Is that a known fact?
And, if so, will Duke pony up tuition and fees and a free kick?
Oh, and will the Trustees accept the Admininistrations' resignations and bring back the coach?
And why hasn't Nifong been charged?
I have not heard the $80,000 figure for sure, but I have heard upwards of a million a piece, thus far.
Judging from the one case I was ever involved in when a friend was charged with arson, I'd say that that is probably a low figure, since my friend didn't have the likes of Wade Smith and Bill Cheshire as an attoreny, plus it was in a dipwad county in Virginia and still had a bill over 3/4 of a million dollars fighting off the DA in a small town.
Coincidently, Fox is getting ready to cover this right now; there is a definite fever in the air to punish Duke -- as the Raleigh N&O has turned on Nifong and Durham. (Of course, they are just as duplicitous and are probably covering THEIR collective butts.)
Nifong will be charged after his hearing, which should be in a few months, and according to WRAL will be a PUBLIC hearing, which I cannot believe.
Also, most people here are expecting a second complaint to be dropped on him with the DNA travesty outlined chapter and verse.
I have heard it said that he is continuing to ward off the hearing -- and I have heard it said that he should resign now with the guarantee that he won't be prosecuted.
I don't think that last one will fly as since the Bar finally got off their butts in such a visible way, I highly doubt they will back off now; apparently they've had enough of the bad PR for NC's legal system and intend to make at the very least a "show" of cleaing this place up.
I'm not holding my breath.