
The Associated Press reports a defense attorney says prosecutors have dismissed rape charges against three Duke University lacrosse players, but charges of kidnapping and sexual offense still stand.
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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.
fwbbreeze wrote:Since the initial findings in this story it has been blatently obvious things just didnt add up. If it ends up where no wrongdoing occurred, I feel certain someone owes thes men an apology and perhaps more for the character assination they have been subjected too.
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JenBayles wrote:So now it's "kidnapping"?! This DA just HAS to get some kind of charge in, huh? Someone correct me if I read this wrong, but I seem to recall reading a recent story that sthe woman in question gave birth a couple weeks ago, putting the timing of fertizilation about the time of the March party, and she refused DNA testing....![]()
Based only on what I've gleaned from the press, this "victim" is completely unreliable, unbelievable and seems to be looking only for fame and someone else's money to support her and her illegitimate child. I am not naive enough to believe that Frat Rats are little angels, but this whole case just STINKS. <holds nose>
lurker_from_nc wrote:x-y-no wrote:There needs to be a serious investigation into prosecutorial misconduct in this case.
I agree, but it will have come at the federal level, because it won't come from the state of North Carolina.
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