Accuser changes story in lacrosse case

News and Observer ^

[SmoothTalker]

"The woman adjusted the timing of the assault to earlier in the evening, a time point preceding the well-documented alibi of one accused player, Reade Seligmann. The defense, however, introduced yet more alibi evidence for Seligmann: he was on the cell phone with his girlfriend during the height of the attack as the accuser now times it."

"* In her latest statement she said the attack ended at midnight.

In previous accounts, the woman said the gang-rape ended shortly before she left in the car driven by Kim Roberts, the second dancer. Roberts called 911 as she was driving away at 12:53 a.m., according to police records. This new account leaves 50 minutes unaccounted between the end of the rape and the departure from the party.

The new statement runs contrary to time stamped photos of the party, which show the two women dancing between 12:00 and 12:04 a.m. in the living room of the house at 610 N. Buchanan Blvd.

* In the latest statement, the woman says she arrived at the party at 11:20 p.m. on March 13 and that the rape began at 11:40 p.m. Her cell phone records show that she was on phone with her father and others up to one minute before the rape allegedly started."

"* The accuser has changed her description of Evans. On April 4, she viewed a photograph of Evans and said it looked like one of her assailants, except that the assailant had a moustache. In the Dec. 21 statement, the woman said the assailant had a five o'clock shadow, not a moustache. Evans has a visible five o'clock shadow in the photograph."

[JLS]

New thread Nifong recuses:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1766717/posts?page=12

[Krodg]

I can only guess he met with her to go over and over the latest version of the story either that of 21 Dec. or some new revised version that explains her showing up with one shoe?

Would even Nifong be stupid enough to let her change her story again after her only meeting with him?

Perhaps he will say that she was too terrified to testify, so in interest of justice he was compelled to subpoena her?

[gopheraj]

Thanks.