Pete Rose has filed a defamation lawsuit against former lawyer John Dowd for alleging that Rose had sexual relations with underage girls, NJ.com reported.
Rose was furious last summer when Dowd, one of the prosecutors instrumental in his lifetime ban from Major League Baseball, accused him of being sexually involved with girls who were minors, which is statutory rape, when he was a player and manager for the Reds.
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"We filed because Dowd's statements are false and deeply offensive," attorney Ray Genco told NJ.