Posted on 01/11/2007 8:55:24 AM PST by jpl
DURHAM, N.C. -- The judge in the Duke University lacrosse case has ordered a paternity test to determine the father of a child born to the woman accusing three players of sexual assault.
Superior Court Judge W. Osmond Smith III requested the paternity test in a written court order filed Wednesday.
Defense attorneys had first requested the test in December before the child was born to eliminate any paternity question. The woman said she was attacked by the players during a team party in March.
Smith approved the paternity test during a hearing in December, but didn't make the order official until Wednesday.
The accuser gave birth to a girl last week at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, a person familiar with the case has told The Associated Press. The source spoke anonymously because the information had not yet been made public.
Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong has said the pregnancy is almost certainly unrelated to the night of the team party. Both sides agreed the test should be conducted to silence any doubts about a connection to the case.
Rape charges were dropped against the three players last month though they still face charges of sexual offense and kidnapping. All three maintain their innocence.
Smith also ordered that attorneys be given transcripts from a closed-door hearing they attended in December to discuss sealed records in the case. The transcripts were ordered sealed, and no details were provided about what was discussed during the hearing.
Defense lawyers have asked for records detailing the accuser's military service, social services interaction and medical information.
Come on! NiGong show is pure genius!
I applaud the court for endorsing the idea of Immaculate Conception.
Not her father, I think. He appeared to be a decent man. But her boyfriend is another matter. I always thought he was part of this deception.
That ain't Immaculate Conception. It's Virgin Birth.
I think a live and kicking baby is proof positive that it was conceivable.
This piece of trash must go to jail, along with her enabler, Nifong.
Suppose the DNA matches one of Meehan's lab samples. Suppose the baby is white...(mulatto).
Anyone who handled the samples SHOULD HAVE submitted DNA to the lab. Meehnan's showed up but it was a "limited" show and deemed "contamination".
I think the judge knows something....(sorry for this)...like her menstrual cycle. The lab should have that info also.
I thought the DNA samples came from the anal swab. My recollection is that the vaginal swelling resulted from the vibrator she used earlier in the day for a "performance" to a couple in their hotel room.
5 dudes in the back door? Impressive.
Why the hell did Nifong not automatically give the attorneys these transcripts? Sealed means sealed from the public, not from the defense attorneys.
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Sounds like that movie about the teenager and his dad going to prison for an IRA related terrorist attack they weren't involved in. I think it was "In the Name of the Father."
There was evidence in the government records office marked "Not to be given to the defense under any circumstances."
The DNA samples came from "everywhere".
That's right, she could have picked up an embryo during one of her 2 girl sex-dancing gigs.
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