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.

[SirJohnBarleycorn]

One problem here is that the reporters are so sympathetic to the family (or don't want to jeopardize their access) that they simply don't ask hard followup questions that might clarify some of the nonsense they are being fed

[I want to know]

Your guess is as good as mine. If I had to guess from this article she failed to come home in 1993, her father located her at a house in Creedmoor and was told by her in 1993 that nothing happened. Then on August 18, 1996, when she turned 18 she went to the police for some reason or the other (don't know what that is) and reported that she was indeed raped in 1993.

That's just speculation on my part. The story should become clearer as the reporters gather more facts.

[Sacajaweau]

The dipsh** DA told them to "get lost". They'd only make the case more absurd than it is. After all, it's not about race.

[Howlin]

She claimed they held her against her will.

You know, sort of like she claimed in this one.

[Alia]

Whoa. Sacajaweau. What you said.

And she tried to pretend she was held there against her will in order to keep her very worried daddy's righteous anger at bay? She claims she was "raped". When in fact, she went there by her own free will.

Would explain why she wouldn't/couldn't pursue charges. This pass worked once; maybe she was hoping it would work again.

[Howlin]

F.J., have you noticed that all the reporters assigned to this case on the local channels are black?

And.....the mother has told NBC17 that there have been NO DEATH THREATS made against her daughter.

[LK44-40]

Just saw MSNBC legal analyst Susan Filan on Tucker Carlson. Claimed that rape allegations are typically not taken seriously by police! Says the general attitude is, "Yeah, yeah."

It hasn't been an hour since I heard another "cable expert" say that prosecutors always make a strong presumption in favor of any accuser because, allegedly, women to not make false claims of race.

Let's face reality: These cable channels have a lot of time to fill. They'll drag an "expert" off the sidewalk if need be.

P.S. I also heard within the last couple of hours references to the defense timeline having been "exploded." LMAO What has been exploded is the new Time Magazine garbage attempting to take apart the timeline. Dan Abrahms had the hapless Time reporter on his show today. He eviscerated the poor slob.

[Sacajaweau]

I'm not sure you could even come in 3 years later and file a rape charge. What evidence would she have of something that occurred 3 years ago.

[snarkytart]

WTVD in Durham reported just a few minutes ago that "the family" had refused the offer of "protection" by the New Black Panther Party. The unidentified family spokesman said that the case "is not about race."
This is surprisingly sensible
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Someone HAD to tell them not to, because there is noway they came to a reasonable conclusion on their own.

[Alia]

Wasn't it her mother or was it "family members" talking about having received death threads? I know my eyes read the letters and cognized the words I read in an article posted not but a few days back..

[Howlin]

NBC 17
Accuser In Duke Lacrosse Case Reported Previous Rape

POSTED: 7:30 pm EDT April 27, 2006
UPDATED: 10:47 pm EDT April 27, 2006

DURHAM, N.C. -- 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.

The mother of the accuser said that her daughter has been approached by a group called the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. She said that her daughter has not received any death threats, nor has she asked for the group's help in any way.

The group is apparently passing out fliers around Durham and plans to hold a rally on Durham's campus on Monday.

The New Black Panthers were founded in 1990 by Aaron Michaels. The current leader is Malik Zulu Shabazz, and its headquarters is in Washington, D.C.

There is no indication that the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense is linked to the militant group the Black Panthers, which was very active in the 1960s and 1970s

[JLS]

I wonder if that could be used as evidence the past complaint was in fact false?

[Poser]

"If what has been said about the identification is true and no DNA match is ever established, you may be waiting in vain. "

That would be fine with me. I simply don't trust defense attorneys or district attorneys to be reliable sources of the truth. I'm not jumping either way until there are some verifiable facts coming from somebody that isn't up for reelection or isn't defending the accused.

Believing what you see in the press hasn't proved to be the best way to make decisions or form opinions in the last few decades.

[Howlin]

O/T: Michael Brown is having a snit fit on Anderson Cooper's show...............LOL.

[Sacajaweau]

Death threats...yeh, probably via the DA.

[LK44-40]

Yea, we could go in our sheets and have a re-do of the famous Greensboro confrontation!

[snarkytart]

Also, if they cannot prove that the prior accusation is false, the defense probably would not want to admit it anyways since it could possibly make a juror feel pity for the complainant
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Pfft. In this case I do not see a jury feeling sorry for this particular accuser.

[Howlin]

I thought so, Alia.

And NBC17 said the mother told them they never told the father until about 3 days ago.

And now we have this.

[Howlin]

have a re-do of the famous Greensboro confrontation!

If you KNEW anything about the KKK-CWP shoot out, you'd know they didn't wear sheets!

And guess where the CWP people lived? TADA! DURHAM.

[I want to know]

There's a story to be told why she waited 3+ years to come forward. What it is I don't know.