15 players had prior charges
http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/422787.html
March 28th; plenty of time.
I didn't see Finnerty mentioned in that link. That's why I wonder if she didn't ID him until the other articles on him in particular appeared April 5 and 6. Nifong imo definitely hinted at only one ID at the NCCU forum.
The DNA results had just come in the day before that forum, and Nifong was under tremendous pressure. I wonder if he went to the false accuser after NCCU and said she needed to make other IDs or the case couldn't go forward? And Finnerty, the known "assaulter," fit the bill.