Narius, a woman was assaulted and raped by three of the men at that party.

(more common than not in gang rape)

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) -- Police went to the dorm rooms of Duke University lacrosse players to attempt to interview them amid an investigation into the alleged rape of an exotic dancer at a team party, an attorney for one of the players said Friday. Attorney Kerry Sutton said police did not have any warrants when they approached the players Thursday evening. She said the players immediately contacted their attorneys, who advised them not to speak. "I have no doubt that the Durham Police Department is fully aware that every one of those young men is represented, and I'm fairly shocked that they would run an end play around defense counsel in an attempt to talk to them,'' said Sutton, who represents one of the men who lived in the off-campus house where the accuser says she was raped.

What the ehck were they thinking?

FILAN: Here's what she was charged with. She was charged with larceny, speeding to elude, assault on a government official, and driving while impaired and those are actually the four misdemeanors that she pled guilty to and went to jail for, is that right? VANN: That's correct. She served six days in jail and then was placed on 24 months probation and was ordered to pay restitution, and she completed the six days in jail, completed the probation without incident, and paid her restitution exactly as she was ordered to do by the court. She fully complied. FILAN: And obviously, we're not going to mention her name and I certainly don't want you to give us, you know, any way of identifying her, we want to keep that safe and protected, but what's she like? VANN: She is just a nice--she was a nice person. She'd had prior to that incident, no criminal record, no driving record. She had worked a full-time job at a local industry. She had two kids. She came from--she had come from a good home. This incident happened and she regretted it. She--we entered into a plea agreement with the district attorney that avoided any felony charges and she accepted her punishment and went about her life and my contact with her has been minimal since then, as it should be. But I found her to be totally credible, totally believable. The information she gave me concerning this incident back in 2002 was essentially consistent with a great deal of the police reports and that sometimes is not always the case. FILAN: Exactly. VANN: So I found her to be very credible. FILAN: Exactly. We often find it's real hard to listen to what the client says and then read the police report because you're in two different worlds. So do you believe her based on you know her? VANN: From my--yes, from my contact with her I have no reason to think she's been given anything other than a credible report. She is--she was believable. She--her--yes, she gave me no reason then to disbelieve her. She gives me no reason to disbelieve her now. My interactions with her have always been that if she did something, she would admit it. If she didn't do something, she would tell you so... FILAN: Fair enough. VANN: ... and I have no reason to think anything other than that.

SupaMike, You wrote: "The timeline based on the photos is now down to about 7 minutes, that she could have been raped." I've only been able to reduce my timeline (a timeline most favorable to the defense) to 11 minutes. The last time-stamp I am aware of says 12:41. Jason Bissey says the women (or at least the car he thought the women were in) departed three minutes before the police came (12:55). Where do you get the extra four minutes?

The D.A. said the accuser last week, three weeks after the incident, was able to identify one attacker. Reports are it was from a photo lineup.

Who wants to bet the only persons in the lineup were Duke Lacrosse players? If it didn't contain any foils (persons resembling her description of the perpetrators who have nothing to do with events of that evening) it's a bad lineup. One of the four key rules in proper eyewitness identification procedures is that the lineup must contain known innocents.

Meanwhile, defense lawyers have yet to receive from Nifong copies of a video and a report of the process investigators used for the woman to identify players she has accused of attacking her. "We've been told there is a video of the identification process, and in my opinion we should have it by now," Sutton said.

The defense has said that the second dancer said that the complainant said nothing to her of being raped.

911 OPERATOR: Durham 911. Where`s your emergency? CALLER: Hi. I don`t know if this is an emergency or not necessarily, but I`m in Durham and I was driving down near Duke`s campus. And it`s me and my black girlfriend. And the guy -- there`s, like, a white guy by the Duke wall, and he was just hollered out (DELETED) to me. And I just don`t -- I didn`t know who to call!

CALLER: It's right outside of 610 Buchanan [Blvd]. And I saw them all come out of, like, a big frat house, and me and my black girlfriend are walking by, and they called us (DELETED). (Sobbing).

Michael, the police spokeswoman, was quoted in a published report saying the woman who drove to the Kroger store was the second exotic dancer hired by the lacrosse players. Earlier Michael told The Herald-Sun the driver was not the second dancer.

