Posted on 09/22/2006 1:20:40 PM PDT by Howlin
Three Duke lacrosse players took five to 10 minutes to sexually assault a woman hired to perform as a stripper at a team party, and not the 30 minutes she originally described to investigators, a prosecutor said Friday. "When something happens to you that is really awful, it can seem like it takes place longer than it actually takes," District Attorney Mike Nifong said.
Nifong's comments came as Superior Court Judge W. Osmond Smith III denied a defense request that prosecutors provide a detailed accounting of the alleged assault, including the exact time, place and type of sexual act the accuser said each defendant committed.
A grand jury has indicted three lacrosse players _ Reade Seligmann, 20; Collin Finnerty, 19; and David Evans, 23 _ on charges of rape, kidnapping and sexual offense. The accuser, a student at nearby North Carolina Central University, told police she was raped in a bathroom by three men at a March 13 off-campus party. Defense attorneys have strongly proclaimed the players' innocence.
Kirk Osborn, who represents Seligmann, said the defense needed the "bill of particulars" because the accuser has told several different versions of the alleged assault, and his client has a right to know which version prosecutors will present at trial. In search and arrest warrants issued early in the investigation, police stated the accuser told investigators she was assaulted for 30 minutes.
Nifong said he is not required to state the exact time of the alleged attack, but offered that authorities believe it took place between 11:30 p.m. on March 13, when the accuser arrived at the party, and 12:55 a.m. on March 14, when police arrived and found no one at the house.
Friday's hearing was the first since Smith was appointed to take over the case, and it was scheduled to continue Friday afternoon.
Before the hearing began, Nifong gave defense lawyers 615 pages of evidence, a compact disc and a cassette tape. He said it included much of what was requested by defense lawyers, who had asked for handwritten notes from police officers involved with the case, reports outlining procedures used at the labs that tested the DNA of the players and notes from a mental health facility where police took the accuser after the party.
Wait, so the run-up to this trial only seems to be taking months? Phew, I feel better.
This decribes her as a student at NCCU. There's a big frigg'n joke.
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Thanks for the heads up, Howlin.I hadn't heard of the Duke brascelets. But I would have probably ordered one, if I had.
I got mine, Howlin. Where did you order from?
I certainly hope that there is a civil suit against the county and against the AV.....both must be held accountable to what they have put these men thru....
now having said that, if the AV maintains her story, then the men should be able to quiz her entire story, direct from her mouth, and they should be able to unveil all of her life, her "work" , her boyfriends, etc.....she could do the same to the men......
but I am totally against just letting these allegations go without a clear victory , one way or another....
I ordered 10 (it was the minimum order). I have extras. If you would like one for free, let me know. PM me. There are 2 sizes: women-children/medium and men/large.
WHAT evidence?
What evidence is left?
Nifong has no evidence but he has to come up with a timeline that puts all three players in the bathroom. He has a problem with Reade because of his alibi evidence. He does know the times that are related to Reade's alibi though so he's adjusted his timeline for them and condensed the non-rape from thity minutes to 5-10 minutes. That's all Reade's alibi allows for - if that. He would have had to have been on the phone while he was in the bathroom.
The thing is, he doesn't know what Collin's alibi is so he can't build his timeline around that yet.
Thank you, Sarah. That's my understanding too.
Nifong should have folded a long time ago.
updated...
http://www.wral.com/news/9911326/detail.html
LOL. These clowns said the same thing when it was announced Dave Evans was going to speak to the media.
Excellent!!!!! Mind if I steal it?
Sure, I stole it from some other site.
Reade becomes the alibi for all of three boys......plus the fact that there is no DNA.
There is NO way they did this without leaving LIVE sperm, body hairs etc..
The case is stupid.
The link that Ken H gave here before it was pulled!
LOL.........that was a most excellent post, my friend!
Be honest, wouldn't you just love to smack the ever living crap out of him?
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