This is from one of the defense attorneys describing an email discovered:
It's a copy of an e-mail sent by [Durham police Investigator] Richard Clayton to [Detective] Mark Gottlieb on 6-25-06 about your article in The Carolinian, which was apparently picked up by NBC 17 [television news website], regarding Jakki's claim of a hush money payment offer to [her cousin]."
Bannon continued, "You will see handwritten notes on the copy. That's Gottlieb's handwriting. It memorializes a conversation he had with [lead Duke rape case Investigator] Ben Himan on 6-30-06 in which Himan told him (Gottlieb) that he (Himan) had spoken to [the alleged victim] about Jakki's claim, and [the alleged victim] denied that she had ever received such an offer.
[The alleged victim] went on to tell Himan that Jakki "is out of the loop," and she (the alleged victim)) "doesn't know where cousin is getting it from."
1. If these were Duke people connected to the defense in any way, it seems to me Nifong and Gottlieb would want that publicized.
2. Am I mistaken, or is this one of the only instances where Gottlieb made handwritten notes? See:
That's Gottlieb's handwriting. It memorializes a conversation he had with Ben Himan on 6-30-06 in which Himan told him (Gottlieb) that he (Himann) had spoken to CGM about Jakki's claim, and CGM denied that she had ever received such an offer.
3. Was the intent of this handwritten note to suppress the story? If so, why?