This probably has been reported, but it's worth repeating.
5-9 Abrams on Nifong - "This is Nuts"
I'm thinking this is a DUKE against DUKE case. Not a Durham out to get Duke case. The rape charges got some leverage when 2 credulous DUKE investigators (a DUKE police department Lt. and a hospital rape specialist) heard the AV's story at the DUKE hospital.
The Durham Police Department picked her up at Krogers and either didn't hear the rape story or didn't buy it. Everybody was headed home to bed until the DUKE Police Department filed a report at 3:00 AM.
At DUKE, a rape report carries a top priority and high credibility and things began to happen. Even now, DUKE is apologizing for not doing more at 3:00 in the morning, not for hashing things up and rushing to judgement on their Lax guys.
Nifong bought the DUKE story, not the Durham Police Department story, with their more patient investigation which showed the AV's story to be slim on the facts.
Check the facts in this case. All the events and statements rushing the case forward is Nifong and DUKE. Everything questioning the AV's account is Durham Police Department fact-gathering released by the defense.
Trust me that the DUKE investigators will never let this go once they have been engaged in the kind of victim advocacy their training stresses. DUKE will back them up 100% even if the entire state of North Carolina knows they have been duped by the AV.