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.

[toldyou]

"One too many nas.
It's na na na na na with only five nas. You put six.
Wanna make something of it? :-)"

Na,na,na,na,na...
Look at the 3 "B's" in offender #1,2,3.

http://www.wral.com/download/2006/0428/9057549.pdf

[Jrabbit]

OMG!!!

ROFLMAO!!

[F.J. Mitchell]

Doesn't mean they did happen, either.

Being a Father, Grandfather and great grandfather of as many females as of males,I started out giving the accuser the benefit of the doubt,because abusers of women are held in contempt by the men in this family, but the alleged events of this present case, soon had me questioning my original opinions and eventually discarding them.

I'm no lawyer, but I have walked behind enough farm critters to recognize horse sh*t when I smell it.

[noblejones]

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The pit pull crowd is, to me, like child molestors: They are a free-fire zone.
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Like the flag geniuses down here in Georgia. Come and spit some venom on them sometime. :-)

[Jrabbit]

So....is Kims car white or blue? And why would somebody be helping the stripper OUT of the car? Didn't Bisseybody say he saw her arrive, toddling up the alley in her pumps? Was she alone?

The dumb DA just doesn't want to explain where Kim and Crystal were before showing up at Kroger.

[noblejones]

Mangum actually has a mother AND a father and still turned out this way?

Damned shame.

[toldyou]

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

I heard that, too, but then I saw a guest, within the past two days, on CNN, MSNBC or FOX laughing and telling the host, "You can't believe how easy it is to alter the time on photos."

[noblejones]

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You know what po'd me off the most about those articles? The capitalization of white.
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Yeah! SCREW WHITEY!!!

[noblejones]

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I agree. There must be some showing that the prior accusation was also false.
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I believe actions that demonstrate a possible pattern can be admitted, regardless of judgement. Unrelated criminal actions are not admissible.

[snarkytart]

So....is Kims car white or blue? And why would somebody be helping the stripper OUT of the car? Didn't Bisseybody say he saw her arrive, toddling up the alley in her pumps? Was she alone?

The dumb DA just doesn't want to explain where Kim and Crystal were before showing up at Kroger.
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Kim's car is blue. The confusion comes from the cabby's interview with Rita Cosby where he said he saw a white car, but that was during his second call to the house after he dropped Reade off at his dorm.

It's just fuzzy memory by a cabby who at the time probably was not making great mental notes about what was going on outside his cab.

As long as a forensic expert can verify the time stamps on the pics are authentic, what the cabby says about the second pic up is not too important, especially on stupid things like the color of a car.
You figure a lot was happening when the cabby got there on the second call. Kim was arguing with the guys about money in the yard, people were leaving.

The media is just trying to keep the ball rolling, always believing Mangum, at any cost.

Now with this rape allegation in 1996, Rita's guests are saying this could be bad for the defense!!!!
Are they on dope? How they can twist this is beyond me...but they do it.

[noblejones]

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"He's going to get trounced on Tuesday."

Wish we could vote!
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It's democRAT terror-tory -- go and vote all you want.

[toldyou]

HA! That's a good one! Thanks!

[toldyou]

I'm laughing!

[snarkytart]

I heard that, too, but then I saw a guest, within the past two days, on CNN, MSNBC or FOX laughing and telling the host, "You can't believe how easy it is to alter the time on photos."
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It is easy to change the timestamp on the photo, but you cannot change the embedded time in the camera, from what I understand.

[toldyou]

Okay.

[Mad-Margaret]

>>Why bother? I'll just listen to you.<<

You should. Howlin hasn't been wrong yet.
(We're keeping score.)

[JLS]

But how easy is it to see if the time stamps were changed. I know we can not expect the media to investigate whether or not the time stamp was alterred, they are too busy having their hair done.

But it a world where reporters actually worked, maybe they would investigate this leak and then report it if it the time stamp appeared to be altered and discard the leak if the time stamp appeared real.

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

I think it was Fuzzy's--not sure. The Fish Camp was a small place on the way to Reidsville up on a hill if I recall.

There was also an old fashioned drive-in near the house. I'd pick my son up from pre-K and we would get a hamburger and shake. Those were the good old days for him, when he was still an only child, LOL!

[snarkytart]

The reporters would need access to the photos to be able to take them somewhere and let an expert look at them.
You can easily photoshop timestamps on a pic, but an expert can easily tell when a pic has been messed with too.

As far as the time that is embedded in the camera, that is damn near impossible to mess with from what I understand.

I think it is easier to believe she is lying, and Reade has an alibi.

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

Wonder when the new DA will be sworn in?