It may be my anti-Duke bias, but when a bunch of players from a college team orders up 2 strippers (prostitutes?) and is involved in underage drinking, followed by one of them sending an absolutlely sick and tasteless email about killing and skinning woman, the resignation of the coach and suspension of the season is not out of order, in my opinion. Whether a rape or assault occurred or not doesn't change my view in that regard.
I am certain that this is not the first time this sort of thing has occurred (not just at Duke, of course), but that doesn't excuse it. This may be a real world lesson not to put yourself in a position of risk as they did. They re lucky the woman was drunk as she was. If she had provided any of them any service beyond "dancing" her case would have been much stronger and lucrative.
that's an interesting point.
i have a pro-duke bias (my daughter went there, and i visited a few times), and i think the woman should go to jail for her false accusation, but i also agree with you about this team: they appear to have been somewhat out of control, and they didn't help duke's public image.
That email was part of a chain that was playing on the movie American Psycho with Christian Bale. It's one of those flicks that has become somewhat of a cult hit.
Nifong leaked one of a chain in order to...well, I'm not sure why he did it, but this is what reportedly occurred.