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With women coming out of the woodwork to accuse Bill Cosby of sexual assault, comedian Chris Rock reminded America about similar past accusations against Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.
"I'm getting ready to say something real bad about [Ben] Roethlisberger," Rock told the audience at the Rotunda Cinemas on Tuesday, December 9. "He's the original Cosby."
It was a joke, but that's how Bill Cosby's current trouble's began after comedian Hannibal Buress joked about his past.
In 2008 Ben settled a civil lawsuit filed by a former Harrah's Lake Tahoe casino host, Andrea McNulty, claiming she had been raped by the player while he was in town for a celebrity golf tournament.
In 2010 Big Ben was again accused of sexual assault. The quarterback allegedly got a 20-year old (not legally old enough to consume alcohol) female student from Georgia College & State University drunk, before raping her in the bathroom at a Milledgeville, Georgia bar.
Although charges were eventually dropped due to lack of evidence, Ben was suspended four games in 2010 by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell for violating the NFL's personal conduct policy.
Double standard or not even comparable to Cosby's situation?
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