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Under Cross Examination, <em></em>Derrick Rose's Accuser Explains How Consensual Sex Works
Jane Doe is the woman who filed a civil suit in August 2015 saying that Derrick Rose and two friends of his came over to her apartment and gang-raped her while she was too drunk, and possibly drugged, to consent. She eventually went to the Los Angeles police, who say they are investigating but have ...
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Jane Doe Testifies About The Night She Says Derrick Rose Raped Her [Updated]
Jane Doe, the woman who alleges that New York Knicks guard Derrick Rose and two friends raped her in 2013 and is suing them in civil court in Los Angeles, testified today that she doesn’t remember much about that night. She does remember having a lot to drink during the night, several shots of vodka...
The Derrick Rose Trial Is Already Getting Intense
After a day and a half of jury selection, the Derrick Rose civil trial finally made its way today to opening statements. According to reports from the courthouse, things got intense almost immediately. Jane Doe’s lawyer Waukeen McCoy gave a very graphic description of the alleged gang rape, the New ...
Jeff Van Gundy Advocates Zero-Tolerance Policy For Domestic Violence Offenders
The Houston Rockets and New York Knicks met in the preseason this evening, and ESPN announcer Jeff Van Gundy used the occasion of Derrick Rose’s first appearance with the Knicks to make some points about domestic violence and how Adam Silver and the NBA should deal with players who are convicted of ...
Pacifist Joakim Noah Declines To Attend Knicks Event At West Point
The Knicks always start their training camp with a weeklong session at the U.S. Military Academy, and each year they close with a team dinner with cadets, including a speech by a current or former officer. This year, new Knicks center was the only player not to attend the dinner, and he had his reas...
Derrick Rose's Lawyers Still Want To Bring Up Jane Doe's Past
Attorneys representing Derrick Rose and the woman accusing him of rape filed a flurry of motions yesterday and today, with several concerning whether the woman’s sexual history is relevant and can be brought up at trial....
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LAPD Confirms Active Criminal Investigation Into Derrick Rose For Alleged Sexual Assault [Update]<em></em>
Lawyers for the woman suing Derrick Rose and two friends for sexual assault filed a motion Sunday night arguing that the plaintiff should be allowed to keep her anonymity during the trial, both because there is an active criminal investigation by the LAPD into the alleged rapes and because the plain...
Judge Threatens Sanctions If Derrick Rose's Lawyer "Shames And Blames The Victims Of Rape"<em></em><em></em>
The federal judge overseeing Jane Doe’s civil suit accusing Derrick Rose and two friends of rape today entered his written order that Doe must use her real name at trial, following his oral ruling on Tuesday. Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald ruled that “plaintiff’s use of a pseudonym at trial would undul...
Judge Rules Woman Accusing Derrick Rose Of Rape Must Use Her Name In Civil Trial
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the woman suing Derrick Rose and two friends, alleging that they took turns raping her when she was too drunk to consent, must use her real name if the case goes to trial. One of the woman’s lawyers, Waukeen McCoy, said the judge ruled that way because “he wants ev...
Lawyer: Derrick Rose Said He Doesn't Know What Consent Means
The woman who says Derrick Rose and two friends raped her in 2013 spoke to reporters again Thursday, a day after granting interviews to the Associated Press, New York Daily News, and Think Progress. Alongside her lawyers and activist Katherine Redmond Brown, Jane Doe answered many questions about th...
That's Not Actually Latrell Sprewell You're DMing With<em></em>
Twitter user and four-time All-Star Latrell Sprewell had a request for his 825 followers this evening: He wanted help getting verified. Problem is, this doesn’t seem to actually be Latrell Sprewell....
Amar'e Stoudemire, Who Was Fun As All Hell, Is Retiring
It’s been quite a while since Amar’e Stoudemire was a great or even good NBA player, and so I was a bit surprised at how genuinely bummed I was to learn that he is retiring today at age 33....
Derrick Rose Makes Bold Claim
Point guard Derrick Rose caused some eyebrows to shoot off their foreheads in an interview Wednesday after he claimed that members of the public were calling the New York Knicks a superteam....
Carmelo Anthony Expresses Solidarity With WNBA Players Protesting Violence<em></em>
A week after members of the Minnesota Lynx wore shirts condemning the killings of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling and the shootings that left five Dallas police officers dead, the WNBA decided to fine players from the New York Liberty, Phoenix Mercury, and Indiana Fever who have been wearing bla...
Carmelo Anthony Urges Athletes To Fight For Political Causes
Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony just posted a message to his Instagram page in which he asks his fellow professional athletes to become more politically active, instructing them to demand action from politicians and not to worry about losing endorsement deals....
Report: Joakim Noah Is "Almost Certainly" Signing With The Knicks
The breakup of the contender-era Chicago Bulls core is well and truly underway, as Tim Bontemps of the Washington Post reports that Joakim Noah is planning on heading eastward to join former teammate Derrick Rose in New York and sign for the Knicks. Here’s the Post:...
Deadspin Awards: Worst Team
The Deadspin Awards are in July and we need our readers to decide the winners of these prestigious honors. Today, we ask you to answer a simple question to which we nonetheless hope you’ll devote some serious thought: Of all the bad sports teams, which is the worst sports team?...
Reports: Bulls Trade Derrick Rose To Knicks
The Cavs are still out there partying, but the rest of the NBA has already moved on. According to multiple reports, the Chicago Bulls are trading Derrick Rose to the New York Knicks for a haul of players. The former MVP and Chicago native has one year and $21 million left on his contract. ...
Nearly Perfect: Modern Basketball Arrived Before Anyone Knew How To Play It
Over the past 20 years basketball has evolved from a sport based around throwing the ball to brutes in the post into one based around flighty sprites flinging three-pointers from ever-increasing distances. But in watching a Bulls-Knicks game from 1996, it was illuminating to understand how this actu...
J.R. Smith Gets Into Dustup With Heckling Teens
This past November, Cleveland Cavaliers guard J.R. Smith was involved in an altercation outside of a pizza shop in New York City. A 19-year-old reportedly claimed Smith attacked him, choked him, and slammed him into a wall in retaliation for a joke about him being traded by the Knicks. Deadspin has ...