Duke's Lacrosse team suspended after they gang rape a dancer

[Diesel07 0]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/03/29/...in1449886.shtml

 

Duke Lacrosse Team Sidelined

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DURHAM, N.C., March 29, 2006

 

(CBS/AP) Duke University's president has suspended the school's highly ranked lacrosse team from play until school administrators learn more about allegations that several team members raped an exotic dancer at an off-campus party.

 

"In this painful period of uncertainty, it is clear to me, as it was to the players, that it would be inappropriate to resume the normal schedule of play," President Richard Brodhead said Tuesday.

 

A woman told police she and another dancer were hired to perform March 13 at a private party in an off-campus home. The dancer, a student at North Carolina Central University, told police she was pulled into a bathroom, beaten, choked and raped by three unidentified men.

 

No one has been charged, but police took DNA samples with a cheek swab from 46 of the lacrosse team's 47 players last week, CBS News correspondent Mark Strassmann reported on The Early Show Wednesday. The 47th player, the only black member of the team, did not have to provide DNA because the dancer said her attackers were white. The dancer is black.

 

Brodhead said team captains notified Athletic Director Joe Alleva on Tuesday that players wanted to stay off the field until the DNA results came back from a crime lab. In a statement, the captains predicted the DNA testing would clear the players of wrongdoing.

 

The case has roiled the campus and raised racial tensions. The alleged victim is black, the players white. And neighbors reported hearing at least one player yelling racial slurs, Strassman reports.

 

"I've seen no evidence of any racial problems with the lacrosse team or frankly, any of our teams," Joe Alleva, Director of Athetics at Duke University.

 

The allegations also have heightened antagonism between the affluent students at Duke, which costs about $43,000 a year, and the city of Durham, which has a large population of poor people and is about evenly divided between white and black.

 

Players have denied the allegations, but investigators are convinced the rape happened, and are frustrated by the team's wall of silence, Strassmann reports.

 

"The circumstances of the rape indicated a deep racial motivation for some of the things that were done," District Attorney Mike Nifong said. "It makes a crime that is by its nature one of the most offensive and invasive even more so."

 

Nifong said the team members are standing together and refusing to talk with investigators, and he warned he may bring aiding-and-abetting charges against some of the players.

 

"The silence is what I can't stand. It's the fact that people know information but they're not saying the information. So therefore, they're jeopardizing the safety of everyone else," Morgan McGhee, a Duke University student tells CBS News.

 

A lawyer representing several lacrosse team members did not immediately return calls Tuesday.

 

Angry over the team members' silence and the university's handling of the case, Durham residents have demonstrated on and off campus in the past few days. They rallied outside the house where the alleged attack occurred, and gathered outside of Duke Provost Peter Lange's home, where they banged on pots and pans until he emerged to answer questions.

 

Lange said Monday that he believes "the students would be well-advised to come forward. They have chosen not to."

 

Durham police echoed his sentiments. "We do know that some of the players inside the house on that evening knew what transpired, and we need them to come forward," David Addison, with the Durham Police Department, said.

 

The university's athletic director had already forced the team to miss two games because of underage drinking and the hiring of dancers at the party. Duke, considered a national title contender before the season began, has a 6-2 record with five regular-season games to go.

That's teamwork only Coach K can teach.

[ArnieBragg 1]

One more time please.

[dcOne 2]

Yeah, but they will get acquitted because supposedly "she wanted it more than they did".

[George Carlin 1]

She was asking for it, she was wearing 6 inch heels

 

No one has been charged, but police took DNA samples with a cheek swab from 46 of the lacrosse team's 47 players last week,

 

The lacrosse team has it's very own Zmannnz, get's left out of all the parties.

[Diesel07 0]

Heres the best part...

 

"the only black member of the team, did not have to provide DNA because the dancer said her attackers were white. The dancer is black."

 

[Strike 4,120]

Allegedly.....

[paulinstl 295]

Heres the best part...

 

"the only black member of the team, did not have to provide DNA because the dancer said her attackers were white. The dancer is black."

 

 

 

I don't get it. What's funny about that?

 

[brinett9 0]

Lange said Monday that he believes "the students would be well-advised to come forward..."

Yeah, admitting you've committed rape is a REALLY good idea!

[dcOne 2]

I don't get it. What's funny about that?

 

 

 

Blood is thicker than water.

[paulinstl 295]

Blood is thicker than water.

 

 

Three unidentified men attacked her. I thionk it's fair to assume that she could tell if they were black or white.

 

[Cdub100 3,468]

Stippers are already dead on the inside so what's the big deal?

[kpbuckeye 2]

Three unidentified men attacked her. I thionk it's fair to assume that she could tell if they were black or white.

 

 

 

 

there you go hating on whitey again..............

[George Carlin 1]

Three unidentified men attacked her. I thionk it's fair to assume that she could tell if they were black or white.

 

 

cack size?

[brinett9 0]

If all the players were black except for one white guy, and they didn't test the white guy...

[George Carlin 1]

Allegedly.....

 

Yup.

 

She probably offered sex to them for x amount of money, they didn't pay any or all of it. She's got man seed all over her. They're going to match the DNA with guys who did it and then it's a he said she said.

[Patriotsfatboy1 1,432]

I think that this has a more complete account of the evening's activities

 

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0329061duke1.html

 

BTW - Check out the police report. Apparently, the cops did not go to Duke considering that they cannot even spell correctly.

[HilltopperVike 0]

Yeah, but they will get acquitted because supposedly "she wanted it more than they did".

