The irony is so thick you could stab it with a fork.
Any time anyone in the MSM says anything about the defendants, at least one of the following words is mentioned: "privileged," "elite," "white" (because, y'know, that matters), "exclusive." Hear that, kids? We aren't supposed to assume anything bad about this woman based on her profession. But speculate away on the white males. After all, they're white, male, privileged, elite lacrosse players attending an exclusive university. They obviously raped this woman because they thought she was their slave. Just ask Jesse Jackson.
Don't expect the accuser's occupation to come up at trial unless she brings it up. The defense is case-in-chief, and it revolves around the assertion that the defendants simply weren't there when the alleged attack occurred. The defense won't need to cross-examine the alleged victim. The only time that ever really needs to occur in a rape case is if the defense's case revolves around consent, which it doesn't here. The defense will just be a matter of calling witnesses to authenticate documents showing that the defendants were elsewhere. That's actually a very calm case to run.
Don’t you just love how some articles are written...
On the manicured Duke campus, hundreds of students wore T-shirts emblazoned with "Innocent till proven guilty."