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Call adds mystery to lacrosse case (DukeLax)
News and Observer ^ | July 12, 2006 | Joseph Neff

Posted on 07/12/2006 1:52:14 AM PDT by abb

Phone use spans time of team party

In the middle of a Duke lacrosse party where a dancer said she was gang-raped for 30 minutes, a call was placed from her cell phone to a Durham escort service.

The 12:26 a.m. call to the service, Centerfold, lasted one minute, according to a copy of her cell phone bill reviewed by The News & Observer. It is unclear whether the call was a request for another job, a cry for help or something else, or even whether the accuser made the call herself.

But the accuser's phone records add some details to the chronology of the March 13 party, a drunken spring break bash that spawned a national controversy.

Neither prosecutors nor defense lawyers would discuss the phone records Tuesday. Neither the accuser nor a second dancer at the party could be reached, nor could representatives of Centerfold. Police Chief Steve Chalmers was out of town; his spokeswoman said he would not discuss the case.

Three players have been charged with first-degree rape, sexual offense and kidnapping: Reade Seligmann, 20, of Essex Fells, N.J.; Collin Finnerty, 19, of Garden City, N.Y.; and Dave Evans, 23, of Bethesda, Md. Lawyers for the players have proclaimed their clients' innocence and said no rape or sex occurred at the house at 610 N. Buchanan Blvd.

District Attorney Mike Nifong, whose handling of the case has undergone national scrutiny, has been adamant that the woman was raped at the party. Nifong has not given a precise timeline of when he thinks an assault occurred.

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KEYWORDS: duke; dukelax; durham; lacrosse; nifong
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To: Mad-Margaret

If you go back to that date, you will find that I was saying that exact same thimg. Why was the judge concerned about protecting any 3rd or 4th parties? BECAUSE THEY ARE "UPSTANDING" CIVIC LEADERS!!


121 posted on 07/12/2006 11:10:28 AM PDT by TommyDale (Stop the Nifongery!)
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To: TommyDale

Yes you did! You think more like a criminal than I do! LOL!


122 posted on 07/12/2006 11:11:50 AM PDT by Mad-Margaret
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To: Mad-Margaret

Well, I hope I don't think like a criminal, but I am very familiar with how dirty polticians, cops, judges and DAs think.


123 posted on 07/12/2006 11:12:55 AM PDT by TommyDale (Stop the Nifongery!)
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights

Think about your local Police Chief....if ours (thank goodness we have a really good PC) was MIA as much as Chalmers, people would be out demanding his removal, but there doesn't seem to be much concern from the public in Durham, could this be business as usual?


124 posted on 07/12/2006 11:13:57 AM PDT by old and cranky (You! Out Of The Gene Pool - Now!)
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To: Mad-Margaret; maggief; abb

In case I should disappear, I want you all to remember what I just posted.


125 posted on 07/12/2006 11:14:45 AM PDT by TommyDale (Stop the Nifongery!)
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To: TommyDale

And they are the worst kind of criminals!

You wanna take my bet that this case will never ever go to trial? I wrote a few weeks back that wht's going to be so fascinating is how they get OUT of taking it to trial.

And I'm also suspicious about that Cheek guy. Why won't he decide whether he's going to run for Nifong's office?


126 posted on 07/12/2006 11:16:24 AM PDT by Mad-Margaret
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To: Mad-Margaret

No bets from me, I've been saying for weeks that this will not make it to trial.


127 posted on 07/12/2006 11:17:26 AM PDT by TommyDale (Stop the Nifongery!)
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To: CondorFlight

Good Lad, CF. I wondered that myself. It's amazing that there's a crime wave in Georgetown -- surely they won't try to lay that at Finnerty's feet. ;-)


128 posted on 07/12/2006 11:17:53 AM PDT by Constitutions Grandchild
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To: Mad-Margaret

Maybe he wants to live to collect his Sosha Security, lol...


129 posted on 07/12/2006 11:18:15 AM PDT by abb (The Dinosaur Media: A One-Way Medium in a Two-Way World)
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To: Constitutions Grandchild

You know they probably had to spend so much time on this simple assault case that their crime truces fell apart...


130 posted on 07/12/2006 11:19:44 AM PDT by old and cranky (You! Out Of The Gene Pool - Now!)
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To: Mad-Margaret

I wish with all my heart I could take that bet, Maggie. I think you'd lose.


131 posted on 07/12/2006 11:20:25 AM PDT by Constitutions Grandchild
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To: old and cranky

Good Lord...If our Sheriff was MIA while this was going on there would be people calling for his head.

Mmmm...... There is a website in my county run by someone whose goal in life is to expose the corruption of the good old boy network. There is no love lost between him and the sheriff. It's an interesting board to read. Once you learn how to sift through the craziness; it is actually a good source of local info (and yes, gossip).

I wonder if there are any message boards in Durham like that.


132 posted on 07/12/2006 11:22:03 AM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights

Again??? Chalmers has more time off than my 93 year old grandmother on disability.


133 posted on 07/12/2006 11:22:49 AM PDT by Constitutions Grandchild
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To: Constitutions Grandchild

Or more time off that my dead 94 year old grandmother, LOL.

Just think, my grandparents have all that time off and now vote a straight dem ticket. Is this a great country or what.


134 posted on 07/12/2006 11:26:19 AM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: TommyDale

So were you a politican, lawyer or LE?

Just kidding :-)


135 posted on 07/12/2006 11:27:37 AM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: maggief

http://lashawnbarber.com/

"...Another explanation occurred to me: David Evans, Collin Finnerty, and Reade Seligmann didn’t rape the stripper...."

Gee, ya think?


136 posted on 07/12/2006 11:29:14 AM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: maggief

More likely a small shopping center. The owner of centerfolds probably has another type of business there and is using the same address. A hooker service doesn't need a brick-and-motor location to operate. It's all done by phone.


137 posted on 07/12/2006 11:30:22 AM PDT by Jezebelle (Our tax dollars are paying the ACLU to sue the Christ out of us.)
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights

I once worked for a well known Democrat politician. Really.


138 posted on 07/12/2006 11:31:04 AM PDT by TommyDale (Stop the Nifongery!)
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To: Jezebelle
"A hooker service doesn't need a brick-and-motor location to operate. It's all done by phone."

And you know this because ...?

139 posted on 07/12/2006 11:32:07 AM PDT by TommyDale (Stop the Nifongery!)
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights

I agree that there are avenues besides those directly involved in the case. But that would have taken some work on the N&O's part. I think they're too lazy.


140 posted on 07/12/2006 11:32:44 AM PDT by Locomotive Breath (In the shuffling madness)
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