Rosberg Keeps Squeeze on Hamilton with Japan Pole
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2016 SPORTS Derrick Rose says he assumed ex-girlfriend consented to sex LOS ANGELES: There was no text mes- The 30-year-old woman denied hav- resume testimony. The judge ordered tims of sexual assault. further advances until a friend removed sage that specifically gave Derrick Rose ing sex earlier in the evening at Rose’s Rose to return to the stand even if it Rose said he never received any text her from the room. permission to have sex with his ex-girl- Beverly Hills mansion, though her testi- means missing a preseason game the from the woman telling him she wanted Rose said the woman was acting a bit friend, but for the NBA star the signs mony was clouded by her claims that night before in New York. to have sex with him and the two others. abnormally, but he didn’t think she was were clear, he testified in a lawsuit that she blacked out and could only piece Rose, 28, was called to the stand by But he had assumed from what had drunk. Rose said he once had feelings for accuses him and two friends of raping together the evening through short the plaintiff’s lawyer as a hostile witness transpired and the fact she had never the woman and thought they had a the woman. “flashes” of memory and by reviewing a to help make the plaintiff’s case that the told him no. bond. He was once asked if he thought It started with a morning text mes- flurry of text messages she apparently woman never gave consent to have sex “In my mind, she consented every she was after his money. “Not at that sage from the woman saying Rose was was able to send despite being drunk with him and his longtime friends and time we had sex,” he said. “Why wouldn’t time,” he said. the reason she “wakes up horny,” includ- and, possibly, drugged. assistants, Randall Hampton and Ryan she do it that time?” Defense lawyers have described her ing a photo of herself in her nightshirt. At the end of testimony, Rose’s lawyer Allen. Consent is the main issue for the Attorney Waukeen McCoy suggested as a gold digger and suggested she had Rose said Friday he surmised that the asked a judge to declare a mistrial jury of six women and two men. The Rose had no remorse about the night. sued for money. She denied that saying: “horny” text had triggered consent from because of a profane text message that men, all friends since adolescence in “I’m sensitive to it,” Rose replied, but “I didn’t wish him any harm, I wanted that point on, and that was only rein- he said the woman’s lawyers had failed Chicago, have denied the allegations added, “I feel I didn’t do anything wrong.” him to be accountable.” forced for him by their sexual acts she to reveal until Friday. and said the woman consented. Rose hadn’t seen the woman since The woman didn’t report the incident engaged in with him and his personal The judge said he would take the The Associated Press is not naming breaking up months earlier, but invited to police until she filed suit more than assistant that night at his house and an issue up Tuesday morning before the the woman because it generally does her over for drinks that night. Rose two years later. Los Angeles police still invite hours later to her apartment. Knicks point guard is scheduled to not identify people who say they are vic- retreated to his room, where he rebuffed have an open investigation.— AP Lynagh says lack of depth hurting Wallabies LONDON: Wallaby legend Michael Lynagh they normally win games,” said Lynagh. believes a lack of depth lies behind “But it’s been a real struggle this year to Australia’s post World Cup slump. Michael score tries. Whether that’s because opposi- Cheika’s men return to Twickenham yester- tions have worked them out, whether they day for their Rugby Championship finale don’t have enough versatility in their against Argentina in their first match at armoury, we’ve yet to see. ‘headquarters’ since a World Cup final “But we are in a rebuilding phase. We defeat by New Zealand just over a year ago. lost six in a row there but all six of them to Few would have forecast then that loss the number one and number two teams in would mark the start of a run of six straight the world (New Zealand and England) so defeats for Australia, albeit all the games it’s not too bad.” concerned were against the world champi- Argentina head into yesterday’s match on All Blacks and a resurgent England with just one win, over South Africa, in this coached by former Wallaby boss Eddie season’s Rugby Championship. But Lynagh Jones. Australia head into this weekend’s