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In the un-humbled opinion of one, Poetic Justice...

On June 15, 2007, during his ethics trial, Mike Nifong
announced he would resign as Durham's District Attorney.

CLASS DISMISSED

Until Proven Hooligans

April 11, 2007


"These cases are over," announced Attorney General Roy Cooper at his nationally televised press conference. Going beyond expected statements about insufficient evidence and proclaiming Reade Seligmann, Colin Finnerty and Captain David Evans to be "innocent," the AG said they'd been cleared of all charges.

Assigning shame but mentioning no names -- Cooper spoke of pending legislation designed to thwart "rogue prosecutors." DA Nifong was no doubt turning in his grave.

As for the victim at the bottom of this media-soaked tragedy of errors, Mr. Cooper said prosecutors have determined that she truly believes the three men attacked her at their drunken party.

The factual validity of the woman's allegations of sexual assault and kidnapping will never be known since, after a year of unrelenting pressure from high profile lawyers, well-placed pundits and determined bloggers, the State of North Carolina is refusing to move forward with a search for the truth. (Attorney General Cooper mentioned nothing about new legislation to combat rogue defense attorneys.)

What is very clearly known at this point: Duke's lacrosse team behaved horribly at their illegal, under-aged, drunken, stripper bash.

DA Nifong and several others in the system can be faulted for many things, but responding to years of complaints about out-of-control student athletes -- and believing a victim who speaks of an assault -- are not among them. Reports of sexual harassment and hate crimes are to be taken seriously. Duke's Blue Devils and all the other Big Men on campuses across the nation can take note: the authorities have zero tolerance for your sexist, racist violations.

Despite the legalistic pronouncements from Roy Cooper -- obviously designed to shield the State from potential civil litigation -- the players on Duke's lacrosse team are far from innocent. Their own digital photos prove them guilty of a great deal. The case is not over. Based on their disgraceful past, one can expect to hear much more from Duke's hooligans in nice, white, cotton shirts.

Of course, lacking press spin-wizards, savvy attorneys, and a network of wealthy backers, the victim in this case was assumed to have been guilty from the start. No one ever had a doubt she was a "fantastic liar." Well, after a full and fair investigation from the independent AG's office, she has been cleared of that charge.

This troubled woman may indeed be responsible for certain things that happened the night of Duke's lacrosse party, but no one can blame her for being a victim of the gang's reported broomstick threats, race-baiting and gender bashing.

And unlike the players, the lawyers, the media pundits and Duke's team of indignant supporters, this so-called "accuser" had the common sense, common decency and good graces to shut up and go away. She stayed clear of the circus. Her steadfast refusal to participate in this painfully divisive debacle places her, and her alone, above the fray. After months of investigations and millions of dollars -- the victim is the only person involved who's been proven to be truly innocent.

"No more media. No more talk."
cabbie, Moezeldin Elmostafa

On Aprill 11, following 4 hours of coverage of the Duke case dismissals, cable news network, MSNBC, announced it was dropping the Don Imus Show due to the host's on-air description of Rutgers Women's basketball team members as "nappy headed hos" and "jigaboos."

To be filed under the heading, "Poetic Justice"-- it was exactly one year ago on the April 11 edition of MSNBC's The Situation, that anchor Tucker Carlson famously characterized the victim in the Duke case as a "crypto-hooker."

Carlson stated that "the testimony of an ordinary person is different from the testimony of someone who hires herself out to dance naked in front of and, yes, sometimes sleep with people, strangers, right? They're different. It's okay to have a bias against strippers in this case, isn't it?"

Carlson later added, "I'm merely saying that her testimony about matters of sex is to be taken by ordinary, commonsense people a little differently than the testimony of someone who isn't a crypto-hooker."

March 22, 2007

Inside Lacrosse Magazine lawyer, Paul Caulfield -- as quoted by Fox News:

"The assault and attempted kidnapping charges still pending . . . will soon be dropped."

