On Sunday, at a celebration of Philadelphia’s 1980 World Series team, former professional baseball player Pete Rose dodged questions related to a woman’s accusation that he had sex with her when she was underage. seventies “That was 55 years ago, baby,” the 81-year-old former Phillie told a reporter who approached him about the statutory rape allegation, which first surfaced in a lawsuit in 2017. The reporter, Alex Coffey of The Philadelphia Inquirer, tweeted that Rose later asked him if he would forgive him if he signed “1000 baseballs for you” before finally saying “I’m sorry.” Rose, also known for his time with the Cincinnati Reds, later rebuffed an Associated Press reporter with similar questions. “Who cares what happened 50 years ago?” he demanded, according to the Inquirer. “You weren’t even born. So you shouldn’t be talking about it, because you weren’t born. If you don’t know anything about it, don’t talk about it.”
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