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Pittsburgh Steers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger will tell his side of the story — or at least what he has been through since being accused of rape in a civil lawsuit — tonight on the ESPN magazine program E:60.

The Steelers quarterback talks one-on-one with reporter Michael Smith at 7 p.m. about a subject on which he has said very little since being named in the highly publicized lawsuit. It was filed on behalf of a former employee of a Lake Tahoe resort who claims Roethlisberger sexually assaulted her in his hotel room in 2008.

Roethlisberger, who was playing in a celebrity golf event at the time of the alleged incident, has denied any wrongdoing. He tells Smith that the tarnishing of his family name is one reason why he and his lawyers have mounted an aggressive defense and countersued his accuser.

If the civil suit, which Roethlisberger’s lawyers unsuccessfully petitioned to have thrown out, has been a distraction, it hasn’t shown. Roethlisberger is in the midst of a career season.