Posted on 04/23/2006 8:52:59 AM PDT by TexKat
DURHAM -- Results from the second round of DNA tests in connection with the Duke lacrosse rape investigation will not likely be available before May 15, District Attorney Mike Nifong said Saturday.
Nifong also denied an allegation by some defense attorneys that the second exotic dancer at the March 13 party where the rape allegedly occurred received special treatment from Nifong's office so she'd cooperate with the prosecutor.
Kim Roberts, 31, was arrested March 22 -- eight days after the lacrosse party -- on a probation violation from a 2001 conviction for embezzling $25,000.
The same day a grand jury indicted lacrosse players Reade Seligmann and Collin Finnerty, a judge agreed to a change so that Roberts would no longer have to pay a 15 percent fee to a bonding agent. Nifong signed a document saying he would not oppose the change.
Soon after the rape allegation was made, Roberts told defense attorneys that she doubted the story of her colleague who told police she was dragged into a bathroom and raped. But in an interview last week with the Associated Press, Roberts said she thinks some players -- she's not sure which ones -- are guilty.
"It seems she is receiving very favorable financial treatment [from prosecutors] for what she is now saying," said Bill Thomas, a defense attorney for one of the lacrosse players who has not been indicted.
Nifong said Saturday that wasn't his motive in agreeing to change Roberts' bond from secured to unsecured.
"It's consistent with local bonding policy," Nifong said, when asked why he supported the change.
Nifong, who faces two challengers in the May 2 Democratic primary, attended a meet-and-greet with supporters Saturday at Joe & Jo's Downtown Restaurant and Pub, where he fielded a few questions from The Herald-Sun.
Nifong ordered the second round of DNA tests from a private lab after initial tests by the SBI crime lab in Raleigh failed to find DNA from any of 46 lacrosse players tested on or in the accuser, nor any of her DNA in the bathroom in which she said she was raped, sodomized, beaten and strangled for 30 minutes by three men.
Some defense attorneys had said they expected the new DNA test results last week.
Police logs show that the woman was taken to the Duke hospital at 2:31 a.m., after a stop at a substance-abuse center, and that she claimed she had been raped.
As Gomer would say..... Surprise, Surprise, Surprise...
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Right there it is.
that is why she claimed rape. She did not want to be in a detox center or caught with drugs in her system.
LOL! Umm, no thanks. I'll leave that to the DA :)
"woman was taken to the Duke hospital at 2:31 a.m., after a stop at a substance-abuse center"
I thought she was taken to a psychiatric clinic?? Is that the same as a substance-abuse center?
Prissy Bissey, the overly observant neighbor.
I had the same reaction to this info...confusion. Kim called 911, then told the players that she called, and everyone cleared out of there in the following 2 minutes. Could the police have arrived later than 12:55?
I think we have a winner!
Someone else here called him neighbor Bisseybody and I think that's perfect.
LOL
Yes, perfect!
Come on Howlin. Time to come back down to Earth. LOL! Kimmy is a scary girl, but not something a full grown adult male would really be afraid of. Well, most of them.
These boys are real athletes. All of them. I am 44, and I keep thinking about that song by Toby Keith..."There was a time, when I was in my prime..."
I wonder why Bissey hasn't given any reports of players leaving the scene. After all that had happened, you'd think he might have noticed.
Right there it is.
that is why she claimed rape. She did not want to be in a detox center or caught with drugs in her system.
I think you are on to something....but wouldn't the hospital run a tox screen?
I wonder when Nifong has to relinquish his DA title if he losing in the upcoming primary?
"So if she called the cops before she sped off, then that means that CAB #2 had to arrive at or a bit after 12:53, not before as I speculated earlier."
Why? Did the driver say that he didn't see the women? Isn't it possible that they were still there?
I've asked that before but no one here seems to know. If he wins the primary he runs unopposed in the general election in November. I imagine not until early 2007 would his successor take over. He could do a hell of a lot of damage between now and then.
I was thinking about that earlier. The 911 call from Kim was at 12:53. It took a minute and a half and she didn't mention the address for 30 seconds. The timeline has the police arriving at 12:55. Now, has anybod ever seen police respond to a call in 90 seconds? It seems like the 12:55 time got misreported. Maybe the call TO the police was 12:55 and they arrived at 1:10 or so.
I bet they did do a TOX screening, and if drugs were found, who cares, she is a "rape victim." They would never prosecute her.
I would love to know if she has to have regular drug screenings ect.
I think there is much about the accuser's background that we do not know and it will make this an interesting defense if it ever makes it to a jury trial.
I saw the femaile defense attorney for one of the LAX captians on on TV last week saying that she thinks once Nifong does a complete inestigation he will know what the defense already knows and drop the case.
The last people I'd want living next door to me would be college jocks. Forget about the rape- these guys were total jerks to the neighbors and probably made everyone in the neighborhood's life miserable.
Typically I have seen a few things, mainly the time in the cab logs, that might indicate everyone's clock was correct except the government one.
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