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Stinger · 12-22-2006, 12:02 PM

Rape Charges Dropped in Duke Case
Dec 22 12:43 PM US/Eastern

By AARON BEARD
Associated Press Writer
DURHAM, N.C.

Prosecutors dropped rape charges Friday against three Duke University lacrosse players accused of attacking a stripper at a team party, but the three still face kidnapping and sexual offense charges, a defense attorney said.

Joseph Cheshire and attorneys for the other players have said for months the woman told several different versions of the alleged assault.

Cheshire said Friday that the accuser now says she does not know if she was penetrated, which he said led District Attorney Mike Nifong to dismiss the rape charges.

Nifong did not immediately return calls seeking comment.

The accuser, a 28-year-old student at North Carolina Central University, has said three men raped her in a bathroom at a March 13 team party where she was hired to perform as a stripper.

The players _ Dave Evans, Collin Finnerty and Reade Seligmann _ all say they are innocent. Their attorneys have consistently said no sex occurred at the party and have cited a lack of DNA evidence in the case as proof of their clients' innocence.

"It's highly coincidental," Cheshire said, that the charges are being dropped a week after the director of a private DNA testing lab acknowledged that he initially, with Nifong's knowledge, withheld from the defense test results showing none of the players' DNA was found on or in the accuser's body.

Testing also showed that genetic material from several males was found in her undergarments and body.

Eleazar · 12-22-2006, 04:40 PM

This prosecutor is one of the few people in the world that I think there should be no penalty for maiming in some horrible and permanent way.

Whatever genitals exist should be smashed flat under a ball-peen hammer and then the limbs amputated with a bench grinder.

BWillie · 12-22-2006, 04:45 PM

Who didn't know this was coming? That girl got pounded sideways by 3 other dudes the same day before she supposedly got raped. I tell u what, it's almost getting to the point that if you need to carry around a video camera to document everything you do in case shit like this comes up. I'm not saying that alot of nice young ladies are lying when it comes to rape, but it's just so easy to ruin a guy's life by just saying "Oh, he raped me". I've seen this happen to one of my friends, and for the longest time everybody thought he was a rapist through HS even though he wasn't convicted. The crazy girl even admits now that she as lying and was just mad at him at the time, but the damage to his reputation still is done.

12-22-2006, 12:02 PM
Stinger Bazinga Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Springfield, MO Casino cash: $1984507	Rape Charges Dropped in Duke Case Rape Charges Dropped in Duke Case Dec 22 12:43 PM US/Eastern By AARON BEARD Associated Press Writer DURHAM, N.C. Prosecutors dropped rape charges Friday against three Duke University lacrosse players accused of attacking a stripper at a team party, but the three still face kidnapping and sexual offense charges, a defense attorney said. Joseph Cheshire and attorneys for the other players have said for months the woman told several different versions of the alleged assault. Cheshire said Friday that the accuser now says she does not know if she was penetrated, which he said led District Attorney Mike Nifong to dismiss the rape charges. Nifong did not immediately return calls seeking comment. The accuser, a 28-year-old student at North Carolina Central University, has said three men raped her in a bathroom at a March 13 team party where she was hired to perform as a stripper. The players _ Dave Evans, Collin Finnerty and Reade Seligmann _ all say they are innocent. Their attorneys have consistently said no sex occurred at the party and have cited a lack of DNA evidence in the case as proof of their clients' innocence. "It's highly coincidental," Cheshire said, that the charges are being dropped a week after the director of a private DNA testing lab acknowledged that he initially, with Nifong's knowledge, withheld from the defense test results showing none of the players' DNA was found on or in the accuser's body. Testing also showed that genetic material from several males was found in her undergarments and body.
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12-22-2006, 04:40 PM	#31
Eleazar Beyond the Rapids Join Date: May 2003 Location: Langley, VA Casino cash: $-370000	This prosecutor is one of the few people in the world that I think there should be no penalty for maiming in some horrible and permanent way. Whatever genitals exist should be smashed flat under a ball-peen hammer and then the limbs amputated with a bench grinder.
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12-22-2006, 04:45 PM	#32
BWillie Are you ready to Rumble? Join Date: Apr 2006 Casino cash: $-1458759	Who didn't know this was coming? That girl got pounded sideways by 3 other dudes the same day before she supposedly got raped. I tell u what, it's almost getting to the point that if you need to carry around a video camera to document everything you do in case shit like this comes up. I'm not saying that alot of nice young ladies are lying when it comes to rape, but it's just so easy to ruin a guy's life by just saying "Oh, he raped me". I've seen this happen to one of my friends, and for the longest time everybody thought he was a rapist through HS even though he wasn't convicted. The crazy girl even admits now that she as lying and was just mad at him at the time, but the damage to his reputation still is done.
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