and gang raped her while she was incapacitated,” according to TMZ. She further explained that she waited two years to raise the suit “because she was ‘ashamed and embarrassed’ of what happened and concerned her ‘conservative family’ would find out.”
A spokesman for Rose issued the following response to the lawsuit:
The plaintiff’s allegations are completely false and without any factual basis. This is nothing more than a desperate attempt to shake down a highly respected and successful athlete. Mr. Rose was in a non-exclusive, consensual sexual relationship with the plaintiff for over two years. The plaintiff expressed no complaints about Mr. Rose until various lawyers began to surface and demand that the plaintiff be paid millions of dollars. … This is the third lawyer the plaintiff has retained in this matter. Two years have passed since Mr. Rose ended the consensual relationship with the plaintiff, and her claims are as meritless now as they were two years ago. We have complete confidence that the case will be dismissed and that Mr. Rose will be vindicated. This lawsuit is outrageous.
