NBA 2015 News: Derrick Rose Accused of Drugging and Gang Raping Ex-Girlfriend

Former NBA MVP Derrick Rose is being sued by a woman who claims the 26-year-old and two of his friends drugged and gang raped her, TMZ reports.

As noted by the report, the woman, identified only as Jane Doe, claims she dated the Chicago Bulls star from 2011 to 2013. The woman also claims that during that period, Rose allegedly tried to pressure her into performing and allowing certain sexual acts like pleasuring herself in front of him, allowing him to have sex with her friends and engage in group sex with strangers. The woman claims that she refused all of those requests.

The woman says she dated Rose until August of 2013, when the point guard and two friends, who she identified as Ryan Allen and Randall Hampton (who happens to be Rose's manager), invited her to the Bull's Beverly Hills home. There, the group allegedly slipped a drug into her drink with the aim of raping her.

TMZ reports that according to the plaintiff, she escaped the house with a friend, but later that night, Rose and his friends broke into her apartment and gang raped her while she was incapacitated. The accuser notes that she recalls only "flashes" of the incident, but can remember the defendants forcing themselves into her.

As pointed out by TMZ, the accuser says she waited two years to file a suit because she was "ashamed and embarrassed" of what happened, and was concerned that her family would find out.

The report notes that the woman is seeking unspecified damages.

A spokesperson for Rose has responded to 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."

Rose becomes the second Chicago-based professional athlete this summer to be mired in such an incident. Blackhawks star Patrick Kane is reportedly the subject of a rape investigation. For his part, Kane has yet to charged with any crime, but the probe is still ongoing.