Derrick Rose sued for 'gang rape' by ex-lover

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Chicago Bulls point guard Derrick Rose is being sued by a woman who claims Rose and two friends drugged and raped her.

According to documents obtained by TMZ, the plaintiff alleges that during the time that the two were dating (2011-2013), Rose had tried to pressure her into allowing him to have sex with her friends, participating in sexual acts with strangers and masturbating in front of him. She said that she refused all of these requests repeatedly.

The woman, only identified as Jane Doe, also claims that in August 2013, Rose and his friends Ryan Allen and Randall Hampton slipped something into her drink with the intent to rape her, but she escaped the house with her friends. However, she says the men then broke into her apartment and forced themselves on her while she was incapacitated.

Although the plaintiff said she only remembered “flashes” of what happened, she does remember the men forcibly raping her but was too “ashamed and embarrassed” to come forward until now.

A spokesperson for Rose issued the following statement Thursday morning concerning the allegations:

The plaintiff’s allegations are completely false and without any factual basis. This is nothing more than a desperate attempt to shake down a highly respected and successful athlete. Mr. Rose was in a non-exclusive, consensual sexual relationship with the plaintiff for over two years. The plaintiff expressed no complaints about Mr. Rose until various lawyers began to surface and demand that the plaintiff be paid millions of dollars. This is the third lawyer the plaintiff has retained in this matter. Two years have passed since Mr. Rose ended the consensual relationship with the plaintiff and her claims are as meritless now as they were two years ago. We have complete confidence that the case will be dismissed and that Mr. Rose will be vindicated. This lawsuit is outrageous.

The Bulls currently have no comment on the situation.

The woman is seeking unspecified damages.