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The Pittsburgh Steelers are headed to the Super Bowl and if the Steelers are victorious that means one thing, Ben Roethlisberger is going out partying and we should hide the women and children.

I am a dedicated believer that everyone deserves a second chance, but Ben Roethlisberger has already had his. Big Ben has been involved in three high-profile incidents, including a nearly fatal motorcycle accident in 2006, a sexual assault allegations in Lake Tahoe in 2008, and in Milledgeville, Georgia, in 2010. Neither allegation resulted in charges being filed.

On July 17, 2009, a civil suit was filed in Washoe County, Nevada District Court accusing Roethlisberger of sexually assaulting Andrea McNulty, 31, in June 2008 in his hotel room while he was in Lake Tahoe for a celebrity golf tournament.

The woman said Roethlisberger struck up a friendly conversation at her desk during the golf tournament last July.

The next night, she said he telephoned her to tell her his television sound system wasn’t working and asked her to look at it. She said she was unable to find a technician so she handled it herself because she had been told it was important to please the celebrities.

In Roethlisberger’s room she said she determined the TV was functioning properly but as she turned to leave, the 6-foot-5, 240-pound quarterback blocked her exit, according to her suit.

While many friends and co-workers turned on McNulty, who says they weren’t paid off to do so? I don’t have too many friends that $100,000 cash wouldn’t change my mind about them.

Ready and willing to move on, Roethlisberger would be accused of sexual assault for the second time inside the woman’s restroom of the Capital City nightclub. The accuser, a then-20-year-old student at nearby Georgia College & State University,  told cops that the NFL star approached her “with his penis out of his pants” and followed her into a bathroom, where “he had sex with me” in spite of her objections.

In one of two handwritten police statements, the woman recalled that she told Roethlisberger, “No, this is not OK, and he then had sex with me. He said it was OK. He then left without saying anything.” After the woman reconnected with friends, they left the club and “went to the first police car we saw,” according to one statement.

The medical exam after the alleged assault did not provide definitive proof of rape. However, the medical exam did reveal a “cut, bruises and vaginal bleeding,” reports ESPN. Some DNA evidence was seen, but the quantity of it was insufficient to determine who it belonged to.

One witness, Ann Marie Lubatti, told investigators that she saw one of Roethlisberger’s bodyguards guide the alleged victim to a side door. Lubatti said that she immediately approached another bodyguard and said, “This isn’t right. My friend is back there with Ben. She needs to come back right now.” Lubatti, who described Roethlisberger as “noticeably intoxicated,” said she was rebuffed by the bodyguard, who remarked, “I don’t know what you are talking about.”

In a March 17, 2010 a letter to prosecutor Fred Bright, a lawyer for the woman asked that the rape probe be dropped. Is this another possible payoff by Big Ben?

Roethlisberger was suspended in April for six games for violating the league’s personal-conduct policy, but Goodell said at the time that he would review the quarterback’s behavior over the next few months. Goodell was satisfied that Roethlisberger has followed the league’s guidelines and stayed out of trouble; his suspension was reduced to four games.

Questions still remain as to why Roethlisberger would not appeal the suspension by the NFL when he repeatedly has stated he did not assault the woman.

Some may choose to look past the events of the last few years for Ben Roethlisberger and celebrate his appearance in another Super Bowl but these acts will not be overlooked and will be front and center during the two weeks leading up to Super Bowl 45.