Posted on 06/09/2006 7:50:14 PM PDT by MindBender26
DURHAM -- The exotic dancer who has accused three Duke lacrosse players of gang-raping her was drinking while taking medication that night, and had sex with at least four men and a sexual device in the days immediately leading up to the off-campus party, according to court papers filed Thursday.
And despite what Durham police have contended, a medical examination showed no signs of the sort of sexual or physical attack of which the dancer complained, according to the motion filed by defense attorneys for Reade Seligmann.
Among other previously undisclosed details, the motion says the woman at one point accused her female dance partner of helping the lacrosse players rape her and of stealing her money.
And she told one medical staffer she drank at least 44 ounces of beer, and told another she took a powerful muscle relaxant and drank beer before going to the party at 610 N. Buchanan Blvd. on March 13.
(Defense lawyers say Detective) Himan knew but did not mention in a probable-cause affidavit that two examining physicians said the dancer complained only of vaginal rape, even though some charges in the case are linked to allegations of oral and anal penetration.
Himan also neglected to note that the accuser told one doctor she was not hit and did not complain of any pain, or that she told the sexual assault nurse examiner she was not choked, according to the documents.
That conflicts with statements from police that the woman was kicked, strangled and beaten while being sexually assaulted.
The paperwork filed Thursday includes lengthy, handwritten statements from the second dancer and from the alleged victim's "driver," along with insights into the accuser's medical condition on the night in question.
Among numerous revelations, the documents say the alleged victim performed with a vibrator for other spectators before going to the North Buchanan Boulevard house late on March 13.
Defense lawyers said the vibrator, rather than a rape, might have caused "signs or symptoms of vaginal penetration."
In addition, the dancer told her driver she was "involved in some sexual manner with at least four different men" between March 10 and 12, and she admitted to a physician the next day that "she was drunk and had had a lot of alcohol that night," according to the documents.
The accuser's medical records were among nearly 1,300 pages of documentation defense lawyers got last month from District Attorney Mike Nifong.
Although the records remain sealed to the public, attorneys Osborn and Conner quoted from them extensively in Thursday's paperwork.
Hehehe, you realize that I was making a snarky comment, right ;-)
No, I agree with you 100%. Many people are watching this case for many reasons. Imo, this case cannot be dropped because of the damage done. Nifong must pay for his incompetence both professionally, and monetarily. If not him, then the City of Durham for not reigning him in.
When the case has been found to be a witchhunt based on a prostitute's lies, and the DA's incompetence/hatred for Duke(?), it should be splashed above fold on every newspaper, and reported on all the tv/radio stations. No one is getting life in prison, but I understand your outrage. I'm outraged, too. I don't even think Nifong will get disbarred : (
When are the accused going to sue the slut, and Nifong too?
Never mind an ethics complaint on the DA, that sorry excuse for a human being should be sent to prison to share a cell for a few years with one of the men he prosecuted. He is a flaming disgrace to the entire legal profession, which doesn't rank very high on my list of ethical occupations to begin with.
That's not enough. At this point, as a parent, I simply would not want any kid of mine going to school within the city limits of Durham NC. Duke University ought to consider moving to some better town.
Absolutely. I'm not exactly brimming over with sympathy for the boys, they're smart enough not to have gotten themselves in a position to be victimized in that way to begin with, but the prosecutor should be tried and convicted for criminally misusing his public office the way he is obviously doing simply to win the black vote in his re-election bid.
Just when you think the legal profession has finally reached rock bottom with the TX Democrat prosecutor who brought Delay down, something like this comes along and digs the pit a little bit deeper.
I guess her number was listed under "Sluts 'R Us". Sheesh...the D.A. ought to commit hari kari after this utter debacle. Whoever voted for this dunce should be run out of the county.
This is really just breathtaking.
WHEN is Nifong going to drop this?
Someone best be investigating the DA's office.
they are college students. geez!!!!! i did much worse in college
She said more than that in her "original statement" to the police. Megyn Kendall said after the so called rape supposedly occurred the 2nd striper said the False Accuser wanted to go back into the house because there was more money to be made.
The problem is she has already given multiple different statements to the police. If she goes on the stand she is going to have to say she lied to the police in everything she said other than her final story.
Momma always said it's bad luck to hire a crackhead whore with a felony record.
Didn't Rush catch some flack for calling this girl a "ho"? If she's not a ho who is?
;>)
Ann Coulter wrote one column called "lie down with whores, wake up with pleas" that pretty well summed it up.
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