Ex-hotel director asks for dismissal

A former Harrah's employee has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit that accuses Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger of raping another worker and alleges that managers of the Lake Tahoe hotel-casino covered up the assaultStacy Dingman, the former director of hotels at Harrah's, is one of nine defendants named in the lawsuit filed last month in Washoe County District Court. She said she is the former best friend of Andrea McNulty, who claims the two-time Super Bowl winner raped her during a celebrity golf tournament in July 2008.

McNulty, 31, said in her civil suit that when she reported the incident to Harrah's security, she was told she was overreacting and that she should not pursue a complaint, partly because Roethlisberger is friends with John Koster, president of Harrah's northern Nevada operations.

The lawsuit claims Dingman and Koster were among those who conspired to cover up the alleged incident. The suit seeks a minimum of $440,000 in damages from Roethlisberger, at least $50,000 in damages from the Harrah's officials and an unspecified amount of punitive damages.