insisted the Pumas, defeated by Australia at match in London having won just twice in Twickenham in last year’s World Cup semi- eight games, with the initial optimism final, will still be one of the “teams to beat” engendered under Cheika, who took at the 2019 edition in Japan. charge following the shock resignation of Right now, he reckons they are paying Ewen McKenzie in October 2014, now a the price for the first season of the Jaguares thing of the past. team-the Argentina side in all but name-in “We thought that under difficult circum- the Super Rugby club competition. stances, the team and Michael Cheika per- “They had a tough Super Rugby tourna- formed very well to get to the final,” ment-it was their first time in there and I Lynagh, 52, told AFP in an interview on think players dealing with the travel and it’s Friday at the London office of financial a long season and it’s always the same media firm Dow Jones Corporate, where he group of players,” Lynagh said. “They want- works as the managing director for Europe, ed to incorporate more teams and I think the Middle East and Africa. “They played that’s diluted the product a little bit. SUZUKA: Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team’s German driver Nico Rosberg (C) celebrates after taking pole position ahead of teammate Mercedes good rugby and it’s not that much different “I can understand wanting Argentina to AMG Petronas F1 Team’s British driver Lewis Hamilton (L) and Scuderia Ferrari’s Finnish driver Kimi Raikkonen during the qualifying session at to the team that’s been trotted out this be there, but when you’ve got an extra the Formula One Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka yesterday. —AFP year,” explained former fly-half Lynagh, a South African team, another Australian key member of the Wallabies’ 1991 World team and a Japanese team who play home Cup-winning side. games in Singapore as well. More is not Lynagh, whose 911 points in 72 Tests necessarily better. “But Argentina play a Rosberg keeps squeeze on remains an Australia record, added, howev- pretty good brand of rugby. They are pretty er: “There’s been some issues. (David) dangerous and they’ve been very close (to Pocock hasn’t played a lot of games and he more wins) and they’ll go close again yes- was arguably one of the players of the tour- terday. “I think that with teams in both Hamilton with Japan pole nament at the World Cup. “The England these championships, they will really bene- games we were down to our fifth inside fit and they will be one of the teams to beat SUZUKA: Nico Rosberg stormed to pole posi- Hamilton. “The end of qualifying was pretty ahead of Force India’s Sergio Perez, while Vettel centre which, when you are a nation such at the next World Cup.” Television analyst tion at the Japanese Grand Prix in a pulsating cli- intense but I had a good feeling-I knew if I put in starts alongside Romain Grosjean’s Haas on the as Australia that struggles with depth, is Lynagh, who overcame a life-threatening max yesterday’s qualifying, piling yet more pres- a decent lap then it should be enough,” added fourth row. Nico Hulkenberg’s Force India and not great and it’s the same now. stroke in 2012, finished his playing career sure on world title holder Lewis Hamilton. the German, whose slender edge over Hamilton the second Haas of Esteban Gutierrez rounded “When you look at them, (Matt) Giteau, with London club Saracens, now the reign- The German, who has a 23-point lead over was calculated by Mercedes to work out to just out the top 10. There was frustration for McLaren (Kurtley) Beale, (Matt) Toomua and ing English and European champions. Hamilton in the Formula One championship 82 centimetres. in engine supplier Honda’s home race, however, (Christian) Lealiifano are all out.” Saracens boss Mark McCall has led criti- with five races to go, will start alongside his “I still need to get the job done on the start with Fernando Alonso starting on row eight and cism of last week’s England training camp- British foe on the front row as the two Mercedes tomorrow, then race pace, strategy. We’re feeling Jenson Button one row behind after failing to ‘STRUGGLE’ which included a judo session-that saw continued to dominate in Suzuka. good about it and we think we can be quickest escape the first qualifying round. Last week’s 18-10 defeat by South Africa Wasps flanker Sam Jones break his leg and Rosberg has been quickest all weekend with tomorrow.” Hamilton insisted he could still halt Rosberg’s was typical of Australia’s recent problems, Bath wing Anthony Watson fracture his jaw.