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10/16/06
One-sided program reflects campus sentiment

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10/16/06
Lacrosse team, Duke respond as indicted players tell story on national TV
Jared Mueller

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10/16/06
Campus tunes in to '60 Minutes'
Program calls facts about prosecutorial conduct 'disturbing'
Adam Eaglin

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Published: Oct 16, 2006 12:30 AM
Modified: Oct 16, 2006 05:45 AM

Suspects, dancer contradict accuser

Anne Blythe, Staff Writer

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Kim Roberts' public statements

The "60 Minutes" interview is the latest given to the national media by Kim Roberts, the second woman hired to dance at the March lacrosse team party. When the media were trying to identify her, Roberts on April 19 sent an e-mail message to a New York publicist:

"Although I am no celebrity and just an average citizen, I've found myself in the center of one of the biggest stories in the country," Roberts wrote. "I'm worried about letting this opportunity pass me by without making the best of it and was wondering if you had any advice as to how to spin this to my advantage. I am determined not to let any negative publicity about my life overtake me.......Thanks for your time, The 2nd Dancer."

In subsequent published media interviews, Roberts said:

April 20, The Associated Press

"I was not in the bathroom when it happened, so I can't say a rape occurred and I never will...

"In all honesty, I think they're guilty. And I can't say which ones are guilty ... but somebody did something besides underage drinking. That's my honest-to-God impression."

The AP said Roberts did not talk extensively about the party but confirmed some of what the other dancer told police, including that the women initially left the party after one of the players threatened to sodomize the women with a broomstick.

About her e-mail to the publicist: "Why shouldn't I profit from it? I would like to feed my daughter."

April 24, ABC's 'Good Morning America'

"I never saw a rape occur. I was there from the beginning to the end. The only thing I did not see was the rape, because I was not in the bathroom at that particular moment. Everything leading up to it, I was here. Everything leaving from it, I was there. And mind you, I believe I was the only sober person in the place. I even hesitate to say that I didn't believe a rape occurred, you know. One of the reasons why I hesitated to say that is because I didn't want to -- make any, you know, make anybody else biased. I didn't want to hurt the integrity of the case. I probably am going to say that too many times, but I did not want people to make any judgments based upon my judgment. If they're innocent, they should have nothing to worry about."

May 1, Newsweek cover story

Roberts said the men at the party gave each of the women mixed drinks. Roberts says she did not drink but the other dancer did, knocking her cup over after finishing half her drink, then drinking from Roberts'.

But when the two began their show about midnight, the other woman began having trouble. "She started stumbling," Roberts said. "When I think back on it, she had a glassy look in her eyes."

Roberts told Newsweek that the men referred to her with a racial slur. Roberts acknowledged that she was the woman who called 911 on March 14 saying people at the house were yelling a racial slur.

May 11, The News & Observer

Roberts said of her immediate thoughts after the party: "I just thought it was a weird evening. And it was over."

June 14, National Public Radio's 'Morning Edition'

ROBERTS: "I can't say for sure if they requested white girls, but I know that at least one white girl was requested, and the other girl that they expected was Hispanic. And being that I am of mixed race, I'm sure that they assumed that I was the Hispanic one; and they were, of course, waiting now for the white girl to arrive. And almost -- it's kind of funny, because almost as soon as all this conversation was going on, lo and behold, here comes the other dancer around the corner and she's obviously not a white girl.

JUAN WILLIAMS: "Are they upset? Do they object?"

ROBERTS: "Well, yeah. They are very hesitant now if they want to continue with this. They're not exactly sure, you know. So, anyway, they decided, you know, to go for it."

NEWS & OBSERVER RESEARCHER BROOKE CAIN CONTRIBUTED TO THIS REPORT

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