Duke Lacrosse Rape Case

[Aristotle]

I noticed there hasn't been a thread about this current event, so now we have one for any developments.

Does this kill the case for the prosecution?

Second dancer calls Duke allegations a 'crock'

A second exotic dancer in the Duke University sexual assault case told police early in their investigation that the accuser was out of her sight for only five minutes that night and that her allegations were a "crock," according to a court papers filed Thursday.

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According to a March 20 statement written by a Durham police investigator, Roberts "stated that she heard that [the accuser] was sexually assaulted, which she stated is a 'crock' and she stated that she was with her the whole time until she left."

The defense lawyers argue that prosecutors omitted that statement when they got court permission in March to obtain photographs and DNA samples from team members.

Of course, this just adds to the previous revelation that she had sex with someone else that day/night:

The lawyers also say the accuser told a nurse who examined her that she was not choked and that no condoms were used by her attackers. Defense attorneys have said that DNA tests showed material recovered from the victim matched a single male source who was not a member of the lacrosse team.

Then there is also the fact that she made a false rape accusation very similar to this one a few years ago.

This seems like a pretty dead case at this point. The evidence is pretty brutal for the prosecution.

[Savaric]

I haven't followed this case much at all. I think the lady doesn't have a shred of credibility (the one who wasn't allegedly raped). She wrote one of the news agencies about something like, how she had some information, knew some stuff, etc. , then something like "how can I make the most of this". It was strangely phrased to me like she was seeing how she could maybe make some money or get something out of it.

From what I've seen and heard they're a bunch of punk-ass over-privilaged douche bags anyways. They wrote some email afterwards about skinning one of the dancers, or something akin to it. Nah I doubt they have a case but then again I dun care what happens to them.

This in no way helps Aristotle's questions- I'm in rant mode.

[Aristotle]

Savaric, you definitely touch on an interesting point about this whole situation: both sides are looking pretty darn bad.

That fact alone makes me wonder why it is still covered so heavily. Usually a story in which both sides are unpalatable get ignored.