Posted on 04/19/2006 4:37:00 AM PDT by MindBender26
Mr. Seligmann and Mr. Finnerty were apparently suspended from Duke on Tuesday, two weeks before final exams. Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs, issued a statement saying that the university issues interim suspensions when students are charged with felonies but that he could not discuss the case further because of a student privacy law.
http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060419/ZNYT02/604190772
Also Seligmann made two calls from his cell phone to his girlfriend I guess while waiting for the cab, or while in the house right before leaving. I am sure cell records will show on both their phones.
Seligman should look at the bright side: No-one remembers who Ray Buckey is.
My older brother who was in private practice before becoming a judge once told me that a senior partner in his firm once told him that even when you're taking a dump you're thinking about and billing the client.
DA has the smell of Ronnie Earl in Texas.
His lawyer has presented a receipt from a fast-food joint to assist in showing his client was not present at the house at the time the alleged incident occured. He needed money to EAT ... for cryin' out loud here.
Damn...how awful.
The coach gets fired, now the boys are suspended.
Yet this scank gets free college tuition from Jesse.
Niiiiice!
You understand the CURRENT timeline but that will change in response to this new evidence. The accuser and the prosecution as repeatedly changed their stories to fit the newest evidence.
Unfortunately, the jury will probably only hear the latest version of the story - one that will somehow make the timeline fit.
But when they start dancing, the guys start making nasty comments and giving the "thumbs down". The girls get mad, stop performing, and lock themselves in the bathroom.
They paint their nails for a bit, figuring they're going to use up their 2 hours, but then just decide to leave because the guys say they're not paying if the girls stopped dancing. In the process of leaving, the accuser falls down the steps, acquiring cuts/bruishes that are later misinterpreted as being evidence of a violent sexual assault.
So this girl is now laying at the bottom of the stairs, cut and bruised, with the camera on her, and without receiving the hundreds of bucks she was promised. I'm guessing she's not happy about that at all. So she figures she'll get even with those nasty boys by accusing them of rape.
I agree...I think these guys are sunk. Unless, someone highter up steps in, like a judge.
The argument of stigma is the basis of rape shield laws. The legislature decided, in their wisdom, that the advantage of gaining information through publicly disclosing the accuser's name was outweighed by the burden to the accuser of the stigma of being identified as a potential victim of rape. I believe that fairness demands the accused be given the same opportunity to avoid the stigma of being accused of rape until he is convicted. Whether that shield idea is a good policy is another debate. I will leave the latter debate to the legislators.
Another very likely explanation.
Does anyone know if the woman said any of the attckers left the bathroom during the attack? If she says that none left, she is toast, because then Seligmann's alibi becomes 100% solid. He was out of the house by 12:19, and the attack supposedly lasted until nearly 12:30.
Apparently that isn't even enough of an alibi. I have to wonder if there is any evidence in the world that could convince the prosecution, the mobs in Durham and the "experts" like Nancy Grace.
Those talking heads are saying that the alibi is good for the prosecution.
"Yep, and that might be the reason they took the pics of her on the ground in the first place. "
That's what I said in a much earlier posting! Remeber there was an argument, and didn't the first 911 call have the "victim" claiming verbal abuse? I think she was probably mad, stoned, whatever, and actually may have threatened them with police action. They may well have been protecting themselves with these photos.
THe tuition at my daughter college is about 2-3 times a state school but after aid and assistance the net cost is the same.
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