Ashley Harlan: Ben Roethlisberger’s Wife Helped Repair Ben’s Image And Start A Family All While Shying Away From The Spotlight
Ashley Harlan did what many thought was impossible — she tamed Ben Roethlisberger.
The wife of the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback, Ashley (now Roethlisberger) was able to get the notorious playboy to settle down and get married in 2011. While Ashley prefers to remain on the sidelines most of the time, devoting her time to raising the couple’s three children, she tends to get more attention whenever Ben leads his team deep into the playoffs.
That is exactly where the Steelers stand this season, entering the conference championship weekend just one win away from what would be Roethlisberger’s third Super Bowl. And with it, there is plenty of spotlight on Ben Roethlisberger’s wife, who herself will get a lot of of screen time during the AFC title game.
There was once a time that Ben Roethlisberger’s relationship with his now-wife brought controversy. He started dating Ashley Harlan not long after accusations from a former casino waitress that Ben Roethlisberger had raped her. Ben was again accused of sexual assault two years later, but the charges were dropped due to lack of evidence.
As Ben and Ashley Harlan got engaged, Roethlisberger fielded questions that he was really entering the relationship as a way to repair his public image.
“People will always have opinions of everybody and me, and that’s fine, they’re entitled,” Ben told the Associated Press. “People can say that it is whatever, but people who know and can see and are around us and know me, know that it’s something special when you find that person, and I’m extremely lucky.”
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Ashley Harlan: Ben Roethlisberger’s Wife Helped Repair Ben’s Image And Start A Family All While Shying Away From The Spotlight is an article from: The Inquisitr News
