Posted on 01/11/2007 8:49:33 AM PST by mfnorman
Jan. 11, 2007 — The accuser in the Duke lacrosse sex assault case now says that one of the players never attacked her and has changed the time she alleges the assault took place, according to new motions filed by defense lawyers today.
The accuser now "admits that Reade Seligmann did not commit any sex acts on her," defense attorneys said in court papers.
Defense attorneys also say the accuser "now claims the attack took place between 11:35 p.m. and midnight, which … is contradicted by the accuser's own cell phone records and the cell phone records of Reade Seligmann and his girlfriend."
The alleged victim initially told investigators she was raped after midnight.
Three Duke students — Colin Finnerty, Reade Seligmann and David Evans — were indicted in the spring on charges of felony rape, kidnapping and sexual assault for an alleged incident on March 12, during a Duke lacrosse team party.
The alleged victim and a second dancer named Kim Roberts had been hired to strip at the party. The accuser said that she was beaten and gang-raped by several men in a bathroom during the party held by lacrosse players from Duke University.
Transcripts of the interview that Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong's investigator conducted on Dec. 21, with the alleged victim were released to defense attorneys this morning, according to court papers.
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yet another version..
If all charges are dropped, expect a riot in Raleigh-Durham. It will probably make the riot from Rodney King's beating look like a piece of cake.
Interesting how she backs off only after you've disproven her case. The prosecutor doesn't seem to acknowledge the concept of innocent until proven guilty.
It would be interesting to know just how big that "bathroom" is, and how many people can actually get into it at oonce with any kind of freedom of movement to commit a "gang" rape.......
I imagine that the families of the wrongfully-accused are already out lawyer-shopping. This just keeps getting better and better...
There will be no riot.
Bring it on!
In my experience, I've learned that state and local governments will often go to great lengths to ensure a safe environment for a high-profile university -- in ways that they would never do for private citizens.
My undergraduate school was in a bad neighborhood in a crummy city, and the city government basically created a police state around the campus once the school administration dropped even the slightest hint that it was considering a plan to relocate the entire campus to an outlying area.
If one assailant stood on the toilet, another lay in the bathtub and another on the floor, they could possibly all fit in there with the accuser.
She should do what ever the maximum time happens to be, for the crime she accused someone else of committing, I believe it is life.
But the only thing that matters is that it could have happened. /s
Can this boy sue for slander now?
If she can make this kind of allegation and then retract it halfway through an investigation/trial, seems he can go after her for deliberately harming his good name.
Ah the American justice system at work.
You really think so?
Not that I'm denying or anything. But the notion intrigues me.
This case has gotten some public attention but frankly not enough to enrage the common folk. Who should be enraged because this case is all about runaway prosecutors and the danger they pose to us more ordinary citizens.
But let there be a riot as you predict and for sure this will capture the public's attention.
Which is to say this is a good thing is what I'm saying here.
Lately, I have totally adjusted my thinking. What with the Dems in charge, hey, I'm rooting for them to keep doing nutty things so the ladies in the beauty parlor will take note.
Another example, SURELY, I mean surely...right?...someone's bound to notice that before the New Year all we heard was the mantra to send in more troops. Now that Bush says he's going to do just this well hey, the same ones that wanted more troops now want no "escalation".
So I sigh and hope that if nothing else, their hypocrisy will be further exposed and their credibility will be ruined.
I was thinking the same thing.
....and do it silently without arousing the notice of the rest of the party goers, both male and female, in a crowded situation where everyone's drinking beers by the gallon and need to use the facilities very very often...........
Fake, but accurate.
Sounds like Reade can go home. Justice, what crimes are committed in thy name.
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