Accuser in Duke lacrosse case wanted money, man says (DukeLax Ping)

Raleigh News & Observer ^ | November 4, 2006 | Benjamin Niolet, Joseph Neff and Anne Blythe

[Ken H]

When did she first complain to Nifong?

[ltc8k6]

That's the complaint about Nifong.

We don't know when the sex harass complaint was made.

[ltc8k6]

Complaints....

Her complaints were ignored.

Musta' asked Nifong more than once to do something.

[abb]

http://www.lewrockwell.com/anderson/anderson149.html
Why the Duke Hoax Continues
Part II: Durham and the Politics of Entitlement

by William L. Anderson

[abb]

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003352582
2 North Carolina Papers Team on Special Report on 1898 Race Riot

[abb]

http://www.heraldsun.com/opinion/hsletters/
Not about racism

Grant Farred's column headline ["Secret racism underlying lacrosse case," Oct. 29] summarizes the problem with his diatribe. The 'case' is the accusation of three students with assault and rape.

To this point every fact that has been disclosed publicly seems to exonerate the accused. Unfortunately, the DA and the media early on decided that all of the issues that Farred decries made these students guilty of a crime. While it is certainly important to discuss the issues Farred raised, they are not the crime for which these young men stand (apparently falsely) accused. He seems to want to convict these students of a crime because there is racism, sexism and underage drinking among lacrosse players. Should Farred be fired because some professors are racist, sexist or ultra right/left wing?

Equally strained is his criticism of students registering to vote. He states students are wrong for not being involved in the community and then wrong when they peaceably and democratically exercise their right to dissent from the ill-conceived actions of the DA.

These three young men are being made the scapegoat for real social ills that they did not create. It's time for educated people like Prof. Farred to differentiate between those social ills and criminal actions, rather than continuing to obfuscate.

DAVID ROSENTHAL

November 6, 2006

[gopheraj]

mark

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

Got MILF?
That was the first person I thought of, LOL! But it is usually the icky man that thinks he is a stud muffin.

OTOH, it does not necessarily have to be a man.

I did not know Ashley resigned.

[abb]

Have you the link to C. Destine's page. someone saved it to a url, but I lost the link.

[CondorFlight]

"I did not know Ashley resigned."

Maybe the rats are leaving the sinking ship.

(And maybe Ashley--who prosecuted Evans for his 'noise violation') may know a bit more about the DA and his activities...

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

http://funkb.us/dada/

[Ready4Freddy]

KC Johnson's entry this AM - Volokh on Nifong

Here are some Gaynor comments about C Destine's MySpace page - http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/gaynor/060722

[maggief]

Under the supervision of Phyllis Tranchese, District Court prosecutors Shamieka Rhinehart, C. Destine Couch, Stormy Ellis, Luke Bumm, Dale Morrill, Ashley Cannon, Michelle Williams, and Tim Gould are there to look out for the citizens of our community.

//

C. Destine's Groups:

... Interracial Hookup ...

[TommyDale]

No one in North Carolina will think you are dissing our state.
We like corruption, that's why we continue to elect Democrats.

[abb]

http://durhamwonderland.blogspot.com/
The Latest Bombshell

I spoke last night with Ashley Cannon, a former assistant district attorney in Mike Nifong’s office.

She told me the following:

On Friday, her last day working for Nifong, Cannon spoke with the Administrative Office of the Courts, and filed an oral complaint alleging sexual harassment by Assistant District Attorney C. Destine Couch and a complaint against District Attorney Nifong for taking no action on the matter.

Couch received some attention earlier in the case, after people noticed his racy myspace.com website (which was then taken down). According to Cannon, Couch engaged in a pattern of inappropriate behavior that prompted her to file an internal complaint with David Saacks, the chief assistant district attorney. Saacks, she said, then brought the complaint to Nifong.

I spoke this morning with Saacks. He said that he could confirm that the complaint had occurred, but otherwise, as a personnel matter, only Nifong could comment on the issue.

Cannon said that, around four weeks ago, after Nifong showed no signs of acting, she made an appointment to speak to the district attorney. She reported that Nifong told her that they would talk about the matter later; and in the meantime, he would put her on a schedule that didn’t overlap with Couch. When Nifong did neither and she felt that the situation wasn’t going to improve, she decided to leave and file her complaint—against Couch for inappropriate behavior and against Nifong for inaction.

I asked Cannon why she came forward now; she said that she felt compelled to follow the same advice she gave to women who experienced sexual harassment in their jobs.

The N&O reached Ken Williams, human resources officer with AOC, who "said he had not heard about the complaint but would not have been the one to take it. He said if human resources receives a complaint, the office typically will investigate and make suggestions or recommendations to a district attorney, but that his office has no authority over elected officials or their employees."

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Couch’s mother, Finesse Couch, is a major player in the Durham Committee for the Affairs of Black People. The PAC recently endorsed Nifong, even though African-American groups traditionally look poorly upons reckless prosecutors. Finesse Couch has also donated $1000 to Nifong’s re-election campaign. Her most recent contribution, $250, came on October 10, or after Cannon had complained about C. Destine Couch’s behavior.

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The ironies of Cannon’s experience, of course, are numerous:

* In the last seven months, Nifong has positioned himself as a great defender of women’s rights; yet he appears to have had a blasé attitude toward following up on a sexual harassment complaint in his own office.
* Would Nifong have handled Cannon’s complaint differently if Couch’s mother had not been a significant figure for his re-election effort?
* Nifong felt comfortable moving forward in the lacrosse case without ever speaking with the accuser about her version of events; and yet here, with a member of his own office filing a complaint and talking personally to him, he appears to have done little or nothing about it?

I emailed Couch and Nifong for comment; both have, to date, not replied. The N&O did reach Nifong; he refused to comment.

[TommyDale]

Wow. Lincoln Navigator? Saab Turbo? Nice vehicles for someone going to school...

[Pharmboy]

Nice work.

[TommyDale]

"Come get some!"

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

It was the MILF MAN!!!!!

And WE broke the story of his alter ego

And his MOTHER contributed 1000.00 to the Campaign

And Committee endorsed Nifong!

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

Ashley wasn't hungry, it seems.