Posted on 08/15/2006 2:41:50 PM PDT by abb
DURHAM, N.C. -- A cab driver who has supported an alibi offered by one of the three Duke lacrosse players charged with rape had his own court appearance Tuesday for a larceny charge.
Moezeldin Elmostafa, 37, appeared briefly before a Durham County District Court judge who set a trial date of Aug. 29. Prosecutors also changed the charge against Elmostafa to aiding and abetting misdemeanor larcency.
Elmostafa was arrested in May after he surfaced as a potential alibi witness for Reade Seligmann, one of three players charged with raping a woman at an off-campus party the night of March 13.
The 2003 warrant accused Elmostafa of stealing five purses worth about $250 from a Durham department store. Elmostafa denies the charge, and has said he helped store security locate a woman after he picked her up from the store and drove her home. The woman later pleaded guilty to larceny.
Durham prosecutors said in May the warrant for Elmostafa's arrest was discovered in a routine background check of witnesses in the Duke lacrosse case.
Mostafa has said Seligmann, of Essex Fells, N.J., called for a ride at 12:14 a.m. on March 14, and was picked up five minutes later. The defense has argued those times help establish that Seligmann left the party without having enough time to participate in the 30-minute assault described by the accuser. Seligmann's attorney has also presented cell phone, ATM and dorm keycard records to help establish that timeline.
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And don't forget after wiping her down, they planted her boyfriend's DNA down there.
I can't go that far but I think it will be an epic battle and it will take tremendous effort to keep them out of jail. All over one of the flimsiest cases I've ever seen.
Don't forget the alibi evidence etc., though. I think the defense has alot we don't know about.
When Gottlieb realizes that wiping her down is useless, it will become, "Made her take a shower."......
That's why crystal was at DPD the other day.
Adjusting the story a little more....
In general,
I imagine falsifying notes, testimony or whatever - and knowing you'd had to answer at trial - may be stressful.
And the bald man is said to explode ....
Someone contemplating that may flip back and forth while deliberating the risk/benefit. Taking FOUR months to turn over notes? Yeah, like that's standard.
Even better. They made her take a shower, and then planted her boyfriend's DNA down there.
It seems to me that there is the possibility that the AV had second thoughts and tried to make the story sound completely unbelievable because she got what she needed out of it...no involuntary commitment. But Nifong kept it going and then her family was out there. Is it possible that she is sitting there thinking, man I did everything I could to screw up the case, why is it still there?
I think she's living in the Moment and has a susbstance abuse problem.
Also accounts for the 3 license suspensions, the DWI over twice the Limit, the Dealing of Drugs as a teenager.
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On first read I think the NYT article is okay.
Admittedly I am tired.
But I can see how the AV crowd will see it as "validation"
Okay, stop and read this from GOTTLIEB's notes:
“Her facial expressions conveyed her pain as she ambulated. The victim was at home alone with her two young children,”
Is Gottlieb writing a Crime Novel ? "Conveyed her pain as she ambulated "
WTF ?
This is beyond the pale. This is ridiculous.
No wonder it took him 4 months to turn over - his Agent was editing it !
I need to go to sleep.
TD: you missed some sxcitement tonight!
If Gottlieb or anyone else wants to try this in court they better have a good attorney. If he thinks that female cop and the SANE nurse in training is going to take a fall for him he is mistaken.
They are criminal masterminds for sure............
Protect the Bill of Rights is overworked and admittedly tired.
And if you read my rants first - it may not seem as BAD as the
sane Mike Nifong portrays ..
Understandable.
Well, she fell on those steps, and Shelton removed her from the car, and she collapsed onto the parking lot.
That might get you a few bruises and contusions....
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