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Posted on 05/11/2006 9:17:59 PM PDT by TexKat
DURHAM, N.C. -- A Duke lacrosse player whose DNA may match tissue found under the fake fingernails of an exotic dancer who claims she was raped was identified in a photo lineup with 90 percent certainty, sources tell NBC-17.
The Durham Herald-Sun reported Thursday tissue found under the accuser's acrylic fingernail came from the same genetic pool and was "consistent" with the bodily makeup of one of 46 lacrosse players who gave DNA samples for testing.
The paper cites several sources and said scientists also ruled out a possible match with any of the other 45 students, according to the sources.
If accurate, the fingernail tissue match would offer the first DNA evidence potentially linking the dancer and an alleged attacker.
But because a complete DNA pattern was not obtained from the tissue, it was not possible to match it with the nearly 100 percent certainty that DNA results usually offer, the sources added.
90 Percent Certainty
Now, NBC-17 has learned that the player is not one of the two already accused in the case -- Reade Seligmann, of Essex Fells, N.J., and Collin Finnerty, of Garden City, N.Y. He is, however, a player that the alleged rape victim picked out in a police lineup with 90 percent certainty.
The 27-year-old North Carolina Central University student told police she was beaten and raped by three lacrosse players while she performed at a March 13 team party. She said she clawed at the players in an effort to fight them off.
Never Applied?
Defense attorneys claim, however, that nothing about the reported possible DNA match means anything to the case if you look at the type of fingernails, where they were found, and if you look at a picture of the accuser's hand shortly after she arrived at the party.
According to defense attorneys, police found four stick-on acrylic fingernails in a trashcan at 610 Buchanan Street, the house where the party took place. The tissue connected to the possible DNA match was found under one of those fingernails.
But defense attorneys said the third player accused lived at the house and it is no surprise that trace amounts of his DNA could be found inside his own trashcan. They also said they don't believe the type of fingernails that were found -- the kind that are applied with an adhesive strip -- actually ripped off during an attack. They don't believe the fingernails were ever applied and they say they have pictures to prove it.
NBC-17 has seen a picture of the dancer's hand at the house when she performed her dance routine. It appears that long, fake fingernails were on some of her fingers in that photo, but not all of them.
Other photos show what defense lawyers believe is red fingernail polish on the walls of the house and on the railing outside the house. They believe the accuser was painting and applying her nails while at the party.
Defense attorneys admit that none of them have seen the DNA report the Herald Sun article is based upon, but they said if District Attorney Mike Nifong has the DNA report, their clients are entitled to see it.
Accuser's Father Responds
The accuser's father called reports of a DNA break in the case long overdue.
"I wasn't surprised to hear that. I feel like we should have learned it before," he said.
Kim Roberts, another dancer who performed at the party where the alleged attack took place, paid an emotional visit to the accuser's parents on Thursday.
"It was real emotional -- she was crying, my wife was crying. She said that she was sorry she left (outside) the house before my daughter did," the accuser's father said.
Authorities said they would know what the DNA shows by early next week.
Welcome back...glad Nifong didn't grab you with a bogus warrant.
"Of course, student wants to keep everything....."
HA! Mine was the opposite. I was digging clothes out of the garbage can.
Am I the only one who thinks he looks like the Colonel?
That's what I read also :) BUT maybe she didn't want to and this is what was causing her weird behaviour that night - holding on to the gas pedal etc and the night she freaked out at a "dance" tryout at a club (under the table and nto wanting to come out). Maybe she is being pushed into "dancing". Doesn't excuse her at all IMO. Anyone try to push me into that will be walking with a limp and have to sit down to pee. I think it is either the ex hubby or the "boyfriend".
Mustache Man was picture 5 in the line-up, who she ID'd with "90% certainty". Defense lawyers have said that person lived at the house, and speculation is he is Dave Evans.
The quotation marks around the word boyfriend were the first thing I noticed.
Flashback:
Monica Lewinsky was bubba's "intern."
That's what I thought. It pretty well knocks that ID out the window.
"Nifong obviously believed the semen retrieved was that of the players, because she convinced him she had been with no one consensually"
I heard on a radio w/ABC an hour ago that the oral DNA swab of the "boyfriend" was taken on May 3, only 10 days ago....
The "injuries" could not have been bad, because she was not kept in the hospital, she did not need surgery.
For a while, I almost fell into the I understand why she is the way she is trap.
I had to slap myself..."Liberal thoughts be gone!"
She is nothing but trash. She has ruined the lives of at least 2 lax players. One semester--wasted.
Nifong is the Megalomaniac DA. I seriously think he will not stop until he self destructs. None of those players are out of the woods.
If (great big, big, BIG IF) she is such a good student taking criminal psychology (excuse me, I have to finish laughing my ass off) why the hell does she not graduate and start making HONEST money.
If she was white, I'd call her white trash, She's not. I'm calling her what she is, black trash.
Alas, I digress. From the beginning I have doubted that any rape at all happened. You, on the other hand, have actually argued in a way that suggests you think a rape happened but that doesn't count when the victim has a criminal record.
That was the day after the indictment, wasn't it?
Yes, I just read that here: http://abcnews.go.com/US/LegalCenter/story?id=1958031&page=1
When the first DNA results were anticipated, I read that under NC law as soon as the results came in they had to be given to the DNA donor. I wonder if Nifong broke the law by leaking the results before the defense had them, or failing to provide the defense with the complete report showing the semen match the first time?
So, let's see what it might be that has you riled up? Maybe that ltc8k6's statement includes the suggestion ~ and it's just a suggestion mind you ~ that more than one Duke player might have been present in the house where the party was allegedly held.
Yes, that's it ~ BINGO ~ somebody from Duke was at the party.
Uh, wrong. I don't think a rape happened. Not at that party anyway. I've said since day one that since she arrived late and bruised, it's likely she was raped or roughed up with a client or her pimp.
But then, reading comprehension isn't your long suit.
Posting drunk again?
She's trash alright, and has tried to ruin three black lives in 1996 and now is intent on destroying some white lives; she decided to go for the gold this time.
Too bad for her she was smiling when she left, her garters were done correctly, something no woman would do who was in fear of her life, and she tried to get back in the house after the alleged rape was said to have occurred.
Why did she try to get back into the house? Why for her SHOES. Something any woman would do. /sarcasm
Still, you have a consistent string of posts in this and other threads where you appear to be suggesting that it is OK to rape or harm women with felony convictions.
Now, to the point of her being roughed up, some (on the defense) point to a picture showing her after/during a tripping incident at the home, noting that she must have gotten injured.
Square that with her having been beaten up earlier, or is this woman simply very unlucky.
I'll wait while you post where I have ever okay to rape or harm women because they have felony convictions. You're a liar.
But then, we all know that and I repeat myself.
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