Duke Lacrosse Accuser Made Previous Report

AP ^ | Apr 27 2006 | AARON BEARD

[Conservative Coulter Fan]

The woman who says she was raped by three members of Duke's lacrosse team also told police 10 years ago she was raped by three men, filing a 1996 complaint claiming she had been assaulted three years earlier when she was 14.

Authorities in nearby Creedmoor said Thursday that none of the men named in the decade-old report was ever charged but they didn't have details why.

A phone number for the accuser has been disconnected and her family declined to comment to The Associated Press. But relatives told Essence magazine in an online story this week that the woman declined to pursue the case out of fear for her safety.

The existence of the report surprised defense attorneys, one of whom has sought information about the accuser's past for use in attacking her credibility.

"That's the very first I've heard of that," said Bill Cotter, the attorney for indicted lacrosse player Collin Finnerty, who along with fellow Duke sophomore Reade Seligmann is charged with first-degree rape, kidnapping and sexual assault. He declined additional comment.

Attorneys for Seligmann asked the court this week to order the state to turn over the accuser's medical, legal and education records, and hold a pretrial hearing to "determine if the complaining witness is even credible enough to provide reliable testimony."

The accuser, a 27-year-old student at North Carolina Central University in Durham, told police she was hired to perform as a stripper at a March 13 party, where she was raped by three men.

According to the Creedmoor police report in August 1996, when the woman was 18, she told officers she was raped and beaten by three men "for a continual time" in 1993, when she was 14. She told police she was attacked at an "unspecified location" on a street in Creedmoor, a town 15 miles northeast of Durham.

The report lists the names of the three men, but no other details. Creedmoor police Chief Ted Pollard said Thursday he had no recollection of the report, and his staff has been unable to find any additional information about it.

Durham police Officer Brian Bishop, who interviewed the accuser in 1996 while working on the Creedmoor force, said Thursday he had a vague recollection of the report but couldn't remember any details.

When asked about the accuser's previous report of rape, Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong declined to comment.

Before Seligmann and Finnerty were indicted, attorneys for the players pointed to the accuser's criminal history when answering questions about their clients' legal troubles. The woman pleaded guilty to several misdemeanors in 2002.

[Howlin]

Glad to!

[Locomotive Breath]

I can't imagine Duke allowing the Aryan Brotherhood to march on school property in solidarity with the mostly white lacrosse team. I'm amazed they are allowing a Panther Parade through the campus. Maybe there is a Hezbollah chapter who'd like to seek out Jews for special attention. It doesn't make sense to me, armed or not.

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You don't understand how right you are. Duke allowed the Palistine Solidarity Movement to hold a conference on campus less than two years ago.

http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/mmedia/features/psm/

For MLK day this past January, they had Bush Derangement Syndrome (BDS) sufferer Harry Belafonte.

When David Horowitz gave a talk, a bunch of the faculty sat in front and pulled all kinds of juvenile stunts.

[Locomotive Breath]

You first have to search them. Maybe they'll all docilely line up and go through metal detectors. Reminds me of the toll booth scene in "Blazing Saddles".

[GAgal]

I bet they'd stop local Boy Scout Troop 99 in its tracks, and have standing orders to shoot military recruiters on sight.

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It would depend on whether the Boy Scout Troop was sufficiently "diverse".

[maggief]

I don't know what the mother does. I don't recall it reported. The father is either a retired truck driver or car mechanic, (both reported). Now he "tinkers" on cars.


I found this while looking for info on the mother.

http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=triangle&id=4073847

The alleged victim's mother told Eyewitness News that she expected a "no match" in the DNA results. She says her daughter's attackers wore condoms.

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Guess they used condoms on brooms. :-/

[maggief]

Believe it or not I remember where they are posted.

Enjoy the game!

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They could tell if the Boy Scouts were diverse by seeing how many had the "Interior Decorating" merit badge.

[Alia]

Womyns blindly defending all Womyns who cry rape make it easier for evil men to assault more Womyns in the future.

You are correct.

Just heard on the nuews that 5 women have contacted Nifong anonymously to report that they too had been raped but never reported it.

What the hell gives with these women??? If they HAD reported it, damned skinny butt-headed females -- THEY MIGHT HAVE HELPED OTHER WOMEN NOT BE RAPED by the same culprits.

Grr. I mean.. grrrr. Yeah, right. "Sisterhood is strong" but only when it benefits "the cause" of female politics.

I'm flat out disgusted.

[maggief]

"Step back" from your keyboard ... LOL



http://www.newsobserver.com/content/news/crime_safety/duke_lacrosse/20060428_nifongstatement.pdf


Statement by Durham DA Mike Nifong

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So we have unsubstantiated claims by women that two men at Duke were rapists at some time and place in the past, so there are rapists at Duke, and that helps prove the case. But the earlier potentially false rape report by Mangum has no bearing on whether she is now falsely reporting rape. Is that what you meant Mike?

[Howlin]

"Two of these letters are from former Duke students who were sexually assualted by former Duke students."

He really is a despicable person.

[Howlin]

I just cannot get over the absolute hubris of this guy.

[Locomotive Breath]

I reference my earlier post about this being Greek Tragedy otherwise known as hubris leading self destruction.

[Locomotive Breath]

"leading to self destruction"

[ozaukeemom]

Could you add me to the ping list? TIA

[BossLady]

Looks like a 7th grade girl wrote Niffy's signature...LOL! Was looking for a 'star' or a 'flower' over the 'i'.....LOL!

[Dukie07]

I noticed he never mentioned any of the letters or emails attesting to the character/innocense of the accused....

[Howlin]

Glad to.

[snarkytart]

What a putz this man is, and just like Mangum, he goes and believes everything without proof!
How does Nifong know the letters from the five "rape victims" are even legitimate.

Also, notice how he has to mention two were from DUKE!