The Sordid Tale of Zach Randolph

Portland Trail Blazers forward Zach Randolph recently was cleared of sexual assault and prostitution charges. Here is a rough account of what the Portland DA believes happened that night:

Randolph paid two women $500 (total, not each) to perform a live sex show for him and a friend in his hotel room. Woman A (we'll call her Alice) agreed to perform the sex show with Woman B (we'll call her Bertha) because she "needed the money."

Bertha is Randolph's frequent sex partner and Randolph often asks her to perform sex shows with other women. Bertha says the agreement was for Alice to perform oral sex on her, Alice says she was only required to simulate the act, therefore it's not prostitution because the act was simulated.

It also explains why Randolph was dissatisfied with the show. After the show Alice engaged in consensual sex with Randolph's friend (we'll call him Love, because that's his name). After sex with Love she fell asleep or "passed out." She awoke to find Randolph trying to stick it in her ass. She slapped him away a couple times and he stopped. Randolph then put Alice on the counter and had vaginal sex with her, even though Alice claims she was shaking her head to say "no."

Alice did admit to being extremely intoxicated, having consumed three cocktails and three double shots of tequila (presumably Patron).

Bertha did not witness any of this because she was physically ill from intoxication and spent about two and a half hours in the bathroom.

Love, who is a barber, met Randolph five years ago and became part of the "'Hoop Family' a group of associates who spend a great deal of time with Randolph." Yes, that is a direct quote from the report.

Love says he frequently shares sex partners with Randolph. He had never met Alice before that night and didn't know about their sex show deal. He didn't see the sex show because he was too busy setting up music on his laptop. He does admit to banging Alice. After he was done with Alice, he saw Randolph start fucking her and claims it was consensual. Then he decided to join them.

Then money got involved and it started to get complicated, but Randolph did eventually give Bertha $500 to give to Alice. Alice also admitted to a third woman (Bertha's roommate) that Love and Randolph did a train on her.

Alice went three days later for a medical exam, but that was too late to get any evidence. All she had was her word. And that didn't stand up.