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]

When did you leave Eden?

[El Gran Salseron]

"They'll drag an "expert" off the sidewalk if need be."

In this context, "expert" is defined as someone you have never seen before.

[Nonstatist]

I hope I'm wrong

Youre not hoping too hard, are you? Wouldnt want you to hurt yourself.

[noblejones]

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Have you read any of the previous threads, here, about this topic?
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If you read more of Suzy's posts, it looks like she's just saying she'll wait to see all the evidence that comes out in court. Not an unreasonable point of view, if you aren't familiar with all of the stuff that's come up so far.

[Howlin]

He's not explaining much lately.

It's not bad enough that he has blown this case, but now he's hooked up with this dysfunctional Chatty Cathy family who make it worse by the day.

Not that I feel sorry for him.

[JLS]

But prosecutors will argue, that photo actually shows the accuser being dropped off at the party,
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They don't get to argue that. They can either prove the time stamps were altered or the can not. From what I gather it is easy enough to digital images are altered if they were.

[snarkytart]

Yes, this MSNBC story is a repeat of the TIME story. But how can they be arriving at 12:41am when Kim is recorded on the phone with the cops reporting a racial slur 14 minutes later at 12:53am. IF the prosecution moves the time line back they are really dumb.
I heard Abrams tore the TIME reporter a new one on his show tonight.

[cherry]

no one knows if the original accusaton was false or not....it was not prosecuted....if you know more for sure , then tell us....

crimes are not always prosecuted....that does not mean they didn't happen.....

[Howlin]

[JLS]

Let's try this again with my part with all the words in:


"But prosecutors will argue, that photo actually shows the accuser being dropped off at the party,"
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They don't get to argue that. They can either prove the time stamps were altered or theY can not. From what I gather it is easy enough to SEE IF digital images are altered if they were.

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

1978 to 1982. Husband worked for Miller.

[Carolinamom]

Could it be that Nancy Grace's avoidance of anything concerning the Durham mess be that she has been muzzled by her producers after her over the top performance the other night?

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

I thought I heard the photos were verified by a forensics expert.

[Ken H]

1996 raped and beaten by three men then in 1993 when she was 14 she was attacked again?

I was under the impression that the details of what happened in 1996 have not been reported yet (beyond the fact that she brought up the 1993 incident at that time). Was there an allegation that a rape occurred in 1996, as well as 1993?

[Jrabbit]

Is the fiance Scuse Me? If so, he knew all about this.

Maybe she never turned in the report on this alleged 3 year old rape.

Maybe Scuse Me was jealous of the old bf so the stripper to be made up this story?

Maybe she just enjoys the attention she gets by accusing men in groups of 3 of rape?

[JLS]

Could it be that Nancy Grace's avoidance of anything concerning the Durham mess be that she has been muzzled by her producers after her over the top performance the other night?
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I doubt it. If they had that much sense, they would get a new hotess for their show. Both the producers and her probably just did not like the news of the day on this story.

[snarkytart]

UGH Sorry I just read the article, Nifong is going to claim the pic of Mangum in the car is of her Arriving before 12am.

LOL

What a joke.

She has fresh cuts on her legs from falling down the steps in that pic, according to Dan, and she is in KIMS CAR!

Even the shady Kim has been consistent on the fact she arrived FIRST and had to wait for Mangum for about thirty minutes.

Nifong is a disgrace.

[Howlin]

Oh, Miller people. Big $$$..........LOL.

We lived in Greensboro then; that was all the talk, how much money the Miller people got and how they were running up the cost of living in Eden!

Can you tell my husband was with Burlington Industries? All business talk!

[noblejones]

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Whew, that was close! You've saved me from a life of prostitution.
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Aw crap.

Just tear up the check I mailed you. Thanks.

[Howlin]

Now you know better than that; if that were true, she'd be on another channel carping about that!