Police and defense attorneys also acknowledge that Kim made the first call, as well

ABRAMS: All right. Well, Mr. Williams, what about your client? Can you tell us what his take is on what happened at that party? WILLIAMS: He's told me he's totally shocked and appalled that these allegations have even been lodged, because in his heart of hearts and in his mind he knows that the allegations are false. ABRAMS: But she was--I mean what about the allegation that she left the house, that they then came back into the house, were convinced to come back, et cetera? WILLIAMS: OK. That I'm not going to comment on, because that didn't have anything to do with the second part of what may have occurred in the alleged attack.

Just moments after she and another exotic dancer started to perform, she said, men in the house started barking racial slurs. The two women, both black, stopped dancing. "We started to cry," she said. "We were so scared."

According to court documents, two black women were hired from an escort service to dance for what turned out to be a lacrosse team party at 610 N. Buchanan Blvd.

Defense attorneys say they can prove the other dancer inside the house is the same person who claimed she was just passing by on a 911 call -- a claim verified by WRAL.

The second dancer, who met the victim for the first time that night at 610 North Buchanan, also was on another 911 call that night. Her voice is barely audible in the background of the call, in which she tells the security guard her name is Kim and possibly more.

Durham police have interviewed Kim, but they will not say if corroborates the victim's story.

As a student, I saw inappropriate behavior and heard of criminal type behavior

Attorney Bill Thomas said Saturday a member of the defense team had interviewed the other dancer who performed that night, and that she "has stated point blank she does not believe this allegation."

ABRAMS: But she was--I mean what about the allegation that she left the house, that they then came back into the house, were convinced to come back, et cetera? WILLIAMS: OK. That I'm not going to comment on, because that didn't have anything to do with the second part of what may have occurred in the alleged attack.

The linked commentary will stoke a few fires....

Finally, one would think that even if the alleged victim could not picture or describe her attackers offhand, at least a photo lineup would result in a positive identification -- if not of all three, then at least one.

Meanwhile, defense lawyers have yet to receive from Nifong copies of a video and a report of the process investigators used for the woman to identify players she has accused of attacking her. "We've been told there is a video of the identification process, and in my opinion we should have it by now," Sutton said.

In addition to the negative DNA test, there is additional exculpatory evidence here. This week, pictures of the alleged victim surfaced that may indicate that she had suffered injuries to her body already - the same injuries for which she claims the three attackers were responsible.

DURHAM, N.C. - An unnamed source close to the investigation of a reported rape near the Duke University campus has told NBC 17 News that someone might have drugged the accuser the night she claims three lacrosse members raped her. "She may have been slipped a date-rape drug in a mixed drink she was given by one of the lacrosse players shortly after she arrived,? the source told NBC 17 late Friday. "Her condition is said to have changed dramatically in a short period of time, from being completely sober on arrival to passing out on the floor in a short period of time."

"She may have been slipped a date-rape drug in a mixed drink she was given by one of the lacrosse players shortly after she arrived,? the source told NBC 17 late Friday.

One male stated to the women "I'm gonna shove this up you" while hlding a broomstick up in the air so they could see it.

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.

During this time, Cheshire told the newspaper, the women locked themselves in a bathroom while one of the captains tried to persuade them to continue the show. Some players accused the women of pocketing the $800 fee and not performing. The dancers then left the house, he said

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.

BUt they do have a picture of her coming out of the bathroom smiling, so that could damage her story...Trust me I dont believe that this woman was raped in that house, but I do think when it becomes he said/she said that anything can happen.

The second woman supports the partygoers' story, says Thomas, who says he has seen a summary of an interview with her conducted by a member of the defense team. "Their versions are basically identical," he says. But Mark Simeon, an attorney for the second dancer, tells NEWSWEEK that Thomas's claim is not accurate. "She rejects the notion that she agrees with their timeline. I've shown their story line to my client, and she says there's a lot that's wrong with it. From the beginning, she has been cooperating fully with [Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong] and the police, and she looks forward to testifying truthfully at the trial." Thomas replies, "She has given us several statements, so I don't see any room for her to change her story now simply because she has a lawyer speaking for her." Nifong could not be reached for comment.