I had dinner a couple of months ago with one of the Duke Lax players and he told me that Duke President Broadhead held a meeting with the team after the acquittals. The player said that the only regret he expressed to the team was that he had not made it clear to Duke athletes how bad an incident like the team party might be to the school’s image, in other words, the whole thing was still their fault. My young friend said the the entire team felt nothing but contempt and disgust for the little coward.
Yes, it’s very painful for me, having gone through virtually the same process with my son three years before this Duke fiasco hit. We, too, were chastised by school officials, both publicly and privately. Even after our son’s accuser admitted on the witness stand that she had made it up.
There are, and always will be, people who will be able to pick at splinters while tripping over the log. President Broadhead will never admit he almost ruined the lives of hundreds of people in his rush to take up the standard for a liar — whatever the circumstances that prompted the possibility of her lie to present itself. Broadhead will never accept it. If he could EVER see what he did, his family would have to hide the razor blades.