RENO, Nev. -- Lawyers for Ben Roethlisberger and a woman who accused him of raping her at a Lake Tahoe hotel-casino in 2008 have reached a settlement that ends her civil lawsuit against the Steelers quarterback.
Calvin R.X. Dunlap, the Reno lawyer representing the woman, confirmed the settlement Friday but declined to discuss the terms of the agreement. "The matter has been resolved and I have no further comment," he said.
The Reno Gazette-Journal first reported the settlement.
It also dismisses claims against Harrah's employees whom the woman had accused of covering up the alleged sexual assault in Mr. Roethlisberger's penthouse suite in July 2008. The woman was in her early 30s at the time of the alleged incident.
Mr. Dunlap first told Washoe District Court Judge Brent Adams in papers filed last Nov. 30 that his client wanted to have a stay lifted so the case could be dismissed because a settlement was pending.
"All parties have reached a resolution of all claims and counterclaims," he wrote.
Judge Adams formally dismissed the case Dec. 27 but neither side had publicized it until now.
David Cornwell, Mr. Roethlisberger's lawyer, and Ryan Tollner, his agent, did not return calls seeking comment Friday night.
The Nevada Supreme Court had ruled against the two-time Super Bowl champion quarterback's request in August to have the case moved from Reno to Carson City because it was closer to where the alleged incident had occurred at Harrah's in Stateline.
The woman was a VIP casino hostess at Harrah's when she said Mr. Roethlisberger allegedly lured her to his room under the pretense of fixing his television. Mr. Roethlisberger was in town at the time to play in a celebrity golf tournament.
Mr. Roethlisberger has denied the allegations.
The original lawsuit filed in 2009 sought a minimum of $440,000 in damages from the quarterback, at least $50,000 in damages from the Harrah's officials and an unspecified amount in punitive damages.
The woman said she never filed a criminal complaint because she feared Harrah's would side with Mr. Roethlisberger and she would be fired.
A month after the suit was filed, Mr. Dunlap offered to drop the lawsuit if Mr. Roethlisberger admitted assaulting the plaintiff, wrote a letter of apology, and made a $100,000 donation to a Reno group that aids abused women.
Mr. Cornwell, Mr. Roethlisberger attorney, rejected the offer, calling it "bizarre" and "a destructive farce."
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First Published: January 21, 2012, 5:00 a.m.