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Guilty Or Not, Derrick Rose Is Rape Culture Personified
I wish I could say I was surprised that Derrick Rose and his cohorts were found not liable on all counts in the civil trial accusing them of rape, but I’m not. Disappointed, certainly. I’ve indicated previously that I believe he did it, and in following all of the details of the case — from…
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Things Got Really Weird After Derrick Rose's Rape Trial
Shortly after a Los Angeles jury found Derrick Rose and two friends not liable for the rape of a California woman, things got strange. Before leaving the courtroom Wednesday, the judge cracked a joke with Rose, telling the newly acquired New York Knicks point guard, “Best wishes … except when the Knicks play the Lakers,”…
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Jury: Derrick Rose and 2 Friends Did Not Rape Accuser
Updated Wednesday, Oct. 19, 4:40 p.m. EDT: It took a Los Angeles jury only three hours to determine that Derrick Rose and two friends—Randall Hampton and Ryan Allen—had consensual sex with a woman who claimed that the men gang-raped her, according to the Los Angeles Times. Rose and the woman had been in an open…
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LAPD Detective Investigating Derrick Rose Rape Case Dead in Apparent Suicide
A Los Angeles Police Department detective who was investigating the rape allegations against NBA’s Derrick Rose has died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities confirmed Wednesday, the Los Angeles Times reports. LAPD Detective Nadine Hernandez was found with a single gunshot wound to the chest Tuesday afternoon in a Whittier, Calif., home. She was…
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Report: There Is an Active Criminal Investigation Into Derrick Rose Gang Rape Allegations
The Los Angeles Police Department has an open criminal investigation going into New York Knicks point guard Derrick Rose for the alleged gang rape of a woman in 2013. According to Deadspin, the LAPD has confirmed that Rose is under criminal investigation. The news comes just weeks after a Los Angeles judge ruled that Rose’s…
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Derrick Rose Rape Accuser Must Reveal Identity During Civil Trial, Judge Rules
The woman accusing Derrick Rose of rape will have to reveal her name during an upcoming civil trial, a Los Angeles federal judge ruled Tuesday. According to the Chicago Tribune, because the case is a civil trial and not a criminal case, U.S. District Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald noted that there were strict rules that…
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What Does Nick Young Have to Do With Derrick Rose's Rape Allegations?
Nick Young is having a pretty bad year. In March, rookie Los Angeles Lakers point guard D’Angelo Russell secretly recorded Young talking about cheating on his then-fiancee Iggy Azalea. The recording was leaked and went viral, and Azalea dumped Young. Then a onetime teammate, being the friend that he is, posted a video of this…
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What's Happening With Derrick Rose Is Fucking Sad
The amount of money Derrick Rose will make because of professional basketball will be in the hundreds of millions. Not tens. Hundreds. He is very young; 26, probably younger than most people reading this. He’s also handsome, world-famous, and, aside from his recurring knee issues, in presumably amazing health. Basically, when thinking of the type…
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10 Reasons Why You Totally Need To Be Watching The 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup
1. Because it contains all the elements people who say they love basketball but don’t love the NBA wish the NBA had (shorter games, a single elimination tournament, annoying non-Black guards making faces and taking charges, etc) AND the one element making the NBA the best basketball league in the world (NBA talent and skill). Basically,…