Posted on 10/11/2006 1:52:56 AM PDT by abb
PING! DRUDGE SPILLS!
http://www.drudgereport.com/flash.htm
Whoa!
Add "nope" to "crock."
Must see TV.
I'll be waiting for ESPN's apology to the Duke team after this case is thrown out. I occassionaly watch those miserable liberal reporters on the Sports Reporters and their coverage of this incident was awful. They already convicted these guys and anybody who disputed the rape claims were just disgusting people.
more...
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/10/11/60minutes/main2082140.shtml
(CBS) The dancing partner of the woman who accuses three Duke Lacrosse players of raping her refutes a key part of her partner’s account of the alleged crime.
Kim Roberts, who danced at the same party where the alleged rape took place, makes the revelation in an interview with 60 Minutes correspondent Ed Bradley this Sunday, Oct. 15, at 7 p.m. ET/PT.
Roberts' answer to Bradley’s question directly contradicts a crucial statement the accuser gave to police. Bradley asks whether she, Roberts, who goes by the stage name "Nikki" when she performs, was holding onto the accuser at the beginning of the alleged crime.
Says Bradley, "In the police statement, [accuser] describes the rape in this way: 'Three guys grabbed Nikki,' 'That's you,'" says Bradley, "'Brett, Adam and Matt grabbed me. They separated us at the master bedroom door while we tried to hold on to each other. Bret, Adam and Matt took me into the bathroom.' Were you holding on to each other? Were you pulled apart?"
"Nope," replies Roberts, who says she was hearing this account for the first time.
Roberts also denies the accuser's statement to the police that after the alleged rape, Roberts came into the bathroom and helped one of the rapists dress her.
When pressed by Bradley about whether she saw signs of rape from the accuser, such as complaining about pain or a mention of an assault, Roberts says, "She obviously wasn't hurt...because she was fine."
Bradley's report also contains interviews with the three defendants, Collin Finnerty, Reade Selligmann and David Evans, all of whom proclaim their innocence, and others involved in the case.
All will depend on the "stage presence" each of the boys has. David Evans had poise and confidence, even though you could tell how shaken he was. He showed a concern for others involved directly and indirectly.
Had my son been placed in those circumstances, he would have made GW's "strategery" statement look like Sir Lawrence Olivier's Hamlet. The key is knowing your strengths AND your weaknesses.
Sounds like Kim isn't exactly dazzled by Liefong's handling of her violation of probation prosecution.
It also sounds like she's gotten some legal counsel instead of an agent.
The Fonger is in deep caca...
A joke in a Soviet Union that goes like this? Who is Ruth kidding? Soviet Union was not a democracy like US. Brezhnev was not elected by the people. He was the leader of the communist party. Why in the world would old Soviet Union joke claim what Ruth says it does?
Ridiculous comparison that makes no sense to me at all.
If this plays out as advertised, how can Nifong dare to continue. If he loses Kim what does he have? Moreover, he doesn't just lose Kim, Kim becomes a potential defense and impeachment witness.
I hope somebody keeps track of Nifong's whereabouts on Sunday evening.
Nifong didn't lose her. She never claimed she and Precious were pulled apart, not in any of her stories she told on TV, not in her police statement. You can't lose what you don't have.
Her stories she told to the media changed from her police report, but in none of those stories she ever claimed she and Precious were pulled apart, or that she showed up in the bathroom and helped Precious dress.
Well, black Durhamites got Durham into this predicament. Nifong made fools of them or, more accurately, provided them with the perfect storm in which they could show what dumbass fools they are. It's up to them to get Durham out of it. They can accomplish this by either staying home on election day or voting for Cheek and taking Easley's potluck.
OK, but are you suggesting she may still give evidence that helps Nifong? If so, what might that be?
The point is that Precious made these statements and Kim is denying the truth of Precious's statements.
Well, Jez, there's lots of bad guys in this drama. The pot-bangers for exploiting on to it for social activism, the Duke 88 for the same thing, Nifong for his criminal activity, the NandO and HS for setting fire to the lynch mob - plenty of blame, no doubt.
But IMO, the real worm, and I mean scummy, weaselly, detestable creature, is Brodhead...
Maybe someone suggested she tell the truth. Certainly makes the details easier to keep up with.
I think as someone above said, that Atty, told her to cut the PR and tell the truth, or she could be in more trouble than she already has been.
The second one doesn't work for me. What do I need to do to be able to see it?
If Kim doesn't back the sequence of events as told by the FA, it seems about all the Fong has is Crystal telling the story du jour & wishful thinking.
Well, in her police report she claimed that she was with Precious for all that five minutes. She also admitted she was in the bathroom with Precious before and after the show. She also admitted she and Precious were given drinks in equal amounts, both sipped those drinks, but Precious spilled her drink because her cup fell into the sink. I am really not sure as to what she would actually tell Bradley.
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