Alleged Rape of NCCU Student: (Duke Scandal)

[Rain Man]

The stripper didn't even have sex with the men!

OMG, if this was a game of Hangman, this "victim" would be in the gallows ready to have the floor drop beneath her at this point, which will happen once the DA drops the charges, which IMHO is imminent.

That lying skank is really pissing me awf right about now

DNA Tests Clear Duke Lacrosse Players In Rape Case

POSTED: 5:43 pm EDT April 10, 2006
UPDATED: 8:30 pm EDT April 10, 2006

DURHAM, N.C. -- DNA test results released Monday cleared members of the Duke University men's lacrosse team in an alleged rape of an exotic dancer at a party last month.

A North Carolina Central University student told police that she was performing as an exotic dancer at a March 13 party attended by lacrosse team members when she was pulled into a bathroom, beaten and raped by three men.

Forty-six members of the lacrosse team supplied DNA samples to authorities as part of the investigation, and the State Bureau of Investigation lab released the DNA evidence to the Durham County District Attorney's Office Monday afternoon.

Attorneys representing the players held a press conference to announce the results of the tests, saying they exonerated the players.

Attorneys Wade Smith and Joe Cheshire said the tests showed no DNA from any player was found on the woman, her clothes or her belongings. The medical results showed the woman hadn't even had sex, the attorneys said.

"These results showed exactly what we knew all along," Cheshire said. "No rape or sexual assault happened in that house, and this DNA report shows that loud and clear."

The accuser's father told NBC-17 Monday night that he still believes his daughter, and he discounted the claims of defense attorneys that she was intoxicated the night of the party.

No charges have been filed in the case. District Attorney Mike Nifong declined to comment on the test results, so it's unclear how he plans to proceed with the case.

Smith and defense attorney Robert Ekstrand said they hope Nifong will drop the case, so the players, Duke and Durham can move forward.

"This has been an absolute nightmare for these young men and their families," Ekstrand said.

"We hope that, with the long-awaited test and these results, that Mr. Nifong will announce that he is not going to pursue the case further," he said. "Perhaps, with these results, the community can begin to heal."

The case split the Duke campus and the Durham community in recent weeks.

Several student groups complained that Duke administrators were slow to respond in the case, while others warned against judging the players before the evidence was in.

Some Durham residents noted that Duke students often acted with a sense of entitlement around town, and N.C. Central students rallied in support of the victim, calling the alleged rape a hate crime against a black woman.

"I'm glad that there are no positive matches, and I'm sorry for the lacrosse team, that they had to endure so much," Duke freshman Becky Swerin said after learning of the test results.

"Just because no DNA came up, still there could have been some act committed, or nothing could have happened at all. I really don't know until the charges come back," a Duke senior said.

Duke President Richard Brodhead canceled the season for the nationally ranked lacrosse team last week, saying he was appalled by a lewd e-mail recovered by police during their investigation. Lacrosse coach Mike Pressler also turned in his resignation, and Brodhead announced an extensive review of the university's handling of the episode, including an examination of the lacrosse team's culture.

"None of us are saying there aren't proper social and moral issues that came out of this whole discussion that aren't appropriate for discussion," Cheshire said. "But unfortunately, people have meshed those issues with this sexual assault and tried to make them all the same."

DNA Tests Clear Duke Lacrosse Players In Rape Case