Posted on 07/12/2010 7:30:01 AM PDT by abb
Duke University is demolishing the infamous house where a woman alleged she was raped by members of its lacrosse team.
Bulldozers began pulling down the home at 610 North Buchanan Street in the Trinity Park neighborhood Monday morning.
As recently as May, Duke said it planned to sell the property - just as Duke has done with several other homes in the area.
The university has successfully renovated several homes known as "party houses" and then sold them to owner occupants instead of landlords, who typically rent properties near Duke's East Campus.
It has been four years since the house was occupied. In 2006, stripper Crystal Mangum accused members of the Lacrosse team of rape during a party that was held at the property.
The allegations were later found to be false and all charges were dropped against the players. There are still pending civil suits stemming from the case.
In February, police charged Mangum with attempted murder, arson, and child abuse after a domestic dispute with her boyfriend.
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They’ve already demolished justice, decency and the reputations of several young men. Might as well finish the job.
Had to get rid of that small bathroom...
does this sound like a temper tantrum to you
I’m very surprised Al Sharpton isn’t protesting outside the home, wanting to have it bronzed.
Heh. Who is Trotsky?
http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/7943285/
Duke lacrosse house demolished
http://foxync.com/local1/kclark2/duke-lacrosse-accuser-to-ask-judge-for-changes-in-current-case/
Duke lacrosse accuser to ask judge for changes in current case
Settlement nearing? Prior reports have said that the house would remain until all the legal issues are resolved.
Duke University is demolishing the house where a infamous woman alleged she was raped by members of its lacrosse team.
Abb, do you know if the Duke players ever sued the university?
I sure hope they did after all that slander
Yes. Many lawsuits filed. Moving at a glacial pace.
This thread here has links to the lawsuits.
http://s1.zetaboards.com/Liestoppers_meeting/topic/241201/1/?x=50
Thanks.
Related thread.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2551024/posts
Duke lacrosse accuser to ask judge for changes in current case
WRALNews.com ^ | July 12, 2010 | Stacy Davis, Erin Hartness
It’s regrettable that the public will never be able to see for themselves whether four people could cram into that tiny bathroom for a half-hour struggle and gang rape (in which Crystal Mangum claimed she was held suspended in mid-air)
and also manage to get the door closed and locked behind them before they started.
Kind of like Waco. The Government screws up and ends up demolishing the evidence.
Lacrosse house torn down
07.12.10 - 10:49 am
DURHAM — In less than 90 minutes this morning, the house that stood at the center of a notorious scandal that bedeviled
Duke University for more than four years came crashing down.
What had become known as “the lacrosse house,” at 610 N. Buchanan Blvd., was torn down by a giant excavator from the O.C. Mitchell Jr. construction company. The house, which had been empty since 2006, was the site where Crystal Mangum falsely accused three Duke athletes of raping her.
The three players were indicted on rape and other charges on the basis of Mangum’s allegations, but they were eventually exonerated after North Carolina’s attorney general found no credible evidence to support the charges. Mike Nifong, the district attorney who tried to prosecute the three, eventually was disbarred and labeled a “rogue prosecutor” by the state attorney general.
http://www.digtriad.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=145060&catid=57
Duke University Tears Down Lacrosse House
I went by that house a few years ago when I was at RTP for work. It was tiny and the neighbors were very close to it. Also, nobody was living there, and it still had evidence tape and looked like it was still a crime site.
Well, there goes all that “evidence” that Precious needed.
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