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.
What the heck is that?
Sort of like a profiler I guess.
Can she get a job in law enforcement with a record like that?
Without a felony probably so. That may be the reason the previous felony charges were plead down to misdemeanors.
It sounds perfectly normal that a daughter would try
to hide from her daddy that she was a stripper and
had been raped at a frat party.
That's the kind of thing a father might not understand.
Well, her story is falling apart, IMO; any credibility she had is going to be shot shortly if what I'm reading on the internet is what really happened.
And I'm thinking that the parents of some of those boys aren't going to take kindly to the DA and the school letting their boys be trashed like they have been.
You need to keep reading; her father has now changed his story.
Last night and into the wee hours of this morning I was getting more and more disgusted that her name was not coming forward. Thats when I put my detective hat on and went to work, time to get this info out there.
BIG NEWS !!!!
Check this out !
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1611581/posts
I agree 100 percent; I don't care what the charge is, I don't think it's fair for her name NOT to be given; if she's going to make the charges, she should be named.
Because she's not named, she can pretty well say anything she wants without fear of being contradicted.
After reading that article about the newspaper staff at NCCU, I am sure there is MORE stuff out there that is going to possibly help straighten out what happened that night, but they are covering up for her.
Re her running over a police officer in '02, I read that when the chase ended at a dead end location .. she tried to back up ... perhaps not realizaing the officer in pursuit had left his vehicle and was behind her.
On WRAL, they actually went to the dead end and showed what happened; when she got there, they thought they had her dead to rights; they stopped their vehicle and got out, she made a u-turn and drove right at them.
I am looking for the video for you.
Keep in mind that only the general public doesn't know her name; the suspects all know her name and can and are investigating her background. There is no reason for you and I to know who she is, and really there is no reason for the public to know who the accused are either. I would support a media policy shielding all names involved in a sexual assault claim from being disclosed by the media, at least until actual charges are filed.
On this page:
http://www.wral.com/news/8539174/detail.html
click on the
Video: As Wait For DNA Findings Continues, Durham Tries To Repair Image
in the middle of the article, then when the player opens, scroll down on the left to
Alleged Rape Victim Had Past Brush With Law
The problem arises when you read an article like the one in the St. Petersburg Times; it's obvious that the NCCU newspaper staff has found information that calls her credibility about this incident into question, yet they have decided NOT to publish it because she is black.
Goodness! Why wasn't it prosecuted as a felony?
WRAL now claims to have "verified" the defense's claim that the initial 911 call was from the second dancer "Kim"
http://www.wral.com/news/8542111/detail.html
I read that this morning. Isn't that pretty much what most of us suspected or knew all along? It is CLEAR from her report to 911 she wasn't hurt. She says her "black girlfriend" was driving/walking/sitting in front of the house? with her at the time, doesn't she? What a mess this whole case is.
Surely LE took statements from both the accuser and "Kim" soon after the alleged attack. Yet, Nifong has stated repeatedly that the phone call wasn't related to the rape, and the caller is unknown.
If this call can be proven to have come from either woman, then it seems to me one or both lied about it to police.
They have the second stripper (Kim) on tape in the background talking to the security guard. She says the other stripper is very drunk or something similar. What is odd- the father went to see his daughter at the hospital in the early morning hours after she was raped, but it never says if he saw her or not.
Also, he says the hospital personell wouldn't tell him why his daughter was there. Also, her boyfriend is at the hospital as well. The father now claims his daughter was badly bruised the day after the alleged rape but I don't remember hearing the DA say she appeared to be beaten- just that a forensic nurse noticed signs consistent with rape and sexual assault- which I took to mean internal injuries.
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