Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger vowed Thursday to fight a Lake Tahoe casino hostess' rape allegations against him, calling them ''false and vicious.'' Roethlisberger was served with a civil lawsuit last weekend when he returned to Lake Tahoe, where a 31-year-old Nevada woman alleges the quarterback raped her in a hotel penthouse in July 2008. The woman did not file a criminal complaint. ''Saturday was the first I heard of her accusations,'' Roethlisberger said. ''Her false and vicious allegations are an attack on my family and on me. I would never, ever force myself on a woman.'' -- 'The allegations against me are reckless and false,'' Roethlisberger said. ''As much as I'd like to answer everyone's questions, I'm going to respect the legal process and I'm confident that the truth will prevail.'' Source: The New York Times
