Mike Nifong is Losing It
Posted on May 16th, 2006 in Uncategorized | 4 Comments »
Out-of-control district attorney Mike Nifong has charged a third player with rape in the Duke lacrosse scandal. The player, David Evans, the team captain, promptly held a press conference in which he dubbed the charges “fantastic lies” and said, “I look forward to watching them unravel in the weeks to come.”
According to defense attorney Joseph Cheshire, the alleged victim told police that she’d be 100 sure that Evans was the guy…if only he had a mustache.
Evans has never had a mustache.
And, one wonders, has anyone on the Duke lacrosse team ever had a mustache? (Somehow I just don’t see a lot of Duke lacrosse players looking like Tom Selleck.)
Moreover, according to Evans, he offered to take a lie detector test, but Nifong declined the offer. Evans then took one himself and passed.
So let’s see…the alleged victim has a past history of alleging that she was raped by three men…her fellow dancer claims she saw nothing, but wants to profit from the story…there is no DNA match, despite the fact that the alleged victim claims to have been raped in three orifices…one of the accused has witnesses to his location during the events in question that would make it almost impossible for him to have been present at any alleged rape…the third accused person would look more like the alleged rapist if he had a mustache that he’s never had…the alleged victim was never shown any photos of people other members of the lacrosse team, meaning that she had to pick *someone* out….
It’s possible that the alleged victim could be telling the truth…but it’s also possible that Barry Bonds never took steroids. Almost anything is possible, really.
4 Responses
5/16/2006 4:07 pm
And I understand the pack mentality and all, but you would think that, had the rape occured, at least one of the team members would come forward to cooperate and see justice done. I do not believe that a rape could have occured without most or all of the other team members knowing. If some new evidence arises to prove their guilt, then the whole team will be guilty by association. I just can’t believe that someone would not have come forward to save his own reputation if this were true.
Regarding DNA, however, you have to believe that smart rapists would use protection-meaning DNA could only come from other sources (ie fingernails, random hair, etc-which do not necessarily prove rape).
One question I would like answered: I believe the search warrant cited finding the 20s associated with her payment. The defense should provide an answer as to why that money was still present. Did they ask for it back and receive it willingly? The money is troubling-and it was down to the dollar, denominations and everything.
5/16/2006 4:11 pm
Interesting question about the money. But wasn’t that something they argued about, because the strippers were hired for 2 hours and quit after 20 minutes, or something like that?
5/16/2006 4:20 pm
I have had two experiences with professional strippers performing at private residences-both for batchelor parties and both were embarrassing, hopefully not to be repeated. Both times, the women were adamant about the money being up front. I’m inclinded to think this is the industry standard.
Now, we know that the strippers exited the home after a short time but were talked back in shortly thereafter. We know this from the victim’s account and from a neighbor’s account. I can’t imagine that they weren’t paid either at the beginning or upon their subsequent return-but I have to believe they WERE paid or they would not have stayed for even the half-hour described. Therefore, the money is troubling to me-although I’m still leaning toward their innocence, more or less.
5/16/2006 4:30 pm
Hmmm. Let me put it another way: Do you think the Duke guys would really have raped the stripper…and then kept the cash? Wouldn’t it be more likely that they’d give her the money as a sort of bribe, however misguided? Or just out of a guilty conscience?