Medical records and interviews...revealed the victim had signs, symptoms, and injuries consistent with being raped and sexually assaulted vaginally and anally. Furthermore the SANE nurse stated the injuries and her behavior were consistent with a traumatic experience.

"You can say with a high degree of certainty that there was a certain amount of blunt force trauma present to create injury."

"I can reasonably say these injuries are consistent with the story she told."

"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...She was walking on her own, but there were bruises on her face, neck, and arms.

A triage nurse attended to her, but the woman did not want him to touch her because he was a man. She was then examined by a sexual assault nurse.

There were injuries to the woman's pelvic area, the source said.

"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."

"Duke University Hospital is the best trauma center in the area. This nurse was specially trained in sexual assault and I would just point out that my conviction that a sexual assault actually took place is based on the examination that was done at Duke Hospital."

"There is evidence of trauma in the victim's vaginal area that was noted when she was examined by a nurse at the hospital. And her general demeanor was suggestive of the fact that she had been through a traumatic situation."

"The victim's demeanor, the fact that when she was examined by a nurse who was trained in sexual assault, there was swelling and pain in the areas that would have been affected by the rape. The victim gave signs of having been through a traumatic situation. She seemed to be absolutely honest about what had occurred to her."

"Her face was all swollen up, her jaw. She couldn't half walk. One of her legs was hurt."

Privilege will guarantee that whether they are convicted or not, they will not pay a price for this in their social or business life.

And frankly, it doesn't sound like there parents make all that much anyway - owning a milion dollar home out side of new york just means that you could afford a 500,000 home 6 years ago. That's doing decently, but it's a long way from the kind of wealth that lets you to shrug off a felony conviction.

Finnerty's father is a Wall Street financier with a $2 million Dutch colonial next to the Garden City (N.Y.) Golf Club and a $4.3 million summer home in West Hampton Beach, complete with motorboat and tennis court.

currently under probation for grand larceny in 2002

No vaginal or seminal fluid, no skin, blood, or hair were found anywhere in the bathroom, bath towels, bath rug, door handle, bathroom floor, basin, water faucet handle, etc.

Does her body defy basic physiology capable of keeping any ejaculate from spilling out?

A man cannot take off a condom and not get DNA from himself or the female on his hands and not transfer it to everything he touches.

Does the accuser have inhuman anal sphinter control that prevented any of the ejaculate from dripping out?

Did she lick up every drop and swallowed any evidence?

Stripper claim bruises were result of an attack from three boys:

Fact: Time-stamped photos prove stripper arrived bruised and cut while drunk.

Nifong stated that a condom was used, if this is true than where is the spermicidal lubricant evidence?

and these boys have airtight alibis

Do you believe that the father was right saying that the three men she accused of raping her in 1994 didn't do anything to her? Because that would seem to indicate that she made a false claim of rape in the past, according to her father.

IMHO, did Nice Guy get the name right? Stop, I don't want to know.

Also, what's up with photographing a woman who appears to be having difficulty - presumably trying to enter a house she's been locked out of, fumbling in her purse, appearing impaired, even injured possibly, falling or lying down by the stairs? Seems pretty cold.

Also, what's up with photographing a woman who appears to be having difficulty - presumably trying to enter a house she's been locked out of, fumbling in her purse, appearing impaired, even injured possibly, falling or lying down by the stairs?

As a drunken 19 year old I probably would have found it hilarious if a friend ordered a $400 stripper who turned out to be a beat up looking drunk (or so it might appear). It's cold, but at that age it doesn't make you a psycho.

I've found the commenters on this blog to be the best and also the most open minded. The post earlier from Nice Guy was the only really disgusting one I've seen.

Do you know that Moslems believe that Mohammed rode a winged white horse up to heaven? Do you know that Christians believe that Christ rose up to heaven without the benefit of a winged horse? Faith is an amazing thing, but it doesn't necessarily guarantee accuracy or conform with reality no matter how strongly one believes.

Religion has a lower standard of proof than criminal trials. Lower than civil sometimes.

"The accuser's family members (cousin and father) telling me tonight that Mike Nifong told them good news is about to come out in this case, for the prosecution, good news for the accuser relating, according to the family, to DNA."

when... men... are accused of sexually assaulting women....as far as most men online are concerned, it's far more likely the victim is lying.

All right, you want evidence? Here's evidence. If anybody wants any of my links, I'll post them.

Approximately 16,000 people will be murdered this year. 2000 were killed in Iraq and what dominates the headlines is a he said she said story, and a couple of dead blondes.

Men will take the accused mens side, and there have been some over the top misogynistic comments and name calling as you decried.

the men were more likely than women to believe the accuser.

Theresa Arico, sexual assault nurse examiner and coordinator of Duke Hospital program (Herald-sun via NCCU Eagles fan page): "You can say with a high degree of certainty that there was a certain amount of blunt force trauma present to create injury." "I can reasonably say these injuries are consistent with the story she told."

Theresa Arico is a sexual assault nurse examiner and coordinator of that program at Duke. She described the process as a comprehensive combination of interviews and physical examinations of the person making the sexual assault complaint. "You can say with a high degree of certainty that there was a certain amount of blunt force trauma present to create injury" by the physical examination, which uses a device called a colposcope to magnify a woman's internal parts where injuries consistent with a sexual assault would occur, Arico said. But sexual assault nurse examiners do not render an opinion on whether a rape has occurred. That is for the State Bureau of Investigation to determine through its forensic lab work. "I can reasonably say these injuries are consistent with the story she told," Arico said. If DNA evidence is present where the assault was said to have occurred, that can further corroborate the victim's account, Arico said.

What compels us to have closure in our mind as it pertains to this case if we are not on the jury or in the court room for the entire proceedings?

What compels us to have closure in our mind as it pertains to this case if we are not on the jury or in the court room for the entire proceedings?

What is it about this society that has a need to cast judgements?

Approximately 900 homicides in this country and the biggest story is the one people feel most happy gossiping about.

I want facts. I want proof.

Would it be appropriate for Nifong to share information about an incomplete DNA test with relatives of the AV, who are going to go on television? Wouldn't that be bolstering his case in public opinion while decrying the defense attorneys for doing the same?

The problem is that too many people want this case to end as their minds have imagined it so that they can say "I told you so".

Unless you think one of the sources is lying, it is reasonable to think that she was badly hurt and traumatized, both internally and externally. As far as the timing, I think it is extremely unlikely that you have a traumatic, damaging, and painful sexual experience, then go to a party and behave normally at first and dance.

Barnwell said the victim was intoxicated, which under state law immediately implies impaired consent. Barnwell said he did not know whether Davis was under the influence.

"The victim's ability to give consent is what's important from a police standpoint," Barnwell said. "Whether the perpetrator is intoxicated doesn't play a role."