Posted on 04/27/2006 4:27:11 PM PDT by 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.
Where it says "Browse by Forum" choose "All of the Above" to browse on FR. You'll get all posts instead of just "News/Activism".
The pellet with the poison is in the vessel with the pestle.
The chalice from the palace holds the brew that is true.
The Mouse Ran Up the Clock
Time to make dinner LOL
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"She does care about the progress of this case and prays that those boys didn't do it. But she's not the ones who know that information, just the other girl and the ones she's accusing."
Translation: Kim doesn't buy her story for one second and is trying to distance herself from the accuser as much as possible within the terms of her sweeheart deal with the DA.
Bump you, xo.
so she looked around wildly for someone to sue.
She had her daughter start calling 'rape'
and she pushed her child forward
until from her bills she could escape.
This is fun!!
Kim--is that you?
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
My sister's poem about our Mom!
Current mood: thoughtful
beginnings in a land of constant tide,
rich in tradition and full of pride
searching, yearning for the key
unable to find the remedy
for autumn will most surely come
and all she knew will come undone
so strong she stood thru heavy torrents
steady, swimming thru all currents
when will she find the time to rest?
will her entire life be a constant test?
she thought "if I continue to stay strong,
I can't help but find where I belong"
times are different, colors changing.
no energy left for constant faking.
she finds she can no longer hide
all her bubbling feelings inside
could it be that every decision she made
is the cause for all of her dreams to fade.
this is not what she had in mind
as she fled her home country, leaving all behind
who can she tell all the feelings inside
when all of this time, she's tried so hard to hide
how scared and lonely she's always been
but thought she had to hold it all in
is now the time to realize
it's ok to let those feelings rise
we'll try a new trick fill the hole
to mend your beautiful, deserving soul
Kim
Kim = xoxoxox
Wow, your sister's very talented...and thoughtful isn't just her mood.
Hey, they're both poets, LOL!
Seriously, it is one thing to defend his sister, but a bit freaky for her brother to blog about her beautiful boobs, who she has sex with (but using the F word) and how hot she is.
That freaked me out...
Not my sister----
That is from her brother's blog
Once again NOT MY SISTER!!! (wiping my brow)
Sorry, Protect. I must have missed that part.
Whew! LOL - I forgot to source it.
I hate it when that happens!
Besides, Protect, it's cocktail time doncha know. :-)
LOL
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