DUKE CHARGES DROPPED!!

[Expressgoalie01]

FINALLY!!! http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=25937&SPID=2027&DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=860161

[VTLaxFan]

I declare this a national holiday!!!!!! Duke Dismissal of Charges Day!!!!! Free Brine stuff for everybody!

[bcannons14]

lol sounds good!
honestly, that stripper dug herself a deeper hole after every lie she told

[TigerMiddie08]

The sad thing is, she recked those boys lives. No matter if the charges are dropped or not, they will always be known as the boys involved in the rape incedent. But, im glad.

[FMLAXMiddie5]

yea but the stripper has no money so there really is no point

[MAlax42]

Note how the [no cursing] liberal media runs nothing on this story when the charges are dropped, but when a black woman screams "RAPE" they salivate like Pavlov's dog.

Pale males get shafted once again.

[middleton23]

Note how the [no cursing] liberal media runs nothing on this story when the charges are dropped, but when a black woman screams "RAPE" they salivate like Pavlov's dog.

Pale males get shafted once again.


i like the pavlov reference... if i coudl give you a +2 i would.

[atacklax]

As awesome as this is, the damage has already been done. If you ask anyone who doesn't play lacrosse about the Duke team, the first thing they'll say is "Oh yeah, they're the guys who raped that stripper." Plus, Duke lost what could have been there best season, three excellent players, and an amazing head coach.

[RockfordAttack9]

It's about time. A inccident blown WAY out of proportion in my opinion that really tarnished the reputation of Lacrosse players in some peoples opinion.

[asian heat]

thats good to hear that the charges are dropped...but like stated before, the damage has been done, and it is a shame to see a lacrosse team of that caliber, lose a whole season...wonder if the season would have been changed drastically if this did not happen to duke? i mean i know it would have been different, but by how much? we will never know....

[Expressgoalie01]

It's about time. A inccident blown WAY out of proportion in my opinion that really tarnished the reputation of Lacrosse players in some peoples opinion.
I hate that kids will be turned away from the sport because of this and many other bad lacrosse refrences.

[Laxer1241]

Did you hear how Daryl Gross of SU wont take them as transfers.... just an example of what this girl has done to them.

[RgLax]

i knew it was gonna happen but it doesnt really change anything, anytime people meet seligmann, finnerty and the other guy or hear about duke lax, thats what their gonna think about, at least for a little while

[swankylaxer]

I live in Melbourne Australia and was just reading this thread when I heard the footage of the DA for this case on my TV. This incident is so far spread that it is ridiculous. Aus doesn't normaly get any Lax on TV. Just hope these three can get on with life and get a fair go from everyone.

[Laxguy93]

i think TLF should start a Duke Lacrosse Team Rebuild project


but yea, those kids lives are pretty much messed up for now, but that stripper and the prosecutor are gonna get sued, i mean after all, this is still America.

[raykessler]

Yeah, Im sure Duke feels great right now for firing the head coach who made the lacrosse team what it is, canceling a season that might have brought them a national championship, losing three players and many recruits for years to come, and losing massive amounts of respect over charges that never even made it to court. Way to throw an entire team under a bus and act like they arent even a part of the school anymore over nothing.

They werent just pronounced not gulity, they were pronounced innocent. I smell charges agains the stripper coming.


as much as I hate that the school didn't support them, it's pretty much every school's policy to do exactly what they did. They took it too far by including the entire team as well as the coach, but the school had to distance itself from the kids.

And why would they sue the stripper? Im sure they want to, and she of course deserves to be sued, but what will they get? Because I'm sure that she has sooooooo much money and soooooo much of value. That's why she's working as a stripper.

[manup5183]

God todays been great.

did awesome in practice
school was bearable
duke charges dropped

[twin58]

Note how the [no cursing] liberal media runs nothing on this story when the charges are dropped,...

Why, no, I haven't. Are you posting from some other planet, one without access to radio, television, and newspapers?

Google news for "Duke" at about 9 p.m Eastern time on Wednesday (http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=&q=duke&btnG=Search+News)

Duke lacrosse players victims of lying stripper and vengeful ...
Canada.com, Canada - 1 hour ago
Kevin Finnerty, father of former Duke lacrosse player Collin Finnerty, hugs Reade Seligmann following a news conference in Raleigh, NC, Wednesday, April 11, ...
DUKE LACROSSE WLOS
Prosecutors Drop Charges in Duke Case Forbes
Duke lacrosse case crumbled in early going ESPN
FayObserver.com
all 1,742 news articles »

I'd say one thousand, seven hundred and forty-two articles is not ignoring the story.

