By Brian Melley, The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — Lawyers for a woman accusing NBA star Derrick Rose and two of his friends of rape failed to disclose text messages to the defense, but the lapse was not significant enough to throw out the case or declare a mistrial, a judge ruled Wednesday.
Lawyers for Rose had argued that the plaintiff’s lawyers purposely withheld three texts until the woman was done testifying so the defense couldn’t question her about messages that showed the night in question had been planned for sex and that she was talking the next day about being reimbursed for cab fare and not accusing anyone of rape.