ABC has a tape recording of the Kroger security guard who made the second 911 call in the Duke case. It is a private investigator's interview made three weeks after the incident. Likely, this is a defense investigator. In it the guard says there is no way the woman had been raped.

The guard was on duty at the store on the night of March 13, when the two women pulled into the store's parking lot in a dark sedan. The alleged victim, who says three men held her down in a bathroom and kicked, strangled and raped her, was in the passenger seat.

On the tape, which was recorded April 3, three weeks after the lacrosse party, the guard can be heard saying, "There ain't no way she was raped -- ain't no way, no way that happened."

More inconsistencies by the second dancer:

With all the speculation that the accuser was drugged, not just drunk, I just took another look at the return and inventory for the search warrant for the party house. Look at item number 28. Does it say "pills" or "bills"? They would take bills, like phone bills, to show indicia of residency or ownership of the house. Why would they take pills, when the warrant doesn't authorize them to search for pills? If pills were seized, I would think they would be suppressed from any future trial as being illegally seized.

There were no pills seized during the search of the dorm room of the since-suspended student who sent the offensive e-mail.

Verdicts: George Ryan and codefendant Larry Warner Found Guilty on All Counts. Reporters are saying that the Court didn't read each individual verdict in the public session. The jury was polled.
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Update: Defense lawyers will give press conference in a few minutes, Patrick Fitzgerald will give hold a press conference sometime after that.

The second dancer in the Duke Lacrosse alleged rape case is speaking out. You can watch the video here.

It's a completely underwhelming, cut and paste video. It's not start to finish, but an edited compilation of her statements. The reporter states the dancer's lawyer put very strict conditions on the interview and wouldn't let her discuss details of that night. She does say she wasn't paying great attention at the time.

"If I could see the future and would have known what that night would've brought, I would have paid more attention. I wish I had paid more attention to everything that happened around me," she said.

She expresses faith in the District Attorney, but won't say why, other than to say she doesn't think he would investigate if there wasn't a crime. Blind faith in law enforcement?

Update: Newsweek has a new article with the defense timeline, which matches the photos taken:

The accuser is dropped off at about 11:45, about a half hour after the other (second) stripper arrived. By midnight, according to a photo, the two are almost naked on the beige carpet in front of their visibly happy audience. But by 12:03, the mood has turned: in a photo, the women are standing and the second stripper appears to be reaching toward the guys, all of whom have lost their smiles. She slaps one of them for suggesting the alleged victim use a broom as a sex toy, according to Ekstrand. Then both women lock themselves in the bathroom, Ekstrand details. The partygoers get nervous about what the women are up to and start slipping money under the door asking them to leave, says Bill Thomas, a lawyer who represents one of the captains.

Get ready for the Natalee Holloway case to dominate cable the next few days along with the Duke Lacrosse players. There was a new arrest in Aruba this weekend . The name of the suspect is not in the news articles yet, but Fox News identified him this afternoon as 19 year old Godfried Van Cromvourt, a Dutch National.

Update: Dateline identified him as Gottfried Van Cromhout.

NBC's "Dateline" newsmagazine reported tonight that the man arrested is Gottfried Van Cromhout, a friend of former prime suspect and Dutch national Joran van der Sloot. Van der Sloot's lawyers denied their client knew Van Cromhout, according to NBC. A lawyer for the Holloway family told NBC's Dateline that Van Cromhout was involved with the island's beach patrol service.

Update: The media has corrected the earlier reporting that police attempted to serve search warrants at players' dorm rooms Thursday night. Apparently, they were attempting to interview players and in some instances, walked uninvited inside dorm rooms.

Condolences to defense lawyer Joe Cheshire, whose father passed away today.

Via Signifying Nothing, the Associated Press reports a radio call by one of the officers responding to the grocery store 9-11 call five minutes after it was made at 1:30 a.m. reported the accuser was passed out drunk and not in need of medical attention.

The officer gave the dispatcher the police code for an intoxicated person and said the woman was unconscious. When asked whether she needed medical help, the officer said: "She's breathing and appears to be fine. She's not in distress. She's just passed-out drunk."

