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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/09/us/09duke.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

"The woman's father said in an interview Thursday that she was seeing a psychiatrist and was in no condition to testify. "I don't know how long it'll be before she gets back in her right frame of mind," he said. "It could be years."

"Joseph B. Cheshire, another defense lawyer, called on Mr. Nifong to dismiss all charges. He said there was no medical evidence to show the woman had been raped or injured. "All the things that Mr. Nifong said in his press conferences, the vast majority of those things, except his opinions, have proven to be untrue," Mr. Cheshire said in a telephone interview."

A little more in the NYT. It's Kim M. Pittman now.....

Look at Cheshire's statement about the press conferences.

I think that's what is going to get Nifong in trouble.

He has a responsibility to the community - he has an obligation - he is only supposed to seek the truth.

Yet, in his press conferences he saying things that are false. He's attempting to affect public opinion using false statementts. I think those press conferences will land Nifong in court before it is all said and done.

Just a couple examples:

The $400.00. Nifong was telling everyone the $400.00 was stolen from the AV by the lacrosse players.
When, in fact, the AV had said that Lil Kim stole the money.

The strangulation/choke hold. Nifong demonstrated on numerous National shows the choke hold applied while the AV was gang-raped. He demonstrated the fingernails in the arm while the AV pulled on the arm TO BREATHE he said. He put this felonious strangulation down as justification to get an early search warrant.
The problem: the medical report does not support the fact she was choked or strangled.

Condoms. Nifong pleaded his case on national televison that her attackers may have used condoms when he got a whiff of the DNA results.
Problem: the AV plainly stated that condoms were not used.

The Distric Attorney can not make statements that prejudice public opinion towards a defendant while the case is pending or awaiting resolution.

"All the things that Mr. Nifong said in his press conferences, the vast majority of those things, except his opinions, have proven to be untrue," Mr. Cheshire said in a telephone interview."

But we haven't heard the good news from Nifong yet--

She [Megyn Kendall] also said that the prosecutor claims to have "good news" for their case.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1643280/posts: June 4th thread

/snort!