"There have been rumors that the families of Finnerty, Seligmann and Evans may be considering civil lawsuits against Nifong, Duke or the state if it turns out the accuser's story doesn't pan out and Nifong is found to be guilty of mishandling the case. This is something that will wait in the wings. Once the criminal case is dropped, we are going to see this and I believe we'll see it quite quickly."

Nobody Talks, Everybody Walks

March 7, 2007

A year after Duke's lacrosse team decided to hold their 10-hour, underage booze party and stripper bash, authorities are no closer to knowing the truth of what actually happened that night. Every single lacrosse player on the team had lawyered up and fell silent within days of their March 13 blowout. The champions have now spent 12 months hiding behind a stone wall of silence.

It's not clear why the players are so determined to conceal the truth, since their attorneys and media reps have repeatedly insisted that absolutely "nothing happened" at the party. But starting with the cancellation of their March 22, 2006 police interview and right up to this very day, Duke's Blue Devils have refused to come clean.

Legally speaking, the team's decision to run away from the crime scene, resist speaking with police, and forever conceal the truth, is a workable strategy. "Nobody talks, everybody walks" is the catchy phrase outlaws have used for decades to avoid prosecution for their misdeeds. Criminal conspirators have long known that if they don't break ranks and start pointing the finger at each other, prosecutors face an uphill battle.

In this instance, lacking any conclusive physical evidence, the team's refusal to cooperate with police reduces the case to "he said/she said" -- and the so-called Friends of Duke have spent millions of dollars to ensure the "she" involved here, would never be believed. "She's just a stripper," gang members assessed on the night of the party. The strategy to disparage, disgrace and discredit their victim has never changed.

While the players refuse to talk to the police, the Lax Pack has repeatedly spoken ill of their victim in an on-going national media campaign against her.

parents of the victim

"Hey bitch, thank your grandpa for my cotton shirt," was reportedly the last thing Duke's champs said to the escort they invited and paid to be at their party. A year has gone by without a denial. A full year has passed without explanation or apology for this and similar reports of racist slurs, sexist threats and abusive behavior.

Nature abhors a vacuum, and so do jurors in the court of public opinion. Lacking any direct response to these allegations of sexual harassment and assault, one is forced to assume the lacrosse team stands behind their repugnant remarks and lewd actions.

Duke's party hounds, like all suspected law-breakers, have a constitutional right to remain silent. Of course, they do not have the right to obstruct justice.

Legalities aside -- and speaking purely practically -- hiding from reality and running from the truth is a losing strategy. Declining to tell the truth is the same thing as lying, and there's simply no good reason to lie.

It may well be that the team is covering up for misdeeds that have nothing to do with a kidnapping or rape. For all anyone knows, they may be perfectly innocent of those specific charges and lying simply to avoid having to admit to other violations. Everybody's talking. Rumors are rampant of alcohol abuse, illegal drug sales and theft during Duke's infamous party.

True or not, rumors of a cover-up will persist until at least one of the lacrosse players gathers up some courage, walks away from the gang, and starts talking to authorities about what really happened during last year's Spring breakdown.

Dodge, Deny and Delay

February 12, 2007

Faced with accusations of hiding behind a conspiratorial wall of silence, Duke's Devils and their devotees have long argued that the team was desperate to speak with police and have this matter clarified but that police refused to listen.

Back in May of 2006, Captain Polygraph stood on the Durham County courthouse steps and proclaimed he "fully cooperated" with authorities "and continued to try to cooperate." But complained, "I've repeatedly, through my lawyers, tried to contact the district attorney. All of my attempts have been denied."

From that point forward, the Lax Pack spared no expense in their attempt to destroy the complainant by dragging her through the mud in a mean-spirited media campaign. They were also bound and determined to bring down the DA through public pressure ginned up by a gang of media spin wizards and bigoted bloggers.

Well . . . DA Nifong bowed out of this national disgrace on January 12 and formally requested state Attorney General Roy Cooper's office handle the matter. The excuse for the team going to FOX NEWS and 60 MINUTES instead of quietly speaking with police is no longer valid. That excuse left the case with DA Nifong.

