Posted on 10/11/2006 1:52:56 AM PDT by abb
DURHAM -- A CBS "60 Minutes" segment on the controversial Duke University lacrosse rape case is expected to air Sunday evening and will include interviews with all three indicted players and Kim Roberts Pittman, the second dancer at the party where the attack allegedly occurred.
CBS would not comment on the show. The network's normal practice is to withhold information about "60 Minutes" broadcasts until a few days in advance.
But Pittman's lawyer, Mark Simeon of Durham, confirmed Tuesday that his client was interviewed. But Simeon ended a telephone conversation before fielding a question about what Pittman told the interviewer.
An exotic dancer at the time, Pittman was with another dancer who claimed she was raped and sodomized by three lacrosse players during an off-campus party at 610 N. Buchanan Blvd. in mid-March.
Pittman since has been quoted as saying the rape charges were "a crock." She also told police in a March 22 handwritten statement that she and the accuser ended their performance when someone at the lacrosse party "brought out a broomstick and ... said he would use the broomstick on us."
"That statement made me uncomfortable and I felt like I wanted to leave," Pittman added. "I raised my voice to the boys and said the show was over."
Pittman said she then asked the alleged rape victim to leave the party with her. But she said the accuser "felt we could get more money and that we shouldn't leave yet."
According to Pittman, the accuser "began showing signs of intoxication" early in the dance performance and was "basically out of it" by the time it ended.
Pittman finally drove the other dancer to a Hillsborough Road grocery store, from which a 911 call was placed to police.
There is nothing about an alleged rape in Pittman's written statement, which is included in public-record court files.
All three defendants also were interviewed for the "60 Minutes" segment, sources told The Herald-Sun. The interviewer is veteran reporter Ed Bradley.
The three -- Collin Finnerty, Reade Seligmann and David Evans -- remain free under $100,000 bonds as they await a trial that is expected to occur next year. Each maintains he is innocent.
Neither they nor their families could be reached Tuesday for possible comment about the CBS show, and their attorneys had no comment.
Defense lawyers apparently will not appear on the television program. Neither will District Attorney Mike Nifong, who has been widely criticized for allegedly rushing to judgment in the case and making inflammatory public statements before he had sufficient evidence.
For the past four months, Nifong has not discussed the situation publicly. He was out of town on business and unreachable for comment Tuesday.
Benjamin Himan and Mark Gottlieb, police investigators in the lacrosse case, also could not be reached. But sources said the two had not been interviewed by "60 Minutes" as of Friday.
The Police Department repeatedly has declined to discuss the lacrosse incident.
It could not be determined Tuesday if a one-time driver for the alleged rape victim, Jarriel Lanier Johnson, was among those Bradley contacted.
"I have nothing to say about it," Johnson told The Herald-Sun by telephone before hanging up.
But Johnson gave police an April 6 handwritten statement about an "appointment," "a job" and a performance the accuser had at three different hotels in two days not long before the alleged rape.
Johnson also said she had sexual intercourse with him during the same time period.
URL for this article: http://www.heraldsun.com/durham/4-777449.html
Oh, well.
I guess it's a blessing that our memories go long before our sense of humor does: "I don't remember it, but I know it was funny! :>"
See you guys later, and happy Friday to all. :>
check post 19 here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1712061/posts
I tried to post it, but could not quicly figure out how to. So feel free to post it to this thread if you find it amusing.
Kim has OPINED bad things about the boys that aren't supported by witness facts she has presented. What has she factually lied about with regard to that night as it pertains to what Mangum says was done to her?
http://liestoppers.blogspot.com/2006/10/does-new-york-times-ever-get-it-right.html
It did for me. I foolishly thought that when there was no DNA match, no other physical evidence linking them, the charges against the boys would be dropped. When Nifong dug his heels in even deeper & the governor & state attorney general refused to help in any way is when I began to completely lose faith in the system.
She really is one of the most vile talking heads on TV.
From Talk Left----
BOMBSHELL II --- NIFONG TARRED and FEATHERED by BRADLEY
« on: Today at 07:09:08 PM »
FORGET THE MOTION -- that was a nothing - Watch the Ed Bradley Interview in the Sidebar:
http://www.wral.com/news/10072636/detail.html
BOMBSHELL ......................
NIFONG is getting TARRED and FEATHERED by Bradley all over the airwaves today.
Some Bradley highlights:
Biggest surprise to CBS 60 minutes was the presumption of GUILT by DURHAM, DUKE UNIVERSITY, rest of country AND NIFONG!!
NIFONG convicted students with his inflammatory public statements!!!
ONLY news agency NIFONG DID NOT TALK to was CBS 60 minutes -- Bradley says he was all over the airwaves for everyone else calling players holligans, saying they had rich daddies, etc..
CF will not present alibi.
Aside:
chickens think other bombshell will be accuser's motivation $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
http://forums.talkleft.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=d04a79c12ca1f61b5238dbcc3f2c4ac6&topic=342.0
** Extortion? **
Is the NYT dead from the neck up? That's unbelievable!
It is comical. I guess the real reporters at the NYT are now refusing to touch this story and toe the company line?
I keep hearing these extortion rumors. I'm not setting my expectations too high though. As long as they filet Nifong and his "case", I'll be happy although I'd love a few bombshells.
Sounds like the intro to the old tv show Dark Justice.
BTW you can download all the episodes now. I loved that show!
We need that judge for this case.
Yeah that Bradley interview is indeed a bombshell. It is hard to believe this will not force the government to act.
The biggest news to those of us here is that Bradley confirms that Finerty has an alibi and his holding it until trial.
What happened to the CTV boards? I guess I missed it. I hadn't been there in a while and wanted to see reaction to this 60 minutes interview, and poof!
In Maine it is called "false swearing" and punishable with imprisonment up to 4 years.
The only time I heard of a conviction on "false swearing", in this liberal state, though, was when a tax activist was found to have included a few unverifiable signatures on an anti-tax petition.
Oh, it's against the law, all right, but the DAs choose which laws to enforce and who to apply the law to. That's a huge problem.
Have a great one!
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