Posted on 04/20/2006 6:54:31 AM PDT by mlc9852
The victim, a single mom who turned to exotic dancing to support her two kids, attends North Carolina Central University, a mostly black college in Durham.
She plans to keep a low profile until the students go on trial to avoid inflaming tensions in the black community, where opinion is running heavily against the privileged students.
One of the most hurtful things for the woman about the media circus surrounding the case, the cousin said, is the tendency to assume the worst about her because she is a stripper.
"She's a victim and she's a human being," the cousin said. "Her occupation couldn't justify that a crime like this was committed."
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The DA was nuts to do this. I think he just didn't want a riot on his hands. They'll be let go and the DA will say he did his job. The Dems will go to the polls and vote for him again because he at least tried to get the little rich kids.
I'm fading fast, folks. Need some sleep. See you tomorrow.
Anybody got any idea where you can get a Duke LAX jersey? (I''m thinking it is going to me a must-have summer fashion accessory!)
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I have a 60 something friend in Arizona who when I told him about the spike in sales claimed he was going right to the internet to buy a shirt.
Bissey has been embellishing ... I don't know about the cabbie.
That's Kim in the driver's seat? Is that the sweater the cabbie described? Like I said ... I don't know, and I'm listening. So far no one has asked the pertinent questions. They've focused on Seligmann's timeline. I'd find it interesting if two cars were there. I find it very unusual that the escort service left two strippers at a college party without some sort of "security."
We haven't heard much about the AV's timeline prior to the party and after. She was with the boyfriend earlier and called her father for directions, (driven to the party by the boyfriend). The boyfriend was at the hospital and drove her home. That's about it.
Yes, he leaves for Ft Bliss in June and Iraq in Sept.....and yes, I am worried sick, but very proud since he volunteered to go...
That was at 12:30. She apparently went back into the house.
Then came back out six to seven minutes later and fell on the stairs.
If I remember correctly, rape would likely include removing underwear etc.. and I'd guess it would take a little bit of time to redress and you'd be crying or at least visibly upset....not smiling for the camera two minutes later.
Wow, that's going to be a major bloodbath, isn't it? I'll bet those evil white (I assume) lawyermen are just going to rough those sistas up somethin' awful.
How much do you want to bet this DA is going to find some way to weasel out of this thing before it hits a courtroom where everybody can see what a travesty it is? And he'll do it in such a way that the cloud of suspicion stays over these poor guys, instead of clearing them. That way all those with a hate-white rich kid agenda can keep their preconceived declarations of guilt.
I wish there were some way for the defense to INSIST this thing go to trial, where the whole world will be able to see this farce get played out.
"What I AM disputing is his account of the LATER PICKUP of FOUR GUYS at the house at 1:00."
Find a quote where the cabbie says 1:00.
I told you Megyn Kendall said 1:00, later amending her report to around 1:00. Not quoted ... no log.
Me too ... g'night.
No, she was smiling at 12:30, then apparently went into the house. The next pic shows her collapsed on the steps.
The pics of her might help. I mean, if her stripper outfit was
attached and buttoned or whatever the same when she first arrived till she left and still the same after she collapsed on the stairs- well, then she wasn't raped.
Those Duke boys are confident and I'm sure they took a lie detector's test already (to satisfy their parents) whether we know it or not and they don't have to tell us.
I agree. It seems clear she arrived with bruises and was very likely intoxicated, judging on the totality of what we've heard. Where she was before and what she was doing is VERY IMPORTANT and we've heard almost nothing on it. All I've heard on this is two points:
(1) the detective on O'Reilly last night who spoke with sources in Durham PD who in turn knew where she was earlier and had been drinking.
(2) the father, who says she called him to asked directions but then hung up saying "nevermind, WE'RE here." Since we know the two strippers arrived 15-30 mins apart, with Kim arriving first, the person in the "WE" must have dropped Kim off and driven away. My guess is it was the boyfriend and/or pimp, and that he figured a bunch of Duke students weren't going to be a problem for the strippers and didn't need to hang around.
The father also says he was with the daughter earlier in the evening and she bought candy and soda for her kids (a real health nut, that woman). But he doesn't say when that was, and I would guess earlier in the evening before the kids' bedtime.
To me, the other very important mystery in the case is what exactly the SANE report says. Amazingly, a horde of investigative reporters has descended on Durham and yet not one of them has managed to get a look at it. The DA has seen it, and I've listened carefully for his characterization of her genital injuries. I've only heard him use the terms "swelling" and "pain." It's the screeching talking heads who have been throwing around terms like "vaginal tearing" and "anal tearing" and "microtears" and I have no reason to believe they have a basis for those statements at this point.
The SANE report may end up being a lot less supportive of the woman's allegations than is speculated, once defense medical experts can examine it.
When's he gonna get that money out of the safe?
Do you know which guy is pictured wearing a short sleeve red shirt?
I told you Megyn Kendall said 1:00, later amending her report to around 1:00. Not quoted ... no log.
THAT is MY contention - that is was NOT in fact 1:00 a.m. but some time earlier.
I've been out of the loop. Has there been any word on Finnerty's alibi?
What was her hair like before and after she got raped? Having sex messes up your hair....and getting raped must reeeeeeeeeeally mess it up.
Perjury is illegal? Filling a false police report is illegal? Sorry bud, in my neck of the woods it seems to be completely legal :(
You're thinking of the good ol' days...
I have 3 sons also-and I survived their childhoods, LOL!
The sad thing is most (maybe not all) of these guys are probably good kids.
Smart boys, good young men sometimes do stupid things no matter what you teach them. It is the testosterone factor. In reality, it could be any of our kids.
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