 

that's good

[fricker66 91]

I think that this has a more complete account of the evening's activities

 

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0329061duke1.html

 

BTW - Check out the police report. Apparently, the cops did not go to Duke considering that they cannot even spell correctly.

 

 

I'm sure that the Duke University lacrosse website has taken down its roster so that we don't learn who Bret, Adam and Matt are.

[phillybear 365]

Raping dancers. Sad.

 

Why can't these young men be out there doing something more productive in society? Like banding together and strangling Paula Abdul.

[Patriotsfatboy1 1,432]

I'm sure that the Duke University lacrosse website has taken down its roster so that we don't learn who Bret, Adam and Matt are.

You bet they did.

[jerryskids 5,442]

If all the players were black except for one white guy, and they didn't test the white guy...

Exactly. The white guy could have done it too, and she would never have felt it.

[brinett9 0]

Why can't these young men be out there doing something more productive in society? Like banding together and strangling Paula Abdul.

Cool idea. And the cycle just keeps getting perpetuated as people "Pay It Forward."

[George Carlin 1]

The search warrant affidavit lists property sought by investigators as well as what they subsequently removed from the North Buchanan Boulevard home. The seized material included a bath mat, a bath rug, computers, digital cameras, a "make up bag with ID," five fingernails, and a bottle of K-Y jelly.

 

[fricker66 91]

You bet they did.

 

You might be able to figure out some things from this boxscore...of course it would all be conjecture.

 

http://tarheelblue.collegesports.com/sport...a.html#GAME.CHT

[Dick Hertz 1]

Heres the best part...

 

"the only black member of the team, did not have to provide DNA because the dancer said her attackers were white. The dancer is black."

 

 

 

I found him!!! Holy crap! IT'S SWERSKI!!!

[swandown 0]

I'm sure that the Duke University lacrosse website has taken down its roster so that we don't learn who Bret, Adam and Matt are.

 

The roster has been removed from GoDuke.com, but there's a roster at Lax.com:

 

Bret Thompson

Adam Langley

Matt Danowski (1st team All-American; led nation in points last year)

Matt Zash (1st team All-American)

Matt Wilson

[George Carlin 1]

The roster has been removed from GoDuke.com, but there's a roster at Lax.com:

 

Bret Thompson

Adam Langley

Matt Danowski (1st team All-American; led nation in points last year)

Matt Zash (1st team All-American)

Matt Wilson

 

ALLEGED!

[Patriotsfatboy1 1,432]

The roster has been removed from GoDuke.com, but there's a roster at Lax.com:

 

Bret Thompson

Adam Langley

Matt Danowski (1st team All-American; led nation in points last year)

Matt Zash (1st team All-American)

Matt Wilson

ALLEGED!

 

This is an alleged roster?

[George Carlin 1]

This is an alleged roster?

 

ALLEGED RAPE!!!

 

Don't think posting their names is cool.

[brinett9 0]

ALLEGED RAPE!!!

 

Don't think posting their names is cool.

Their ALLEGED names!

[Apu Nahasapeemapetilon 0]

Yeah, like Dukie Daddies can't get their kids out of this. Half of 'em are lawyers. It'll be a cold day in hell before they serve time for this (alleged) screwup.

 

This is why we have to go back to eye for an eye. This wouldn't happen if these guys would subsequently be butt raped by a group of Hells Angels and have their sacks cut off.

 

Leniency...I hate it.

[Patriotsfatboy1 1,432]

ALLEGED RAPE!!!

 

Don't think posting their names is cool.

 

I am sure that the NC authorities are going to use FFT as a source for their supoenas as they build their case

 

 

Yeah, like Dukie Daddies can't get their kids out of this. Half of 'em are lawyers. It'll be a cold day in hell before they serve time for this (alleged) screwup.

 

This is why we have to go back to eye for an eye. This wouldn't happen if these guys would subsequently be butt raped by a group of Hells Angels and have their sacks cut off.

 

Leniency...I hate it.

 

Of course, we would have to allow the women who lie about being raped to also be butt raped

[GobbleDog 826]

Those lacrosse guys get all the best snatch. Well, maybe not as much as band geeks.

[Four More Beers 0]

If it was the basketball team or a football team at a good program I would be more suspicious of the prostitute's story, but proffesional lacrosse isn't exactly a big money sport. It's hard to see where her motive in lying would be if she can't really cash in on big future earnings.

[Fumbleweed 457]

Heres the best part...

 

"the only black member of the team, did not have to provide DNA because the dancer said her attackers were white. The dancer is black."

 

 

The whole team wasn't there. She saw who was there. Guess the black member of team wasn't there.....

 

This was more than just a supposed rape. It was a violent assault in other ways also from what I gathered. If it all is true, I hope the guys get put away for a long time.

[Gephardt69 0]

guess redick wasn't available to pleasure the lax boys this week!

[NJJoe20 0]

I understand she worked for an escort agency. When one hires an escort, isn't one expecting to get laid, especially when she pulls out the KY Jelly?

[Cdub100 3,468]

The whole team wasn't there. She saw who was there. Guess the black member of team wasn't there.....

 

This was more than just a supposed rape. It was a violent assault in other ways also from what I gathered. If it all is true, I hope the guys get put away for a long time.

 

Hookers don't count as people. At worse they should get a $25 fine

[MadMoney5000 0]

Leniency...I hate it.

[Fumbleweed 457]

My sarcasm filter isn't always that good.....is anybody in this thread being serious? Because if so, I'm troubled deeply by some of the comments about what was a possible act of extreme violence and trauma.

 

If everything is sarcastic, then carry on, I suppose.