It's been a month . . . and yet the lacrosse champions are still hiding behind their wall of silence. To this day, they refuse to simply go to authorities and tell the truth.

These suspected kidnappers and sex offenders, like all suspected criminals, have the right to remain silent. Of course, they also have the right to tell the truth and move on with their ivy league lives. Having completely discredited the victim and the prosecutor -- there is simply no good reason left for them to hide.

At this point, the lacrosse team's continuing stone-wall of silence speaks volumes.

Lacrosse Pot Bangers Get Burned

LEGAL BLOCK

January 12, 2007

Amid unrelenting criticism, DA Nifong has formally requested state Attorney General Roy Cooper's office take over the case, saying he faced a conflict of interest because of ethics charges filed against him by the state bar. Lax defense lawyers were ecstatic and openly predicting the state would quickly drop all charges.

In his press conference, the Attorney General seemed in no hurry to drop the matter. "Agreeing to accept the prosecution of these cases doesn't guarantee a trial, nor does it guarantee a dismissal," he said. "It simply promises a fresh and thorough review of the facts and a decision on the best way to handle these cases."

Cooper knows that justice isn't justice if it doesn't appear to be justice. The Duke scandal is looking like the best justice money can wrestle down and beat out of the system.

Along with battling the Devils' legal advococates who tried every possible angle to avoid addressing the complaint, Mike Nifong was repeatedly kicked, punched and choked by a gang of spin wizzards, web loggers and radio talkshow hosts.

After months of assault from all sides, the state was left with no choice. Nifong had to quit. But in his defense -- the fact that the DA held out as long as he did is truly amazing. Nifong faced off the "Duke Daddies" and did not shrink away. He's now lost possesion, but it's far from certain his team has lost the whole case.

Roy Cooper announced Jim Coman, a former director of the State Bureau of Investigation and head of the attorney general's Special Prosecution Section; and Mary D. Winstead, a prosecutor in that division, would now oversee the matter.

"When you have high profile cases, people tend to form opinions about the cases," the Attorney General said. "It's critical that we put blinders on to those opinions and that we stick to looking at the facts and the law. We don't shrink away from these cases."

Nothing for Christmas

IS THIS CASE OVER?

Friday, December 22, 2006

Just before taking his leave for the holiday weekend, DA Nifong filed court papers that came as a Christmastime surprise to nearly everyone. Prosecutors dismissed the First Degree Forcible Rape charges. Duke's defendants are still charged with First Degree Sexual Offense and a count of First Degree Kidnapping, for allegedly holding the complainant against her will.

Nifong's filing cites investigator Linwood Wilson's December 21 interview with the complainant. The woman told police she was no longer certain whether she was penetrated vaginally with the men's penises -- as she previously claimed -- or with some other object. Under state law, a rape charge requires vaginal intercourse, while Sexual Offense covers any sexual act.

The DA's last-minute flurry of activity resulted in a media blizzard of stormy complaints from lacrosse loyalists and Devils' advocates.

"Do the rest of this. Do the honorable thing. End this case because there isn't a case to bring," demanded Collin Finnerty's lawyer, Wade Smith. "There is not a spider web of evidence," Smith said. "We have a bare assertion by a woman that a criminal act occurred . . . We have an assertion and nothing else."

Finnerty's mother, Maryellen, said the decision was more proof "that this entire case has been built on lies."

Duke President Richard Brodhead issued a statement saying, "Given the certainty with which the district attorney made his many public statements regarding the rape allegation, his decision today to drop that charge must call into question the validity of the remaining charges."

And thundering above the rest, Captain Evans' lawyer, Joe Cheshire, bitterly condemned the DA.

"His entire case rises and falls on the statement of the accuser. He has no other evidence," Cheshire railed. "Going forward with a case when he knows he has multiple, different, contradictory statements from that person -- is that seeing that justice is done, or is that simply trying to fit facts into a prosecution to prosecute it at all costs?"

Last week, it was revealed that DNA testing done for the prosecution by a private laboratory found genetic material from several men on the complainant's underwear and body, but that none of it came from the players.

