Tension high in Duke caseN.C. stripper hides as TV shows pics

nydailynews.com ^ | April 20, 2006 | TAMER EL-GHOBASHY and DAVE GOLDINER

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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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saw a woman dressed in a sweater and jeans come from the side of the house

I am sure someone else has addressed this, but (as I consume my mornin' coffee) I was wondering how Kim could be dressed in jeans & sweater. The AV left the house "as is" and I am assuming that Kim did also, so they had to have had enough time to go "somewhere" to change clothes.