Peach, are you around?
Can you transcribe from Abrams' show at 6?
Can anybody get it?
From WRAL:
The motion, filed Monday by Kirk Osborn, who represents indicted lacrosse player Reade Seligmann, also asks the court to schedule a pretrial reliability hearing to "determine if the complaining witness is even credible enough to provide reliable testimony."
"This request is based on the fact that the complaining witness has a history of criminal activity and behavior, which includes alcohol abuse, drug abuse, and dishonesty, all conduct which indicate mental, emotional and/or physical problems, which affect her credibility as a witness," the motion states.
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Osborn writes that no forensic evidence links Seligmann to the alleged crimes, according to the limited information provided to the defense by prosecutors. The case is based on eyewitness testimony from the accuser, he states.
The motion adds that the material provided by the state is "inconsistent, and sources indicate the complaining witness has more (than) one version of her story." It asks for information concerning the accuser's mental health, any hospital commitments and drug-abuse history, as well as education, probation and parole, and Department of Social Service records.
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Also Monday, Osborn told the court in a separate motion he planned to present an alibi defense, based on the testimony of witnesses who are "known to, or should have been known by, the district attorney." The defense has suggested a timeline that argues if the dancers were performing around midnight, Seligmann left the party before having enough time to participate in the 30-minute assault described by the accuser.
http://www.wral.com/news/8965575/detail.html
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0424062duke1.html
Here's the mothon
I just got back here but had it on while cleaning up from dinner.
Essence magazine reporter has talked with accuser's family and they say the stripper is thinking about pulling out of the case because of stress on her family. (Yeah - right)
Defense lawyer asking for stripper's medical records going back to high school and something mentioned in the brief that she has had mental health, drug and truthfulness problems dating back to high school.
On one of the shows it was mentioned that it does not take this long for the DNA results to be completed, that the DA wants them after the election.