Judge: Potential mistrial in Rose case would push new trial into regular season
LOS ANGELES - The judge in the trial of a rape lawsuit against NBA star Derrick Rose and two other men has criticized the plaintiff's lawyers as ''unbelievably careless'' in production of exhibits and says he's considering a mistrial.
Rose's lawyers asked Los Angeles U.S. District Court Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald to declare a mistrial Tuesday because they had not been given three text messages important to their case until Friday, when Rose was on the witness stand.
The lawyers for the woman who accuses Rose and two friends of raping her in her apartment in 2013 say the texts were previously disclosed and the argument is frivolous.
The judge says it is not a frivolous matter and he told the lawyers to prove the texts had been disclosed.
The judge says if there is a mistrial it would push a new trial into the regular NBA season.