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Dozens of Unindicted Lacrosse Players File Federal Lawsuit Against Duke
« on: February 21, 2008, 08:31:46 AM »
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Dozens of Unindicted Lacrosse Players File Federal Lawsuit Against Duke

Thursday, February 21, 2008


DURHAM, N.C. —  More than three dozen current and former Duke lacrosse players plan to file a federal lawsuit against the university, the city of Durham and others involved in the case.

A spokesman for Washington-based attorney Charles J. Cooper said the civil lawsuit will be filed Thursday on behalf of 38 players who were not charged in the notorious case.

Spokesman Robert Bork Jr. declined Wednesday night to release the specific allegations made in the 30-count, 100-page lawsuit.

"It covers a whole lot of things, including violation of privacy," Bork said. "It's not just emotional distress."

Duke officials declined to comment.

Former Durham County prosecutor Mike Nifong won indictments against three lacrosse players in 2006, accusing them of raping a stripper at a team party.

But the case unraveled amid the accuser's constantly changing story and a lack of evidence. State prosecutors who took over the case dropped all charges and said the accused players were innocent. Nifong was later disbarred for his handling of the case.

The three accused players reached an undisclosed financial settlement with Duke in June, but later filed their own federal civil rights lawsuit against Nifong, the City of Durham and the police detectives who handled the case.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,331568,00.html

Good for them, I hope they win!  :popcorn:
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Re: Dozens of Unindicted Lacrosse Players File Federal Lawsuit Against Duke
« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2008, 08:33:35 AM »
Personally, I want whatever award/settlement to come straight from the paychecks of the "Duke 88".
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Re: Dozens of Unindicted Lacrosse Players File Federal Lawsuit Against Duke
« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2008, 08:36:51 AM »
I'll bet Durham wishes they had never heard the name Nifong. 
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Re: Dozens of Unindicted Lacrosse Players File Federal Lawsuit Against Duke
« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2008, 08:45:15 AM »
If some dumb ass can get millions for spilling coffee on herself then these guys should get ten's of millions each from the University and the city.
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Re: Dozens of Unindicted Lacrosse Players File Federal Lawsuit Against Duke
« Reply #4 on: February 21, 2008, 04:46:29 PM »
I would love nothing more than to see Duke get it's comeuppance for what they did.  :hammer:
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Re: Dozens of Unindicted Lacrosse Players File Federal Lawsuit Against Duke
« Reply #5 on: February 21, 2008, 04:50:46 PM »
Kind of pointless as punishment for Duke, really, all it means is the next generation of students get to pay for it, the university itself won't actually lose anything in the long run.
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Re: Dozens of Unindicted Lacrosse Players File Federal Lawsuit Against Duke
« Reply #6 on: February 21, 2008, 09:55:36 PM »
Quote from: NHSparky on February 21, 2008, 08:33:35 AM
Personally, I want whatever award/settlement to come straight from the paychecks of the "Duke 88".

well, being that they are tenured professors, the students wont get much.

i think firing all the low life 88, PLUS dividing up the college for the kids is a good message to send to other 'teachers' out there.
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Re: Dozens of Unindicted Lacrosse Players File Federal Lawsuit Against Duke
« Reply #7 on: February 23, 2008, 08:10:19 AM »
Quote from: Lord Undies on February 21, 2008, 08:36:51 AM
I'll bet Durham wishes they had never heard the name Nifong. 
Or white-guilt and race-baiting.
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Re: Dozens of Unindicted Lacrosse Players File Federal Lawsuit Against Duke
« Reply #8 on: February 23, 2008, 11:56:45 AM »
Quote from: NHSparky on February 21, 2008, 08:33:35 AM
Personally, I want whatever award/settlement to come straight from the paychecks of the "Duke 88".

I'd go after them on another slander/libel suit.  Go after them hard.
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Re: Dozens of Unindicted Lacrosse Players File Federal Lawsuit Against Duke
« Reply #9 on: February 23, 2008, 01:44:53 PM »
Quote from: jukin on February 23, 2008, 11:56:45 AM
Quote from: NHSparky on February 21, 2008, 08:33:35 AM
Personally, I want whatever award/settlement to come straight from the paychecks of the "Duke 88".

I'd go after them on another slander/libel suit.  Go after them hard.

Good idea -- name them all individually and go after everything they have in the world.
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Re: Dozens of Unindicted Lacrosse Players File Federal Lawsuit Against Duke
« Reply #10 on: February 23, 2008, 02:02:33 PM »
No! No! No! You guys got it all wrong!

It's the over-arching narrative of rich and priviledged white kids in Bush's racist America that is the real issue here! The 3 are guilty of "social rape" as we all are inside. The team must be disbanded as the institutions of inequality must be disbanded. We need this guilty verdict if real social justice is to prevail!!!

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Damn, I'm good.  :evillaugh:
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