Probe of Steeler QB Roethlisberger's friend expanding

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The attorney for a Pittsburgh suburb says it will be “months as opposed to weeks” before he recommends whether a police officer should be disciplined for being with Ben Roethlisberger the night he was accused of sexual assault at a Georgia nightclub.

Coraopolis solicitor Richard Start has finished reviewing the Georgia Bureau of Investigation file.

But instead of recommending discipline based on that review as he originally planned, Start says he’s continuing to investigate and won’t finish until at least July.

Some witnesses say Coraopolis officer Anthony Barravecchio was with Roethlisberger’s accuser in a hallway outside the restroom where she claimed to be assaulted. Authorities didn’t charge Roethlisberger with a crime.

Barravecchio’s attorney has said the officer didn’t do anything wrong.