Months before Derrick Rose took the stand to defend himself in the lawsuit claiming he and two buddies raped an ex-girlfriend while she was intoxicated, the NBA star was asked if he understood the word consent. No one disputes Rose and his friends had sex with the woman in her apartment Aug. 27, 2013. There is no commonly accepted definition for consent, which is at the heart of a ''patchwork quilt'' of evolving laws on rape and sexual assault that in some cases require an affirmative agreement before sex, attorney Rebecca O'Connor said. More...