Cheshire said DA Nifong's sudden decision to have the accuser interviewed -- and her sudden change of story -- were, "a troubling, transparent coincidence." It suggests the prosecution was trimming its theory of the case to accommodate the DNA findings, he said.

Although the most serious charges have been dropped, Nifong's holiday trimming hasn't brought much joy to lacrosse fans this season. His late December decision means the State's burden of proof has been considerably lightened should there actually be a trial in the Spring. Meanwhile, the defendants still face 30 years in prison.

Mr. Cheshire pointed out that Rape and Sexual Offense carry the same possible sentence of up to 24 years in prison, while Kidnapping is punishable by up to 7 years. "Some people have said, 'Is the case over?"' he moaned. "The case quite clearly is not over."

Well, the State's rape case is over and done with, and so are defense arguments involving the legal, social and moral issues associated with rape.

Leaving lacrosse lawyers burdened with months and months of media spin overkill designed to bash the complainant's reputation and strangle her willingness to continue -- Nifong ducked for cover and took shelter from the storm. Paper was taped over the windows of his office and a sign on his door read: "No media, please!"

Mike Nifong could not be reached for comment. In fact, nobody from the DA's office could be reached. They closed up early on Friday afternoon and held a Christmas party.

Reade Seligmann

On December 15, WRAL NEWS erroneously reported that the
complainant in the Duke case gave birth at UNC Hospitals.
She is in fact pregnant -- but not due to deliver until February.

Cheshire commented: "It's impossible for any of these young men
to have fathered that child because none of them ever touched her."

FED UP

December 13, 2006

DA Mike Nifong, no doubt the easiest political target in Durham County, is lucky to have enemies who -- incredibly -- have made more stupid mistakes than he has!

Considering Nifong's barely legal handling of the Duke arrests, and the relentless media allegations of a hoax based on political corruption -- you wouldn't think it would be THAT hard to take down the DA . . . Well, he's not dead, and Nifong's been a sitting duck -- since April.

His detractors have taken shot after shot, but fortunately for him, they're the gang that can't shoot straight. Their intimidation tactics and lies miss the mark every time.

After the initial receipts and deceits fell flat, the true Blue troopers bitterly complained to the attorney general, whined to the governor and beseeched Sean Hannity -- all to no avail.

When fanatical financing from "Friends of Duke" failed to dredge up even a half-way decent political opponent to punch and kick Mr. Nifong, Duke's devotees marched straight to 60 MINUTES to try and strangle justice out of him.

Nifong didn't budge -- and worse yet, Durham County D.A. wasn't the only race Adam, Bret and Matt's team lost in the mid-term elections.

So now the gang's decided it's time to pull out the big guns. The party's over. They plan to jump above the state prosecutor's head and put the Feds in charge of Durham County. And to do that, they went to Hanover County congressman, Walter B. Jones. You remember him? He was the Republican's FREEDOM FRIES warrior.

So angered and offended by France's objection to the U.S. starting a war in the Middle East, Jones pushed for a boycott of our long-time ally and even passed a law to erase the word "french" from the congressional menu!

Last year, mortified by the baseless arguments for war and the carnage and slaughter in Iraq, Mr. Potato-Head said of the FREEDOM FRIES episode: "I wish it had never happened."

But the fearless "Friends of Duke" have got Walter all fired up again. Despite the fact that he represents a different district, he's written a very stern letter about the "hoax" in Durham.

Aiming a large cannon at Mike Nifong, the gang that can't shoot straight is demanding a federal investigation of the racially-charged, Duke Gang Rape case to search out any possible civil rights violations.

Yikes!

I don't doubt a federal investigation into this matter will reveal multiple civil rights violations -- but Adam, Bret and Walter may wish it had never happened.

Kim's October Surprise

Reality TV

October 16, 2006

Facing 30 years in prison, it appears Adam, Brett and Matt have finally sobered up.

