Alleged Rape of NCCU Student: (Duke Scandal)

[mccoyred]

Originally Posted by GA-Beta

For 15+ pages, you posters condemned the lacrosse team, and the accused players, ignoring all of the evidence and comments from defendents, their team mates, their families, and their lawyers.

Not one bit of incriminating DNA was found, although semen from five others was found on the girl and on her panties - proving her statement "no sex for a week" to be a lie. Not one piece of evidence has been presented, except the ever-changing story of the girl.

I wonder if any of the 15 pages of accusers will now offer an apology, or maybe an "I was mis-informed"?

Unfortunately, the accuser is making things worse by continually running her mouth. I will finally admit that this case is looking more and more like another Tawana Brawley...

[jon1856]

Originally Posted by mccoyred

Unfortunately, the accuser is making things worse by continually running her mouth. I will finally admit that this case is looking more and more like another Tawana Brawley...

From MOHO/POV, unfortunatly for all involved in this, you may be correct.
One person DID walk away from the Brawley matter "untouched"; Rev Al.
As for todays new links on this:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/12/us/12duke.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...011201332.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/13/us...rtner=homepage
http://sports.yahoo.com/top/news;_yl...v=ap&type=lgns
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/13/us...er&oref=slogin
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...MPLATE=DEFAULT

[Jimmy Choo]

What is unfortunate is that this may make other women who have been actually raped less likely to come foward. For the longest time when this case first hit the news I had always thought maybe she had been raped but just not by these boys. Maybe she had been attacked before the party or just after the party and these guys were convient scapegoats. Sadly it looks like nothing happened at all. A lot of people really put themselves out there defending this girl! If I was one of them I would be mad as hell right now!

[jon1856]

Originally Posted by ecupidelta

What is unfortunate is that this may make other women who have been actually raped less likely to come forward. For the longest time when this case first hit the news I had always thought maybe she had been raped but just not by these boys. Maybe she had been attacked before the party or just after the party and these guys were convent scapegoats. Sadly it looks like nothing happened at all. A lot of people really put themselves out there defending this girl! If I was one of them I would be mad as hell right now!

Yes, sadly true most likely on all of your points.

[Jimmy Choo]

Originally Posted by jon1856

Yes, sadly true most likly on all of your points.

As a woman, I would never want to believe that another woman could make up something as heinous as rape. You just don't want too! But not only has this had an impact on rape victims, IMO, but also the effect on the Durham community. The relationship between Duke University and the city of Durham was contentious on a good day. This has just made things worse. Not only has she had an inegative mpact on lives of these 3 young men but she has had a negative impact on a whole city!!! Nothing is worth that!!!