Duke's Response to Allegations Explained (Woman Initially told Police She Was Raped by 20 White Men)

ABC News ^ | May 8, 2006 | Aaron Beard

[zaxxon]

Duke underestimated the rape allegations against members of the lacrosse team in part because Durham police initially said the accuser "kept changing her story and was not credible," according to a university report issued Monday.

The day after the March 13 team party where a 27-year-old black woman claimed she was raped, Durham police told campus officers that "this will blow over," the report said. It said that the woman initially told police she was raped by 20 white men, then said she was attacked by three.

[MizSterious]

Women like this one make it more difficult for real rape victims to find justice.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

It's over.......

[jeremiah]

In a Maxwell Smart voice, "would you believe 3?

[RegulatorCountry]

Why are we hearing about this now, instead of early on?

[hole_n_one]

The report said Duke's response was also limited by its lack of diversity in senior management; Brodhead and his core advisers are almost all white men.

The case may have been handled better "if a wide array of life histories and perspectives had been brought to bear on what were sensitive and highly charges issues," the report said.

Somebody has been watching way too much Oprah.

[spanalot]

any alien abductions?

but I heard they found a hair?

[zaxxon]

Also, no mention of the bathroom or broomstick in the initial allegation.....

[bray]

Of course the Racist Panthers still believe the stripper. Everybody knows Blacks never lie.

Pray for W and Our Troops

[Paperdoll]

This woman may be suffering from bi-polar disease with a touch of paranoia. Some people love being the victim.

[Cognoscenti247]

The DA got what he wanted...reelection.
The Media got what they wanted...a story about how privileged white kids destroy the lives of underprivileged minorities.
The PC group worked their magic...the Duke Lacrosse team seasons canceled and their reputation in the gutter.
And Jesse Jackson got his cameo helping the disenfranchised victim.
Barf...I hope they hang all the guilty parties.

[Enchante]

"...Durham police initially said the accuser "kept changing her story and was not credible," according to a university report issued Monday."

So let's see, exactly how did the woman's story suddently develop overwhelming credibility?? Could it be that an ambitious DA and rampant political correctness kicked in??

[longtermmemmory]

The problem is that there are so many liars that all the cases are treated seriously and it truly screws the innocent accused.

This is exactly what happened in the 80s with every divorce case including an accusation of sexual molestation.

[Peach]

Remember earlier this evening I said the police have turned on the DA because he took over? Now they are leaking EVERYTHING and this case is (or should be) OVER.

[Hilltop]

Yes, on a Coke can, those aliens like the real thang. Incorrect spelling is intentional, just to head off the spelling police.

[hodaka]

I hope the students once they are clear can somehow sue the DA for malicious prosecution, especially the one student who has lock tight alibi of photos and receipts proving that he was not there at the time.

[bvw]

I remember that national torture session like it was yesterday. On and on and on and on it went -- utter insanity, dementia. Joe Biden's mad hatter grin.

[Cicero]

I'm not so sure this will just go away. Nifong is more or less committed to going forward with it, and the Grand Jury has indicted the three who were charged.

So, what are the chances it will be dropped without a trial? And what are the chances that there will be a fair trial?

It's a disgusting mess. And the pathetic thing is that evidently the two other candidates for DA were even worse than Nifong.

[geezerwheezer]

How could ANYONE be worse than that P.O.S. Nifong? As a D.A. he sucks, and as a human being he sucks, so how could this ever be? It is the complete idiots in Durham who elect this kind of trash, because most of them aren't any better. They deserve getting the crap beat out of them in court, and then sued for false arrest, etc. I would hate to be a policeman/woman there with him "backing me up", as he is lower than whale manure in my book. In his case, DA doesn't mean district attorney, but does mean dumba$$.