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.

[FreedomPoster]

>>I saw the term "bipolar" used a couple of weeks ago when this thing first started unraveling...

I'm not a psychiatrist, so I'll just go with "issues". From what I can tell, the woman has serious "issues".

[toldyou]

"That is total BS!"

I agree with you!

[JLS]

I would say that the fiancee was there could well mean something that he caught her doing or something she said to him caused her to claim rape 3+ years prior?

She is reporting an old rape claim. He is there when she talks to the cops? One has to guess he prompted her to repeat that story to the police.

[Howlin]

I'm surprised that Mikey Nifong is still white

I said weeks ago that I wouldn't be surprised if Nifong appeared somewhere in blackface!

[nmh]

"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. "

Can we all say Tawana Brawley?

This one though, is a serial victim by choice.

She's already scraping the bottom of the barrel with her CHOICE of occupation and now this ... imaginary rapes by white, "rich" college kids.

[Howlin]

For the statutory rape charge, does the raper have to be over 18 and the victim under 18?

[cherry]

"But...but.......but......I thought there were hardly ever any false rape accusations."

who said it was false?....it was never prosecuted......big differance....but you know that....

[El Gran Salseron]

"**I guess we can assume Willie arranged the Essence story, huh?"

Preemptive strike?

[F.J. Mitchell]

I've seen pictures, but they don't do a d*mn thing for me.

[Howlin]

Did you actually read what I was replying to?

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

She made the report in the presence of her fiance...
interesting

[Alia]

Yep.. it was part of his explanation for the brutal LaBianca/Sharon Tate murders.. That "blackie" (Manson's word) was gonna rise up. And that his own people were merely paving the way for that to happen.

BTW, Malik is a snappy dresser, isn't he?

I haven't seen him lately. Has he gone to the Bow-Tie, Mr. Tweeds appearance? The book "Devil in the White City" does a *really* good job with its descriptions of how NOI was formed, the dress code, etc.

And of course, now, in Oakland, California, I can only assume it is the NEW Black Panthers burning down stores which sell alcohol.

Burn, Baby Burn, that New Hot Sauce, brought to you by the OLD Black Panthers.

But no connection between the two groups....

Night for now, Howlin -- You've done a great job. C U later this morning, here. ;>

[Howlin]

Works for me.

[Howlin]

[nmh]

"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."


1996 raped and beaten by three men

then in

1993 when she was 14 she was attacked again?

Come on! This stinks to high heaven.

Now she's working on her fourth accusation of the same old crap..


Gimme a break!

[LWalk18]

Here's my guess: She gets into an argument with her then fiancee (whom I am assuming is the same person as her current ex-husband). Maybe she is bugging out and he is threatening to leave her, so she blurts out something like "You know I was raped three years ago". Fiancee, concerned about her welfare, is naturally upset and wants action taken. They go to the police station, she fills out a report, and later on the issue is somehow dropped. Meanwhile, she seeks counseling for her alleged "trauma".

I think what really happened three years ago was that she ran off with these older guys and may or may have not had consenual (well, as consenual as you can get considering her age) sex with one or more of them. Her father then went, found her and took her home.

I think Crystal makes up stories when she is in a fix and needs to get out of it. She wants sympathy from family, friends, and others, while she receives a pass from whatever wrong thing she was involved in. I believe she has serious issues.

[El Gran Salseron]

One too many nas.

It's na na na na na with only five nas. You put six.

Wanna make something of it? :-)

[snarkytart]

They were black males.

[F.J. Mitchell]

LOL! It worked for Clinton. Remember?

[Alia]

Thanks. The red and green on his sleeve. Black African Nationalists. Yeppers..