She does acknowledge making the first 911 call in which she complained that one (and then more) players made racially based insults. As to the discrepancies in her call, she says she was trying to prevent her parents from finding out she was a paid exotic dancer.
The defense lawyers say they have interviewed her numerous times and she will have a hard time back-tracking from the accounts she provided them. They say she told them the accuser never mentioned being raped to her.
The dancer says the woman who left the party was "not the same woman" as the one who arrived, she was under the influence of something when she left -- it sounds like she is intimating the accuser was drugged. She had never met the accuser before that night. The accuser arrived a half hour after she did -- they didn't have much time together before leaving the house.
Why is she speaking out now? No good answer to that either. "It felt like the right time." Right, the night before the DA goes to the grand jury.
The dancers drove off at 12:41. The first 911 call was made at 12:53. They had 12 minutes to decide to call 911 and complain about the racial slurs. Why was no rape allegation made in the first call? Why did the second dancer tell the 911 operator nothing but racial slurs had happened? You can listen to the call here.
They left the party together. If the accuser appeared drugged or was passed out, why did the dancer call 911 to report only racial slurs? Why wouldn't she have told the 911 operator she had someone in her car who was incapacitated?
The grocery store was two miles from the party. The police station was a mile away. Why did they go to the grocery store? And why didn't they arrive there until 1:22 -- 50 minutes after they left the party. Even if they had sat in the parking lot for 10 minutes, that would still leave 40 minutes to go two miles. You can listen to the grocery store clerk's 911 call made at 1:22 here.
"Um, the problem is ... it's a lady in somebody else's car and she will not get out of their car. She's like, she's like intoxicated, drunk or something. She's, I mean, she won't get out of the car, period. "
The accuser was still passed out when the police arrived at 1:30.
And here's the answer about the missing fingernails: Photos show they were missing from her fingers while the two were still dancing -- before either left the house the first time.
Another photo, taken at midnight, is the first picture of the two dancers, including the accuser, who were hired to dance at the party. The accuser is dressed in a pink and white negligee. Attorneys have said that although the women were given at least one drink at the party, they believe the accuser was already impaired when she arrived at the party.
Pictures taken over the next few minutes show the women on top of one another other. The photos also show what appear to be bruises on the accuser's knee. Her right shoe is off, and her press-on nails are missing. The men in the background are sitting back casually watching without much noticeable reaction. Three minutes after they begin to dance, at 12:03 a.m., the dancers are photographed near the door. Attorneys say they are leaving the party.
Now it makes a little sense.
There is a gap in the photos from 12:03 a.m. until 12:30 a.m. in which the two dancers were not photographed. Attorneys believe the women were in a bathroom, alone. One woman, they believe, was changing her clothes during that time, and the accuser may have been painting her fingernails. They believe that because later on, when she fell on the back stairs, there were pink marks on the stairwell.
As to being drugged, perhaps the accuser took some pills while she was in the bathroom? Is there any evidence of a date rape drug that was found at the party house?
As for the DA, this takes the cake. If voters need another reason to vote against him in May, here it is:
Defense attorneys said they had offered to show the pictures to District Attorney Mike Nifong, but he declined to see them. "As I understand the exchange, as it was reported to me, the DA is not interested in a discussion about our evidence," said defense attorney Bob Ekstrand.
I'm not expecting any indictments tomorrow. I don't see how this case can be presented to the grand jury in a single day, unless it's a complete railroad job. The grand jury doesn't meet again for two weeks.
