| Wednesday, April 05, 2006 |
| The Duke wall of silence |
The Duke Lacrosse team has been sidelined for the season, their coach has quit, and details of team members' prior bad behavior is emerging in the press, along with a pretty disgusting email sent by one of the players after the party, which claimed he wanted to "have some strippers over" to his dorm room:
"... however there will be no nudity. ... I plan on killing the bitches as soon as the walk in and proceding to cut their skin off," the author of the e-mail says, adding in vulgar terms that he would find the act sexually satisfying. The kid's attorney says the email proves he didn't know anything bad had already happened to the "bitches" who had already been there...
So why are the players still not talking to police? Obviously, at least three, and probably more, of the 46 white players on the Lacrosse team, and possibly the 47th man -- the lone Black player -- knows exactly what happened to those two exotic dancers during the now infamous drunken party.
I guess these guys are confident enough to let the DNA speak for them. But here's hoping there are some accessory and obstruction of justice charges filed along with the rape charges should they materialize.
Meanwhile, some on the right are already playing the Tawana Brawley card...
Update: details of the search warrant and the truly sick email from sophomore player Ryan McFadyen are out, courtesy of the Smoking Gun. According to AP:
The warrant for the player's room was made public on Wednesday. In it, police provide a detailed timeline of the alleged attack and some additional details of their investigation. The warrant also adds conspiracy to commit murder as one of the crimes police are investigating. This one definitely developing, and meanwhile, McFadyen has reportedly been suspended from school...
Update: Did the victim ID her attackers??? Signs point to a Rita Cosby scoop...
Tags: Duke, Crime, News, Lacrosse scandal |
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