Arrests made in Duke lacrosse case

News & Observer ^ | Apr 18, 2006 | Anne Blythe and Benjamin Niolet

[Guenevere]

Actually, it says the defense attorneys have proof!!!!!!!!!!!! these two men who were arrested were not in the house at the time of the alleged!! incident!

[PBRSTREETGANG]

And I hope when it's all over and they're found innocent they can sue the City.

That'll cost them another $100,000 and they might get an apology.

[george wythe]

I'm amazed that being the son of a fireman is the equivalent to being upper-class rich kid

Loftus was one of the New York firefighters who responded to the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. He said he was also bothered by media reports calling the lacrosse team a bunch of rich, white kids whose only possession greater than wealth was cockiness.

"I'm not an emotional person, but every day I cry. I have tears in my eyes. I feel like the world's been pulled underneath my feet," Loftus said. "My kids, when you hear them sobbing on the phone that their lives are destroyed and you hear other people saying the same thing you wonder what went wrong. And we know nothing went wrong. I cannot stress that any more. Nothing happened that night."

[roses of sharon]

Tuning into Rummy on CNN and heard the tail end report that the guys are saying they have ATM and "cab rides" proof that they were not there during the alleged rape.

[Peach]

Wow! Just wow.

[Howlin]

There are a LOT of dumb people over at CTV; that's why some of them are posting here now.......LOL.

[GAgal]

I wonder what their proof of that will be? The video this morning of Finnerty in the courtroom showed a young man very relaxed imo, as he would be if he knew he could prove he was somewhere other than where the accuser puts him.

[Peach]

Don't most attorneys take cases like that on a contingency basis?

[Neverforget01]

GREAT idea to keep this under wraps---now she'll have to pick out a few other team members...geesh---I hope she goes to jail for a very long time.

[Howlin]

that the guys are saying they have ATM and "cab rides" proof that they were not there during the alleged rape.

ROFLMAO.........this is too funny!

[Howlin]

Not in criminal cases.

[Carolinamom]

The class envy folks won't shed a tear over these RICH families' spending some of their VAST wealth, will they?

[Howlin]

Here's a fact from roses of sharon:

...and heard the tail end report that the guys are saying they have ATM and "cab rides" proof that they were not there during the alleged rape.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Don't most attorneys take cases like that on a contingency basis?

Nope. Attorneys take injury cases with a reasonable prospect for success on a contingency basis.

A malicious prosecution case or abuse of process case with little chance of netting big time damages would not be taken on contingency.

[mtbrandon49]

I never picked an argument with you. You came to me. You want to play Master of FR, fine. I've haven't been registered as long as you so I'm dead weight. I bet alot of middle of the road voters that could have been swayed to the conservative side can be told they are dead weight to.

[Peach]

No, I mean if the boys are found innocent in the criminal case, can't they turn around and sue the City in a civil case and aren't those cases handled as contingencies?

[Peach]

Not one tear for the money the wealthy spend or the people they employ.

[Guenevere]

I am not! sue happy!

But in this case I would make a definite exception!!!!!!!!

I would sue the prosecutor, the complaining woman, her so called 'boyfriend', her family...(hey, these boys families are having to pay through the teeth!)...

..I would sue the president of Duke for jumping to conclusion and allowing this atomosphere of hate to erupt and spread across campus and not try to contain it!! .... and anyone else responsible for this....fiasco!

[Howlin]

Look, you came on this thread with no knowledge and, despiste being told a hundred times this woman is black, you refused to believe it and DEMANDED that other people find the proof for you.

And when they didn't, you threw a fit and said this was why you don't donate to FR anymore.

Well, too damn bad; we don't need people around here who need to be FED facts; that can do that for you on DU.

[LWalk18]

Tuning into Rummy on CNN and heard the tail end report that the guys are saying they have ATM and "cab rides" proof that they were not there during the alleged rape.

They need to get those out as soon as possible. If they can prove they weren't anywhere near the house within the time of the alleged rape, the entire case blows up.

Also, I hope someone looks into the relationship between the two suspects. Are they close friends, roommates? Or do they barely speak to each other outside of lacrosse activities? It is hard to imagine two guys who aren't friends and don't really know each other other than for lacrosse conspiring to rape someone together.