Pa. police revoke trooper’s approval to work as personal assistant to Roethlisberger

Pa. police: Trooper can’t work for Roethlisberger

PITTSBURGH — A Pennsylvania state trooper can’t continue to work as a personal assistant to Ben Roethlisberger because he was there when the Pittsburgh Steelers star was accused of sexual assault in Georgia.

The Pennsylvania State Police said Wednesday that Trooper Ed Joyner’s outside work exceeded the scope of what was permitted. They say “he is alleged to have demeaned the image” of the state police.

A friend of Roethlisberger’s accuser told Georgia authorities that a “bodyguard” refused to acknowledge that the woman was alone with the quarterback in a nightclub March 5. Georgia authorities later identified the man as Joyner.

Roethlisberger was not criminally charged. But the NFL said Wednesday that he would be suspended for six games.