Posted on 04/25/2006 2:34:48 AM PDT by abb
DURHAM - District Attorney Mike Nifong plans to reinstate misdemeanor charges against a half-dozen Duke lacrosse players, saying a March 13 party where a woman reported a rape broke the deals that the players made with prosecutors.
Nifong's decision could affect players who, before the party, had entered agreements in which prosecutors would dismiss the cases if the players performed community service and stayed out of trouble for six months or a year. Among the first to have his charges reinstated was David Evans, one of the team captains who lived at 610 N. Buchanan Blvd., the site of the party in which lacrosse players hired two women from escort services to dance. One of the women told police that she was raped by three men in a bathroom.
Two players, Collin Finnerty, 19, and Reade William Seligmann, 20, were charged last week with first-degree rape, first-degree sex offense and first-degree kidnapping. Their attorneys say the men are innocent.
On Monday, an attorney for Seligmann filed a motion seeking information that would help attack the credibility of the woman, the only person, according to the defense filing, who says a rape occurred. The motion seeks information about the woman, including criminal charges, mental and emotional problems the woman has suffered as well as social services, probation, child protective services and victim's advocacy records.
Today, Finnerty is due in a Washington court where prosecutors in an assault charge are considering whether to revoke a deferred prosecution agreement similar to those affecting other players in Durham.
According to court records, 16 players were charged in the past three years with misdemeanor charges in Durham including noise violations, public urination and alcohol violations. The deals placed the men on probation for either six months or a year.
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I suppose that would just be too easy.
You should take some time to create an "About" page. :-)
He's even around for some time after the primary until a successor is sworn in. Nobody here seems to know when that is.
You're right on!
Isn't the first name of the AV's father "Travis"?
He used the name "Travis" for his interview with NG.
Yeah, I know. Just thought I'd ask. LOL
It's been at least 30 years since universities opted out of responsibility for the behavior of their students. During the wild and weedie sixties the whole question of 'in loco parentis'was argued on campus and in the courts.
Ex-husband: Ken McNeil
(http://www.insideedition.com/ourstories/inside_stories/story.aspx?storyid=152
wait. That Travis was born in 1970.
Son of Travis the father and sibling to Crystal? Age 36?
Sorry, I had it wrong. Her husband is McNeil so Mangum is her maiden name. Correct?
Could be. I remember the father saying her was the youngest of three sisters. He also mentioned an older brother.
Wasn't there an obit naming relatives posted somewhere?
That address looks familiar. :)
I've seen several, including one which seems to be that of a sixteen yr. old Raleigh girl with the same first, middle, and last name. All I know for sure is that Mangum is the last name on her 2002 arrest record.
Anybody belong to ancestry.com?
Unless you're being ironic, it's the same one given in the Raleigh News and Observer article about Crystal's little taxi ride.
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