Pale males get shafted once again.

Not only that, but America's Sweetheart, Katie Couric, broadcast the CBS Evening News from Raleigh NC tonight. She conducted an extended interview with Reade Seligmann's parents, who had lots to say. I don't think they're in any mood to "let bygones be bygones."

Duke Story To Be Heavily Featured On "Evening News" (http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2007/04/11/publiceye/entry2673449.shtml )

CBS Evening News with Katie Couric - CBS News Broadcast (http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/eveningnews/main3420.shtml)

Finally, Duke has a reputation for bright students. I mean, I didn't go there; what more evidence do you need? To whom did the accused turn right away? Why, it was members of the most reviled, hated group in America today*: trial lawyers.

*gays and lesbians not included.

Edited to remove gratuitous nastiness.

[ColtsLax]

i would sue Nifong for sure. And bring it up to the BAR in NC.

This is good news

[NYLAXATTACK]

To quote steve Carell in 40 yr old virgin "that girl was a ho fo sho" read all about her on foxnews she has enough issues that it is more like a subscription to crazy's weekly

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,265374,00.html

[Abhoe157]

is anyone surprised that the case and all charges were dropped after nifong got taken off the case.. we could all see his motives in pursuing this case were strictly for political gain among the black and liberal community. Im not saying african americans or liberals are bad in any way, all im saying is that nifong was just leveraging this to get their votes.

[LAXMomx3]

I think Roy Cooper's strong words will carry a great deal of weight in righting an incredible injustice. I am sure schools are going to open their doors to Seligmann and Finnerty. The truth is, I was completely "wowed" by Reade's composure and confidence during the boys' press release. Any school would be hugely lucky to have him. While I have to admit that the decision to have the kind of entertainment they did was an extremely poor one, they couldn't have handled this past year with any more credibility and dignity. Dave Evan's words of a year ago were proven true. It's just an absolute atrocity that it took over a year to do so.

[BlueJaysLaxFan]

Thank goodness, though it took a year too long to right this terrible wrong. Nifong's incredulous statements just irked me, especially after the DNA results were released last year. A DA is the top law enforcement officer for his/her jurisdiction, and in this case Nifong completely abused his office. IMM, justice will not be complete until Nifong is put on trial for his misconduct.

[MaKiMaKi13]

thank goodness it is about time

[CSlax06]

Damn, it's aboot time. My Dads friends son boards in the same section as the accusers. I was talking to him and he said no way were they guilty.

[Guardian]

I declare this a national holiday!!!!!! Duke Dismissal of Charges Day!!!!! Free Brine stuff for everybody!
yeah i 2nd that motion

[UTlax31]

I am glad these "fantastic lies" have been righted and Duke and the lacrosse world and move on. I am a strong believer in the persecution and embarassment of Ms. Mangum. I think sh should be sent to prison for slander. Unfortunatly this isn't going to happen. The DA already said they are not going to file anything against her because she may be mentally unstable and really may have actually thought she was raped...

It's all crap but atleast these boys have had their name cleared. And like Tony Cornheiser said yesterday on PTI, "This is America in 2007. You can make almost anything go away if you try hard enough." im sure these boys will make this dissappear over time

[Nigel_Tufnel]

Now, we wait to see what they do with that POS Nifong. Congrads to the Duke guys...I never doubted their innocence for a second.

[middleton23]

i think TLF should start a Duke Lacrosse Team Rebuild project


but yea, those kids lives are pretty much messed up for now, but that stripper and the prosecutor are gonna get sued, i mean after all, this is still America.


the prosecutor is immune to lawsuits because of certain laws in this country, and the stripper doesn't have any money to get sued for, which is why she tried to set up the players in the first place.

[Opmidi13]

They werent just pronounced not gulity, they were pronounced innocent. I smell charges agains the stripper coming.


I heard this morning on espn that charges cant be brought up against the stripper because of how much she believes the rape actually happened.

[twin58]

More, if you want it:

http://news.google.com/nwshp?hl=en&gl=us&ncl=1115249048

[FMLAXMiddie5]

I really hope Duke wins the chanpionship because SU's season is down the crapper

[asian heat]

did anyone read this article on espn?

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=hill/070412&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab1pos1

after reading that article it made me very upset, because she made it sound like the whole nation was against them, and she did state that the whole nation was against them...i for one did not turn my back on them, and i know for sure that 95% of the lacrosse community, if not more, didn't either...i don't know if you feel the same, but just wanted to share the article.

