Tuesday, 11 April 2006

Linkage, it's a good thing

ESPN.com reports details from an anonymous “source” at the Duke University Hospital emergency room—see the sidebar:

The source, who asked to remain anonymous, was present at the hospital on the night of the alleged incident and says the woman was “beat up” but would not immediately divulge to anyone the identity of her alleged assailants.

“She was hysterical,” the source said. “She was crying, she was pretty banged up. She said she was sexually assaulted, but she didn’t say by whom.”

The source says the woman entered the hospital well after midnight March 13 wearing a red nightgown and nothing on her feet. She was walking on her own, but there were bruises on her face, neck, and arms. ...

According to the source, the woman did not immediately inform either the police or the hospital staff who inflicted the injuries to her.

“She never said one thing about Duke, any athlete or anything,” the source said. “She just kept hollering and screaming. She never said who did it.”

The woman was discharged after approximately five hours.

Elsewhere in the blogosphere, Margaret Soltan has put together some thoughts on the case that are worth reading.

Finally, if you feel the need to discuss the Duke lacrosse rape allegations in all their detail, go to the CourtTV website where they have a whole forum where the minutae of the case are being dissected.

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[Permalink] 1. Ed-Hoo wrote @ Wed, 12 Apr 2006, 12:41 am CDT:

I was driving from western NC to eastern VA today and caught the “forum” live on the radio. I’ve been to two hog killings and a county fair and never witnessed anything like that. The level of animus was amazing—the lady who threw out the allegation of tampering with the rape kit sounded particularly credible and responsible…

Now that you mention it, the DA does have an unusually large head.

 
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