PITTSBURGH (AP) — 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 also say “he is alleged to have demeaned the image” of the state police.
Joyner got the OK in 2005 to work as Roethlisberger’s assistant. Police regulations require permission for any outside work for which troopers will receive compensation or “consideration.”
Roethlisberger was not criminally charged. But the NFL said Wednesday that he would be suspended for six games.
