If you were accused of a horrible crime, would you get a lawyer? I sure as hell would. I don't think I'd be taking any legal advice from sportscasters, either.
This article from the college the accuser allegedly attends is very strange, if I am reading it right. The writer seems to be agonizing over damaging information about the accuser which she has learned. She is wrestling with her empathy for the young, black woman vs. her journalistic responsibility to report facts as they arise. Thus far the school paper hasn't printed what she's learned, but her final comments reflect her fear of what will happen if the truth is known:
"I have this sense of disaster." Bennett said. "I won't lie. If it does turn out that this is false ..." Tears hung in her dark eyes. The fan whirred overhead, and cars rushed past outside. "I don't even want to think about that."
http://www.sptimes.com/2006/04/04/Worldandnation/Separating_truth__con.shtml