I've been saying for a long time that in every story there's his side, her side and the truth. And it now seems that in the Duke Lacrosse case the truth is a lot closer to his side than her side.
What most likely happened that night is that the black strippers show up at the house. The players were pissed. They made racist remarks including thanking one of the girl's grandfather for his cotton shirt. Other things were probably said and done and the girl cried rape.
That set off a shitstorm, but everything that's happened since then has proven that a rape never occurred. Now the boys are finally going to be let off the hook, legally at least.
"Defense sources in the Duke lacrosse sexual assault case say they "expect" charges against the men will be dropped by the North Carolina Attorney General's Office.
The developments came as at least one of the former players, Reid Seligman, arrived in Raleigh Tuesday amid local media reports that a major announcement in the case was imminent. Two others charged in the case were also expected to arrive in North Carolina.
The attorney general's office has not tipped its hand regarding the charges, but has told local media that interviews related to the case have been completed.
Seligman, David Evans and Collin Finnerty were charged with first-degree kidnapping and first-degree sexual after an escort-service dancer accused them of raping her at a team party in March of last year.
The allegations of rape, which sparked controversy in the Raleigh-Durham area and quickly moved into the national spotlight, were made last year when a woman hired to perform at a party as a dancer accused the students of raping her.
The woman initially said the three raped her in a bathroom, but the rape charges were dropped in December after she told prosecutors she could no longer testify that she had been penetrated with a penis, one of the defining factors of rape under North Carolina law. In addition, two DNA tests have found no match between any of the three men and their 28-year-old accuser."
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
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