Last August, TMZ set the national media abuzz, reporting that a $21.5 million civil lawsuit had been filed against then-Chicago Bulls star Derrick Rose. It accused Rose and his two friends of drugging Plaintiff (who I refer to as Jane Doe), breaking into her Los Angeles apartment, and taking turns raping her while she came in and out of consciousness.
Then everything went dark. After the initial news cycle, both the Chicago and national media largely ignored the story. When I reported details of the legal proceedings, many responded, “I thought that case was thrown out.