PITTSBURGH (AP) -ABC says Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger will participate in Shaquille O’Neal’s new reality TV series despite being sued by a woman for alleged sexual assault.
Roethlisberger canceled a news conference set for Thursday to promote the show, but ABC spokesman Edwin Escobar said in an e-mail Wednesday that production will proceed as scheduled on Friday.
In the show “Shaq Vs.” debuting on Aug. 8, Roethlisberger is one of the athletes the NBA star will challenge in their respective sports.
The woman’s civil suit, filed in Nevada, claims Roethlisberger raped her last summer in his penthouse hotel room at a casino in Lake Tahoe during a celebrity golf tournament.
Roethlisberger’s lawyer denied the allegations.
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