Looking more like law clerks than lacrosse players, the three suspected felons repeatedly told 60 Minutes star, Ed Bradley, they were shocked to find themselves at the center of a national disgrace.

Without a trace of embarrassment Captain Fantastic offers, "I've learned more in 5 months than I have in 22 years -- about life." So along with his cotton shirt, he can thank the accuser's grandpa for his education.

The party's over. And these erstwhile Masters of the Universe know it. They know -- regardless of what may happen in a court of law, they'll always be defined by this ugly scandal.

And yet . . . they agreed to appear before a nationwide television audience. Maybe their wall of lawyers figured further exposure of their clients in the media just couldn't hurt. You're in it -- so spin it. Still, it's a strange choice, and legally speaking, one that may come back to haunt the lax pack.

The three defendants complain in amazement that they were randomly picked out of a photo line-up of 40 party-goers, and were forever after branded.

Much to his lawyer's chagrin, raw TV footage of Scott Peterson was played at trial. There was Scott, preening for the camera, acting shocked and indignant over finding himself in national headlines about a horrific murder.

Cute is its own worst enemy.

All in all, the edited interview captured little more than the Duke defendant's complaints and denials. No guilty-looking Peterson moments. But at one point in the otherwise extremely sympathetic interview, Bradley circles in on an obvious oddity with the gang's basic storyline: two of the three party-goers "randomly" named by the complainant, just happen to have both pulled a Cinderella and disappeared from the house at the stroke of Midnight.

Bradley to Seligmann: "Why did you leave when you did?"

Seligmann: "I didn't like the tone of the party and I -- it just made me uncomfortable. It's as simple as that. I wasn't -- it was a boring party. And I just didn't like the tone." Reade was suddenly in the mood for a dial tone, and $30.00 worth of burgers.

If Cosmic Collin was asked why he exited the house at that very moment, it was edited out -- but he does admit he left at the same time Seligmann and the escorts did.

Bradley to Finnerty: "When did you leave the party?"

Finnerty: "I left soon after I saw them do their act, in the room, with everybody else. I saw them leave the room and I never saw them again in my life."

Ed Bradley must not have had time to ask any of the suspected gang rapists about March 13th and the 60 minutes between 11 PM and Midnight. But those questions may best be addressed on the reality of Court TV.

DA: Alleged Duke Party
Attack Took 5-10 Minutes

September 22, 2006

Blue Bathroom / 12:03

The complainant gets to the party well before midnight, perhaps at about 11:40. The players say she was immediately paid off and told to leave, since she wasn't the White woman they had ordered and since she seemed to be "incapacitated" on some sort of drugs. Reportedly, the accuser and the other escort, Kim Roberts, left the house right away. They both got into a car and were ready to drive off.

But for whatever reasons, the women did not leave the area. Duke's time-stamped photos show the complainant inside the house -- angry and about to leave the house again -- some 20 minutes later at 12:03.

Curiously, at exactly at 12:03, defendant Reade Seligmann is also on his way out the door. So apparently -- Reade, his good buddy Rob Wellington, the accuser and Kim Roberts were all about to exit the lacrosse house at the same exact moment.

Seligmann walked a few blocks away and called for a cab, but once again -- for whatever reasons, the women did not actually leave the area.

Despite Reade's many receipts and records proving he was not in the house after midnight -- it's not at all clear what time the alleged offenses occurred.

Green Bathroom / 12:20

Through their lawyer, Bob Eckstrand, several team members initially reported the escorts gave a brief midnight performance in the living room. After some crude comments about a broomstick, they said the escorts did not leave but rather, they locked themselves in "the bathroom."

Players insist nothing happened and that 20 minutes later, the escorts unlocked the door and -- at that point -- left the house. Presumably at around 12:20.

The complainant didn't specify anything to police about a dance in the living room. Instead, in her April 4, photo line-up interview, she focuses on a performance for a small group of men in the master bedroom. Team attorneys never mentioned anything to reporters about some other show, which had taken place in some other room -- yet the accuser is very clear:

[IMAGE 11 SHOWN]
Sgt: Where was he?
Victim: In the master bedroom.
Sgt: Was that where you described earlier with the big TV screen, where you danced?
Victim: Yes.

