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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I remember one guy, he said in a loud voice, She's just a stripper.

COSBY: She's just a stripper?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes.

COSBY: That driver also took me on a ride-along, retracing what he says are Reade Seligmann's exact steps the night of the alleged assault. Take a look.

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COSBY: Moett (ph), where were you on March 14th?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: March 14th, I was here at the station (INAUDIBLE) and working by myself.

COSBY: And what call did you get?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I got a call at 12:14, showing up here.

COSBY: 12:14 in the morning, you received a call.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes.

COSBY: Now, this number that we see here, at 12:14, whose phone number is this?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This phone number belong to Reade.

COSBY: Reade Seligmann, who has now been charged in the Duke rape case.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, ma'am.

COSBY: How do you know for sure that you picked up Reade Seligmann?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I know his face at the time, and I recognize him.

And I said I remember his face.

COSBY: So what time do you think you arrived there at the house?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I arrive at between, I guess between 12:19, yes.

COSBY: So just about five minutes later?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: About five minutes, yes.

COSBY: You picked them up on the corner. Then you came to this bank?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I came to the Wachovia bank machine, yes.

COSBY: And who took out money from the machine?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Reade.

COSBY: Reade Seligmann?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, he come out this side door, and he went to the machine down there where he takes some money out.

COSBY: And was Reade the only one of the two who took out money?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, I just remember just Reade at that time. I didn't remember the other guy went out.

COSBY: And how long did it take to drive here?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: From the corner? Probably two or three minutes.

COSBY: Did you notice anything unusual about their behavior? Was he drunk at all?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, he's little bit, but not that much drunk.

COSBY: Just a little drunk?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, not that drunk so he can't get out and can't get inside my car.

COSBY: So after the bank, where did you take him to?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I take them to Cook Out Restaurant.

COSBY: This restaurant right here?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This restaurant right here.

COSBY: And this is open very late?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, it's open very late, like maybe 3:00, 4:00 in the morning.

COSBY: After you left here, where did you take them?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: After I left here, they said they wanted to go to the west campus (INAUDIBLE)

COSBY: To back to their dorm on campus?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Back to the dorm on campus. That's where I took them to.

COSBY: And how much of a fare was it? How long were you with them?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: About 30-35 minutes, and they asked me how much it is. I told them about $17, $18, and they gave me—Reade, I believe, he gave me $25.

COSBY: So they gave you a pretty big tip?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A very big tip, yes.

COSBY: Is that why it stands out in your mind?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No, because I'm with them a long time, they make my car smell. That's the only reason I have them in my mind.

COSBY: Well, his father showed up here. And when he saw the call, near the house, right, about a block away from the house, he said, “This is for sure my son's cell phone number”?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, ma'am.

COSBY: One hundred percent?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: One hundred percent. He was jumped outside the—up inside the (INAUDIBLE) and he's happy.

COSBY: He was jumping up and down?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Jump up and down. He says, “Yes, I know my son called for a taxi at this time.”

COSBY: Moett (ph), how do you feel to know now you may be Reade Seligmann's alibi?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, I'm so happy that I'm telling the truth. I'm so happy, if this guy is innocent, he didn't do anything, I'll so happy to see him out and do his normal life, as he is to do.

COSBY: And you're sure that it was Reade Seligmann that night?

You're sure you were with him for half-an-hour? You sure he took your cab?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I sure, yes. He's this guy, he called me. I sure I pick him up. I took him to that bank, and I took him to the cookout, where he got some food.

COSBY: No doubt in your mind it was definitely this man that night?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That's him, no doubt, 100 percent.

COSBY: And you will testify under oath to that?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Sure.

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COSBY: Shocking new development tonight in the Duke rape investigation you'll see only right here on MSNBC. First, an interview with a cab driver whose story is a double-edged sword. The cabbie's story about taking Reade Seligmann, one of the suspects, home appears to match the young man's alibi, and that could very much help him. But get this. The cab driver's story may actually hurt some of the other players. He told me what happened after he dropped off Seligmann and then went back to the house for another call.

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COSBY: You made a second pick-up that night near the house, one actually at the house. What did they say in the cab that was unusual to you?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I remember one guy, he said in a loud voice, She's just a stripper.

COSBY: Do you think he was complaining about the stripper or something bad happened with the stripper?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I have no idea. I don't have any information about what's going on in the house.

COSBY: Now that you look back.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes. When I look back, he look like he mad at the stripper, or the stripper, she going to call the police and she's just a stripper.

COSBY: Did it seem to you that someone had been raped in the house and they were talking about a rape?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No. My mind couldn't go that far away, but it

looked to me like somebody got hurt, but what kind of harm or what kind of

· I have no idea.

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