Sounds like Finnerty has a good attorney.
>>. Osborn said he hoped Mr. Nifong would drop the charges, but he was unable to talk with him.
"I've known the guy for 25 years," Mr. Osborn said. "I went over and thought surely he'd listen to me on it. And he sent some messenger out and said: 'I saw you on the TV saying your client was absolutely innocent, so what do we have to talk about?' He wouldn't even see me himself."
Joseph B. Cheshire, a Raleigh, N.C., lawyer for a lacrosse captain who has been cleared, said there was also clear alibi evidence for Finnerty. He declined to be specific. Finnerty's lawyer William J. Cotter did not return phone calls.
Meanwhile, in Charlottesville, Va., Chip Royer, a lawyer for Jeffrey O. Bloxsom, who says he was assaulted by Mr. Finnerty last year, said Mr. Bloxsom was being hounded by the news media because of the Duke case and was now considering a civil suit against Mr. Finnerty.
Juliet Macur contributed reporting for this article.<<
From a NYT article on another thread.