Contrary to earlier reports by the media, no more DNA testing is being done. All the results are in.

by TChris

Has the LAPD declared war on slow moving pedestrians? Mayvis Coyle, a resident of Monte Vista Mobile Estates, was ticketed for crossing the street too slowly. Mayvis didn't sprint across the intersection, but at 82, her inability to generate much speed is surely forgivable.

Senior citizens who live in the neighborhood complain that the walk lights aren't timed to permit a safe crossing. One might expect the LAPD to have some compassion for those who need to take a little extra time, but none are safe from this officer's "by the book" approach to traffic code enforcement. Public funds would be better spent on crossing guards than on officers who would rather ticket the elderly and disabled than help them.

Mayvis is no pushover. Not only is she fighting the ticket (wouldn't it be fun to watch Mayvis cross-examine the cop for a couple of hours?), she's fighting for a longer walk signal. The LAPD riled up the wrong woman. Go Mayvis!

This is a continuation of yesterday's post on the DNA results in the Duke lacrosse players' case which failed to find any of the players' DNA on or within or on the surface of the accuser's body or any of her belongings or clothing. There was none under her fingernails. You can listen to the defense attorneys' news conference here.

The DA today said the case is not going away. There's more DNA testing to do. He can do DNA testing till the cows come home. If there was none in or on the accuser, none under her fingernails and none on her belongings, how will he ever prove a rape?

As to the DNA of two players found on the towel. I think it is meaningless. I debate the towel issue tonight on CNBC's Big Idea with Donnie Deutsch at 10 pm ET with my longtime sparring partner Wendy Murphy. A Duke student is on as well. I think it's the third segment second half of the show (the preceding two segments had "reformed" strippers whose new mission is to free women from working in the sex industry --they were great looking and very interesting to listen to.) It repeats at 1:00 am ET.

Bump and Update: No DNA that matched the players was found on or within or on the surface of the accuser's body or any of her belongings or clothing. Not even under her fingernails. You can listen to the defense attorneys' news conference here. They say the findings show there is no evidence that any sexual activity occurred in that house on that night. If you re-read what she said happened, it is an impossibility. Not to mention, the defense say they have photos showing she had injuries when she arrived. Even more, the defense says they have interviewed the other dancer who said the accuser never mentioned being raped to her. The defense also has said voice analysis shows the other dancer is the person who made the first 9-11 call.

The D.A. should drop the case. But, word is he may go forward anyway. More news here and here.

"I'm not saying it's over. If that's what they expect, they will be sadly disappointed," Nifong said at a candidate forum Monday night. "They can say anything they want, but I'm still in the middle of my investigation. "I believe a sexual assault took place."

Update 4/11: DA says the case is not going away. There's more DNA testing to do. He can do DNA testing till the cows come home. If there was none in or on the accuser, none under her fingernails and none on her belongings, how will he ever prove a rape?

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Duke Lacrosse Case Sinking Faster Than the Titanic

Here's the latest in the Duke lacrosse players rape allegations.

A defense attorney says time-stamped photographs will show an exotic dancer was already injured and "very impaired" when she arrived at a party where she claims she was raped by members of Duke University's men's lacrosse team.

Durham attorney Bill Thomas said some of the photographs, taken when she arrived at the house, indicate the woman was injured before getting to the party March 13. They show extensive bruises and scrapes on her legs, especially around the knees, he said. "This young lady was substantially impaired. She had fallen several times during the course of the evening," Thomas said.

Update: Skilling is on the stand. He says he's "absolutely innocent."

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The Enron trial is going into its last phases. Monday, Jeff Skilling takes the stand, hoping to exonerate himself. Later, Ken Lay will do the same.

Skilling says he's ready, and it's time.

The former chief executive's testimony will probably cover familiar ground, namely statements he made during two congressional hearings in February 2002. But with his attorneys asking the questions, he will be allowed to tell uninterrupted his version of the Enron saga.

What will Skilling say?