[emart]

i would not be surprised if the players were to turn around and file a lawsuit against duke university for the legal fees they have racked up over the past year and thirty days in defence of what was essentially the truth. i know probably pretty much every one on this board wore their blue innocent wristbands today, but the couple dollars or so they have obtained from those could not possibly account for the thousands upon thousands of dollars for protecting themselves in their innocence. and the university did absolutly nothing to help them.

[twin58]

i would not be surprised if the players were to turn around and file a lawsuit against duke university....

On what grounds?

[laxiceman]

To quote steve Carell in 40 yr old virgin "that girl was a ho fo sho" read all about her on foxnews she has enough issues that it is more like a subscription to crazy's weekly

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,265374,00.html

Wow, I didn't know most of that stuff about her.....

On that note, what a good for nothing, low class pos.......seriously, that lady is a lowlife scumbag. Those people take from the earth, and give nothing back.

Why would they sue her? They aren't going to make millions of dollars, that's for sure. No, if it was me, I would sure as hell sue her...ruin her life, take her money, basically screw her over. That wouldn't even start to fix the damage she did to those guys though. She ruined the lives of three men who actually amounted to something, were good citizens, and were growing up to be something in the world. None of which she can say she has done.

[luvnlax17]

This case is a travesty on so many fronts. It has caused irreparable pain and damage to the reputations of the accused, it erodes the public's already shaky confidence in the legal system and it probably doesn't help the case of those women who now, or in the future, are truly sexually assaulted. Nifong has a lot of answering to do and should be prosecuted for misconduct.

[Mavido]

Any one just see Jon Stewart talk about it. And then talk Mad Junk about Nancy Grace? yeah, that was soooo worth it. I really hope the duke boys got a laugh out of that.

It may not be justice. But it is something.

[RYU]

I am glad these "fantastic lies" have been righted and Duke and the lacrosse world and move on. I am a strong believer in the persecution and embarassment of Ms. Mangum. I think sh should be sent to prison for slander. Unfortunatly this isn't going to happen. The DA already said they are not going to file anything against her because she may be mentally unstable and really may have actually thought she was raped...As you correctly recounted, the DA will not pursue criminal charges against Crystal Mangum. It really isn't worth it for them, and I won't get into too much detail here, but there is a bit of a double standard against false rape accusations. It's territory prosecutors highly avoid treading.

The former Duke players could file a civil case against Mangum, but as others pointed out, what would they have to gain from it? You can only sue for monetary damages in a civil case, and Mangum has nothing to monetarily to lose. Just want to make clear that no one is going to prison for slander.

Let's not forget the real villian in all this is Nifong. I highly doubt Mangum expected the case to explode into a nationally discussed boiler-pot. I highly doubt she wanted the national attention or is smart enough to think she could somehow get rich from her false rape indictments. Nifong, on the other hand, took the case and ran w/ it all the way to his re-election. By his own admission, he never even formally interviewed his victim, Ms Mangum. I've read & seen other interviews w/ ppl who claimed to be close to Mangum. They said Mangum wanted to drop charges (again, another indicator that Mangum had realized her accusations were blowing up in her face), but that Nifong refused and pressured her to allow him to keep pursuing the case (for his own self-gain).

It's all crap but atleast these boys have had their name cleared. And like Tony Cornheiser said yesterday on PTI, "This is America in 2007. You can make almost anything go away if you try hard enough." im sure these boys will make this dissappear over time...if you try hard enough and have $3 million (http://www.newsobserver.com/1185/story/540218.html) to spend on your legal defense, that is. If they were three boys from poor or even middle-class income families, they probably would have spent the past year behind bars.

[Woodenstick]

I understand that for at least 2 of the 3 families, the legal costs have devastated their finances, they have had to mortgage their houses, etc.

[innocentdukelax]

I understand that for at least 2 of the 3 families, the legal costs have devastated their finances, they have had to mortgage their houses, etc.

which most people would find surprising because the students (scholarships or not) attended duke. Now it'll be interesting to see what happens to Mike Nifong he deserves to be in jail for life for ruining the lives of those three men.

[atxlax07]

It was BS from the beggining, GO DUKE!

[CanuckLax]

Unfortunately as other poster have alluded to, the spectre of this incident will continue to haunt them despite their innocence.

Just this past weekend Saturday nights showing of the sketch comedy "MAD TV" aired a fake commercial about a new drink combining two fruits and called "Date Grape" (say it fast and you'll get the joke) The commercial featured a co-ed girl guzzeling a bottle of Date Grape while a half dozen fully geared up lacrosse players in white and blue waited for the drink to take effect....

sad