Maybe most players didn't know about any master bedroom activity -- which is why they didn't report it -- but the lacrosse captain's house at 610 Buchanan has two bathrooms. They've only ever been described as the "Green Bathroom" and the "Blue Bathroom." With 40 drunken men roaming around, it's possible many at the party knew nothing about what happened in some other bathroom -- at some other time.

Defense lawyers have now requested Judge William Smith force DA Nifong specify for them in which of the bathrooms the alleged offenses took place. The judge refused. So despite the team's many denials that nothing happened in "the bathroom," it's obviously not yet clear where the alleged offenses took place.



[IMAGE 38 SHOWN]
Victim: He was in the master bedroom.
Sgt: What was he doing there?
Victim: . . . "Yeah, let's see some action!"
Sgt: He was the one saying let's see some action?
Victim: Yes.

Cut Back, It Gets Even Worse

September 12, 2006

Duke University's athletic administrators met with school athletes for a rousing pep talk to start the year. It was a closed-door event, so there's no word on whether coach John Danowski announced the Lax Pack's new motto: "Succisa virescit."

The coach's son, Matt, gave a reporter his interpretation of the slogan, claiming "It means -- when cut down, it grows back stronger." Considering the lacrosse team's recent indictments for First Degree Kidnapping, First Degree Sexual Assault and First Degree Forcible Rape, their version of the phrase is more of a threat than a promise.

Number 40 went on to say, "Last season obviously got cut short, and I think we realize what a privilege it is and how much we actually miss and love playing lacrosse. So it's pretty fitting for us, I believe." Obviously not a Latin major, Matt's spin on the meaning is nonetheless quite revealing.

Not so roughly translated, "Succisa virescit" actually implies: Pruning promotes growth. Taken in that light, Duke's coaches need to start practicing what they preach.

The time for pep talks, cheer leading and towel-snapping ended years ago for the Blue hooligans. In 2005, an official Duke report described the lacrosse team as "building toward a train wreck."

Despite disgraced coach Mike Pressler's winning mottos and inspiring pledges to excellence, since 1999, records show, 41 Duke lacrosse players -- about 31 percent of all players on the roster from then until now -- have been charged with a variety of rowdy and drunken acts. Unbelievably, 56 Duke lacrosse players were involved in 36 on-campus incidents since 2003.

The March 13, underage, booze and escort bash wasn't the first time Duke's Lax Pack decided to break the law. Defiantly violating the rules WAS the rule for this gang.

Initially, team captains expressed deep regret for causing "so much anguish for the Duke community" and bringing "shame to our families and ourselves." But then just before he was handcuffed and arrested for gang rape, Captain David Evans bizarrely represented his team as "46 of the best guys you could ever meet." In reality, more than a third of the 46 have prior criminal charges on their rap sheet -- many involving alcohol abuse.

And while the lacrosse team aren't the only bunch of drunken hooligans in Duke athletics -- they're clearly the biggest losers on campus. Two months after the nation-wide Duke rape scandal broke, lax midfielder Matthew Wilson was charged with drug possession and driving while drunk.

Duke's athletic director, Joe Alleva remarked, "I would rate morale as low in April and May, but I would rate the morale as back to normal and high right now." Alleva may think it's time to return to business-as-usual and that the Blue Devils deserve a big pat on the back and a pep rally -- but he's not in a very good position to judge. His own son was recently charged with a DWI -- and had received another DWI back in 2002.

Duke will not be going back to normal -- they're going back to a court of law. The public parade of these criminal perpetrators and their mountain of misdeeds wont be anything for anyone to cheer about. It's high time Coach Danowski and the Blue Devils' other directors got control of this gang and held them accountable. They should be made to see that there are harsh consequences for their shameless criminal acts.

But then again -- why bother? Based on their record, even if they were severely cut back, this gang would likely continue to defy the law.

