Last month a nine-person jury cleared Derrick Rose and his two friends, tossing out a $21.5 million lawsuit a woman filed, claiming that Rose and his friends gang-raped her while she was incapacitated from drugs or alcohol. Now Rose is seeking $70,000 in court costs and damages.
via NY Daily News:
In a new California court filing, Rose asserts that he and his fellow defendants are “entitled” to “expenses they necessarily incurred in defending themselves against…false claims” brought by the woman who accused Rose, Randall Hampton and Ryan Allen of drugging and raping her in 2013.
Rose also states that the woman’s “aggressive pursuit of false claims…have taken an enormous, costly and irreparable toll on (him) and his public image and reputation.”
On Nov. 5, Rose filed a motion asking the court to order his accuser to pay $70,917.16 in trial costs, including witness fees, depositions, reporter’s transcripts and fees for service of process, among other things. According to sports law attorney David Wallach, Rose’s accuser replied four days ago by saying the “financial disparity” between the parties gives her reason to deny the motion.
This latest filing from Rose is in response to the denial and reveals that Rose’s accuser filed a “declaration of financial hardship” as a means to avoid paying the trial costs. However, Rose notes his accuser testified to being “a 30-year-old woman who owns a home” and “owns a Cadillac.”
Rose also discloses that the accuser plans to appeal the jury’s decision, an action he claims to be “meritless” and “frivolous.”
