Nifong is not her attorney now. He represents the State of North Carolina. He has probably informed the AV and her boyfriend of that already. If this case cannot be proven, Nifong simply goes on with his life. He is guilty of no malfeasance. He might be guilty of malicious prosecution, but I doubt it.
If, on the other hand, it can be proven that there is not only no case against the accused LAXERS and that she has lied, then, and only then, would the AV in deep doo-doo. She would be guilty of a class A misdemeanor in our state and could do up to a year in prison. Sadly, there will be no reparations to the families. I can only tell you from our experience.
The "could" (and not a definite "would") 'do up to a year in prison' is disquieting.
The big question is: Who will hand her the kleenex to wipe her tears???
One day I hope you can share your experience.
We have a similar but different situation.
I have a steppbrother who is about 40. My mom and his dad married long after I had married and had my first son, so we do not have the emotional bond he and my youngest sister have.
All in all he is a good guy, but stupid. I thought at first "Yeah, they all say they didn't do it."
Long story, short version. He is doing 5 years in VA State prison for date rape. He drove an employee home, they went to his house and had sex. He took her home the next morning. She was just about to graduate from Bridgewater College. They have very high standards for students and moral behavior. Her boyfriend was waiting for her in the parking lot.
He was arrested 1 year later. She must have claimed rape at the time, because they had DNA.
Some people have no common sense. One year later, the cops come calling. He made 2 mistakes...lied saying there was no penetration and chose his lawyer by their fees.
This was in Harrionsburg,VA. He was convicted .
There was no forensic protocol. The evidence was handled sloppily. She was tested and had evidence of "sinus medicine." Considering the type of sex they had and how long they had it, sounded like she might have had a little meth.
She claimed a date rape drug - nothing showed up. But they beolieved her because he gave her a glass of water.
But in spite of the date rape claim, she was able to describe the evenings sexual acrobats in detail.
Fortunately, he is in a prison that is considered safer than most in VA.
In the end they decided not to appeal as he would be out before the appeals ran their course and quite frankly, he could not afford it.
Moral of the story, never talk to the authorities until you have a lawyer and if you do talk, never, ever lie even if for no other reason than you are scared.