Posted on 03/31/2006 8:03:52 PM PST by Howlin
DURHAM, N.C. - The father of the woman who has accused members of the Duke lacrosse team of sexually assaulting her said he didn't find out that his daughter was the reported victim - and that she is an exotic dancer - until a reporter visited his house.
The retired trucker who lives in Durham said he saw his daughter the day after the reported attack, but she didn't say anything was wrong. She even left her car at the house for several days because he said she didn't want to drive it.
Her father, a quiet man who tinkers on cars as a hobby, said he saw news reports about the attack.
"I didn't know it was my daughter," he said. The Charlotte Observer generally does not name victims of sexual assault, so his name is being withheld to protect the identity of his daughter.
The case has ignited campus protests and stirred racial tension in Durham. The woman at the center of the case is black, and the men she accuses are white. She also is a student at N.C. Central University, a historically black college near Durham's inner-city, compared with the more expensive Duke campus.
DNA tests have been conducted on 46 of the lacrosse players, who deny the allegations. A 47th member, who is black, was not tested because the woman said her attackers were white.
Last week, a reporter stopped by the reported victim's house looking for her, the woman's father said, but he said he didn't know what was going on. He called his daughter and she said the district attorney told her not talk to anyone.
"(She) didn't tell us anything about it," he said.
He said he also found out through the media that his daughter, who is the youngest of three, was an exotic dancer.
"She always told me she was going to work," he said.
On Friday, he installed a timing belt in a car and watched his daughter's two children play outside the house. He said working on cars and playing with the grandchildren helps take his mind off what's happening with his daughter.
He said she seems to be doing "pretty good," and so is the rest of the family. He said they haven't talked much about the reported incident, but it weighs heavily on his mind. He said he's grateful that N.C. Central has been so supportive, but he doesn't like how his daughter has been portrayed in the media. And he's especially frustrated that no one has been charged in the connection with the allegations.
"If it had been anybody but them, they would have been locked up, but yet they didn't because it's Duke," he said. "I hope them boys - if they did it - I hope they get what they deserve. I hope they don't go lenient on them."
District Attorney Michael Nifong said he's waiting for results of the DNA test and that he does not expect to file charges in the case any earlier than next week.
McFadyen switched attorneys Wednesday afternoon. His current lawyer, Glen Bachman, said it would be inappropriate to comment on the investigation at this point, and said there are now concerns about his client's safety.
He was in the "group" that was sharing attorneys.
He obviously needs one of his OWN now.......LOL.
I think the others would not want to be associated with him- no matter how the email was meant, it has slightly damaged the players' case, especially to the public/potential jury. There will be few 20 year old college student who are going to get that sort of "humor" and it takes away from a character defense (i.e. these sweet, dean's list players' couldn't have possibly...).
This makes the presence or lack thereof of physical evidence all that more important to the defense, IMO.
Totally out of the blue: perhaps the other stripper beat her? It's not uncommon in domestic violence cases for the batterer to drive the battered to the hospital and while both attribute the bruises and cuts to a fall or some mysterious stranger.
Supposedly the strippers didn't know each other prior to this incident, why would she cover for another stripper? I could see if they planned on setting the team up and the other stripper beat her up to make it look it they did it, however.
Maybe she didn't want it known what she's doing for work?
This is unfair for you to post these pictures. The boys are reported to have used alias and called each other by number to confuse the "dancers." Even the captain admits in the police document that he hired her using a "fake" name Adam, not Dan. It is not fair for you to post these pictures. The accused players have not been publically identified.
Just because she's a crook, it doesn't mean she wasn't raped...however, I'd have a hard time believing anything she says.
She doesn't sound like quite the "novice" she made herself out to be in her News & Observer article, though, does she?
Thanks, I had forgotten about that.
The guy still creeps me out though.
Nope! I have pretty mixed feelings about this. It's a shame that a true rape victim may decide not to bother to report it because she has a shady background. But I don't trust criminals.
This case is really starting to smell
It sure is.
And now we've got high school kids out in the street saying their COACH made racial slurs to them.
And the press is there.
We're gonna have a race war right here in the Triangle.
I just cant believe MSM isnt covering any of this! These are very important facts.
I wonder if the players thought they were paying for sex and were really mad that they didn't get it.
A link would have much better.
Whoa. So she's been a stripper for at least five years then (in between pregnancies, I guess).
Somebody on another board was calling out Rush Limbaugh for calling her a "ho". Rush later apologized for it but, as usual, even when Rush is wrong, he turns out to be right.
I cited the RN&O story about her working for an escort service and that changed the talking points considerably.
Not that anything justifies rape. And if she was beaten, strangled, etc., that is unforgiveable too. But wouldn't it be rather obvious if somebody was beaten, kicked, strangled by three athletes? It wouldn't be "he said, she said".
When you get down to it, one group or the other is lying, big time. Who do you believe - a 27-year-old stripper/escort or a bunch of drunken college kids? Not sure I'd want to bet the farm on either telling the truth.
She stole a customer's car. It sounds like she also tried to run over the officer (probably acting as an off-duty security guard I am reading between the lines) who went after her.
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