"proprium humani ingenii est odisse quem laeseris"
-- Latin phrase, translated:

"It is human nature to hate a person whom you have injured."

   
Three-Ring Circuits

September 1, 2006

According to an August 19, WRAL report:

"The complexity of the Michael Peterson murder trial resulted in 54 days of testimony and consisted of 66 witnesses and more than 500 pieces of evidence. Jury selection, alone, lasted nearly two months. The Duke lacrosse case is expected to be just as complex, Judge Orlando Hudson said, in part because there are three defendants and three sets of attorneys."

Declaring the Duke case to be "exceptional," Durham County's trial court administrator announced that -- unlike most cases in Durham County -- a single judge will handle all aspects of the case. Taking over management of the lacrosse case and its schedule will be Superior Court Judge William Osmond Smith III.

A Logical Response to
Kidnapping and Gang Rape

August 7, 2006

An August 6 News-Observer article says an investigation of official documents reveals that the accuser gave police and medical personnel "at least five different versions" of what happened at Duke's lacrosse party. Of course, they could all be part of the same confused and confusing response to extreme trauma.

The first medical interviewer, a registered nurse at the Durham Access mental health facility, said the accuser was incoherent but that her responses appeared "as if she were psychologically hurt." The nurse told Officer Joseph Stewart the woman's answers to her questions were "more of a traumatic response, rather than a drunk response -- because her thoughts were broken but logical, due to her trying to hold on to reality."

Real but wrong, or imagined yet logical -- the accuser's first responses weren't just vague and confused ramblings. She reported several odd, distinct -- and therefore -- easily verifiable facts. The lengthy N-O case review by Joseph Neff provides some confounding details the accuser offered in the hours and days immediately following the alleged assault.

• Speaking with Officer Gwendolyn Sutton, the accuser claimed that Kim Roberts -- who she calls "Nikki" -- tried to talk her into having sex with one of the players. "She did not want to," Sutton wrote. "Nikki wanted her to come into the bathroom with her and the guys. She ended up in the bathroom with five guys who forced her to have intercourse and perform sexual acts."
  
  
• The accuser told a nurse at Duke Hospital that Kim Roberts and a player named Brett carried her back into the house after an argument in Robert's car. The nurse quotes: "I kept telling them no. Nikki said, 'Girl, you want some more to drink, we got to make some money.' I said no, I want to get back in the car."
  
  After being taken into a bathroom she informed the nurse that Adam, Brett and Matt threatened to kill her. The three players raped her anally, vaginally and orally, using racial and sexual slurs during the attack. She recalled that Matt said he was getting married the next day. The nurse quotes: "Someone was knocking on the door letting them know it was time to go. . . . Nikki was on the other side of the door and we started arguing."
  
  
• On March 15, the woman told two doctors at UNC Hospital that she was raped by three men. According to UNC records: "She was knocked to the floor multiple times and hit her head on the sink during one of these episodes. She states she was drunk and had a lot of alcohol that night. She denied any pain in the emergency room because she was 'drunk and did not feel pain.'"
  
  
• Speaking with police on March 16, the accuser said three men raped her and that two of them ejaculated. According to Officer Himan's notes, she described them as:
  
  Adam: "white male, short, red cheeks fluffy hair chubby face, brn"
  Matt: "Heavy set short haircut 260-270"
  Brett: "Chubby"
  
  
• In an April 6th written statement, the accuser estimates she got to the party at 11:20 PM. She also asserts:
  
  "Nikki told me that they were sorry and that they were going to give us $1200 if we stay. Nikki and I got out of the car and went back into the house. As soon as we got back into the house, they were more excited and angry."
  
  "Nikki and I started to leave again, and three guys grabbed Nikki . . . They [Adam, Brett and Matt] separated us at the master bedroom door while we tried to hold on to each other."
  
  "I heard Nikki on the other side of the door, and when Adam opened the door she rushed in and helped Adam to get me dressed. They dragged me out to the car because my legs couldn't move. Nikki said, 'What happened girl, did they hurt you,' I said yes, and she said that she would get help for me."