Pa. police revoke trooper's OK to assist Roethlisberger

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pennsylvania State Police have rescinded permission for a trooper to work as a personal assistant to Ben Roethlisberger because he was present when the Steelers star was accused of sexual assault at a Georgia nightclub.

Trooper Ed Joyner got state police permission to work as Roethlisberger’s assistant in 2005. State police regulations require troopers to get permission for any outside work for which they’ll be paid or otherwise receive compensation or “consideration.”

The state police said today that Joyner’s work for Roethlisberger exceeded the scope of what he was permitted to do and also that “he is alleged to have demeaned the image” of the state police.

Roethlisberger was not criminally charged in the incident. But today, the NFL announced the Steelers quarterback would be suspended for six games.