LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles jury cleared Knicks player Derrick Rose of all charges in a civil sexual assault lawsuit brought against him by a 30-year-old woman.
The eight jurors, six women and two men, deliberated for three hours and 45 minutes before deciding he shouldn’t be held liable.
Rose and his two pals, Randall Hampton and Ryan Allen, were accused of breaking into the woman’s apartment and raping her while she was blackout drunk on Aug. 27, 2013. They insist the sex was consensual.
During closing arguments, Rose’s lawyer Mark Baute called his accuser a “liar” who was only suing for the money.
“These guys are so far from trespassers and rapists, it’s almost comical,” he said.
The woman’s lawyer, Waukeen McCoy, described the encounter as “a classic gang rape,” calling the three men “sexual deviants.”
The eight jurors, six women and two men, deliberated for three hours and 45 minutes before deciding he shouldn’t be held liable.
Rose and his two pals, Randall Hampton and Ryan Allen, were accused of breaking into the woman’s apartment and raping her while she was blackout drunk on Aug. 27, 2013. They insist the sex was consensual.
During closing arguments, Rose’s lawyer Mark Baute called his accuser a “liar” who was only suing for the money.
“These guys are so far from trespassers and rapists, it’s almost comical,” he said.
The woman’s lawyer, Waukeen McCoy, described the encounter as “a classic gang rape,” calling the three men “sexual deviants.”
