So Derrick Rose doesn't know what CONSENT means

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http://deadspin.com/lawyer-derrick-rose-said-he-doesnt-know-what-consent-m-1786681789

The woman who says Derrick Rose and two friends raped her in 2013 spoke to reporters again Thursday, a day after granting interviews to the Associated Press, New York Daily News, and Think Progress. Alongside her lawyers and activist Katherine Redmond Brown, Jane Doe answered many questions about the night she says she was raped and why she wants to remain anonymous. Her lawyers also presented the argument that not only was their client incapacitated to the point she couldn’t give consent, but that Rose might not have understood what consent was.

From the beginning, Rose’s legal team has said that while he and friends Randall Hampton and Ryan Allen had sex with Doe, it was all consensual. Doe, who denies that, talked today on a conference call about hanging out with Rose and his friends and about how much she had to drink that night. She said when she got home, she started vomiting, went to bed with her clothes on, and today only remembers what followed in flashes. She woke up the next morning with her dress up to her neck, feeling that “something really bad happened.” One of her lawyers, Brandon Anand, later said, “She was in no condition to give consent.”

In his June 17 deposition, lawyers asked Rose about consent. One of Doe’s lawyers read aloud that section of Rose’s sworn deposition—which is not available to the public—during today’s press conference. Here is that segment that was read aloud to reporters on the call:

Question: Do you have an understanding as to the word consent?

Derrick Rose: No. But can you tell me?

Question: I just wanted to know if you had an understanding.

Derrick Rose: No.