http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/06/sports/basketball/derrick-rose-trial-rape-lawsuit.html 2016-10-06 04:20:50 Jury Is Selected in Lawsuit Accusing Derrick Rose of Rape An ex-girlfriend claims Rose and two other men gang-raped her while she was incapacitated. === LOS ANGELES — A federal court jury of six women and two men was selected Wednesday for the trial in a lawsuit by a woman who says she was gang-raped by the N.B.A. star Rose was not present, but he was expected to be in court Thursday. Rose commented on the case Tuesday in Houston, where he was making his debut with the “I wanted to take it to court because I didn’t want to settle,” said Rose, 28. “I don’t feel like I did anything wrong. If I go up there and just tell my side of the story, I think I’ll be all right.” A lawyer for the ex-girlfriend who says Rose and two friends gang-raped her while she was incapacitated said that by talking to reporters Rose had violated the gag order his own lawyer had sought to silence the parties outside the courtroom. “It’s unfair to the plaintiff,” the lawyer, Waukeen McCoy, said. During jury selection, 50 candidates were asked what they know about the case, what basketball team they root for and whether they can set aside their sexual moral beliefs and biases. The two other men accused in the lawsuit, Randall Hampton and Ryan Allen, and the plaintiff sat through jury selection on opposite sides of the courtroom. United States District Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald gave prospective jurors an outline of the case, warning that they would hear testimony involving sex acts, vulgarity and profanity. “Sex is essentially at the heart of what has been alleged and denied,” Fitzgerald said. The trial threatens to expose details of Rose’s sex life, including text messages discussing his desire to have group sex. The woman has said she rebuffed those offers and never consented to sex with the men. She also has said she was drugged, though Rose’s lawyers said there is no evidence of any drugs. The woman, who dated Rose on and off for two years, told the police that he and two friends got into her apartment and had sex with her while she was intoxicated in August 2013. She reported the incident to the authorities two years later. The Los Angeles police are still investigating and no criminal charges have been filed. Rose, Hampton and Allen denied the allegations and said the sex was consensual. Rose’s lawyers said the woman is trying to extort millions from Rose, a former N.B.A. most valuable player. The woman had wanted to remain anonymous in court because she said she was harassed online after her name was leaked and she didn’t want her conservative parents to learn about the incident. She said they don’t know anything about the incident or her relationship with Rose. Fitzgerald allowed her to remain anonymous until trial. If he kept her identity from the jury, he said it might appear he was protecting her and jurors might assume he believed her, which could hurt the defense.