Pete Rose is taking John Dowd to court:
Pete Rose filed a federal defamation lawsuit today against John Dowd, who oversaw the investigation that led to Rose’s ban from baseball, for claims Dowd made last summer that Rose had underage girls delivered to him at spring training and that he committed statutory rape.
The complaint was filed today in U.S. District Court in Pennsylvania. It cites a radio interview last summer with a station in West Chester, Pennsylvania, in which Dowd said, “Michael Bertolini, you know, told us that he not only ran bets but ran young girls down at spring training, ages 12 to 14. Isn’t that lovely? So that’s statutory rape every time you do that.”
Given Rose’s track record in court and trying to make deals, I’m not sure why he wants to dredge up this story. Rose should remember how he fell into a trap in 2004, when he admitted gambling on baseball. The people who supported his innocence all those years didn’t forgive him, they turned on him. Given Rose’s luck in these matters, he might end up losing the few fans he has left.
from baseballmusings.com http://ift.tt/29iGSGk
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