I hope they splay both the DA and this woman for this travesty.
First, her story was that 20 of them raped her.....then she cut it down to a manageable three, saying there was vaginal, anal, and oral penetration with no condoms and that the boys had happy endings. She identified the three players from a seriously flawed lineup that only included the Duke lacrosse team. She said one was missing the moustache he had at the party...yet pictures of him before she showed up, NO MOUSTACHE. One of the others was not even there at the time so says his ATM receipt, a BLACK cabbie, and his dorm room key. When the bombshell was dropped that the DA conspired with the DNA lab to not release evidence that would eliminate these boys as suspects.....using the so-called victim's testimony as a litmus test.....she suddenly up and changes her story yet again. Maybe they didn't penetrate or maybe they did use condoms.
Sorry but this stinks to high heaven.
There was some altercation between the boys and the stripper. She showed up drunk or stoned and bleeding so they probably told her to leave without paying her. I am sure that there was some racial statements back and forth...she told someone that she was going to get her money from them boys (may have said WHITE boys). So she concocted the story the best her drunken/drugged mind could.
The DA was in a battle and losing to a woman he once fired and this was his rescue. Let's just say that in the Durham and UNC campus areas there are a lot of poor folks who really resent the hell out of DUKE and UNC....bunch of rich white boys and girls. There is his angle to win....the race card. Oh yes he did. He was strolling around those areas using his press conferences like jesse love-child jackson. Walking around those projects like al sharpton.
If Nifong was really, terribly interested in this case and has evidence that we common folk don't have...and assuming he really wants to see justice served....he would step aside and let someone else prosecute it. My esimation is that he planned to use it to get re-relected, drag out the case, let it die a slow death. But much like Scott Peterson, he failed to anticipate the media reaction and continued interest.
I hope that once this case unravels....and I would want to press it to a trial if I were these boys. Otherwise, say if the so-called victim just drops it by saying "the stress of the trial is just too much to bear" (if she has the choice to drop it). Or, if the DA has power to decided to go forward or drop it, then her refusal to testify "for fear of her life, she has been getting death threats" would terminate the case. Then there is no basis to go after the accused or the DA for whatever they can.
I would pursue both the DA and this woman until their death. She would be shaking that money maker going forward for me.
Here is an OUSTANDING article about the DA and this case:
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=Nzc3NTE4NzY1ZTdlZTY5ODZjOThkNjQ3ZTJjZWI4Mjc=
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