Showing up in provocative dress instead of changing at the Buchanan house may indicate that the AV wasn't very practiced at the art of stripping.

Maybe the buckle was broken? ... And she just tried to "make do" by sliding the strap into the broken buckle.

It was a strip show, maybe the shoes were the first to go :)

Shoes are the only things that never go, in my experience...

Showing up in provocative dress instead of changing at the Buchanan house may indicate that the AV wasn't very practiced at the art of stripping.

If this was more a sex show than a stripper show, would she still leave 6 inch heels on?

The problem comes if there is no matching DNA.

IMHO says he can think of a couple reasons why she walked around with one shoe for forty minutes and I'm willing to entertain them.

SLO, I wondered about that ankle strap myself--it's not like it was a mule or slide. Maybe the buckle was broken? Missing that prong part? And she just tried to "make do" by sliding the strap into the broken buckle.

Jason Bissey, who lives next door to the university-owned house, said Thursday that he had a clear view of the accuser's arrival and that she did not appear to be impaired. He said he saw her walk up a long alley to the rear of the lacrosse house, then talk to the other woman hired to dance before entering the home. "They were both totally lucid. [The accuser] was not impaired in any way, I remember clearly," Bissey said Thursday. "It was a kind of a long way to walk so it would have been pretty clear if she was messed up."

she may have been prescribed an anxiolytic on a long term basis - such as Xanax or Klonopins. If she kept drinking her behavior at that party would be consistent.

In addition to your statements, either the Durham Sun or N&O stated that Nifong contacted them and insisted that they write the story about the DNA tests, which we all know started the media storm.

IMHO: Your Nifong theory is a possibility and in fact may have occurred that way, however, it still does not justify all the public statements, appearances and opinions made by Nifong at the genesis of the matter. Nifong selfishly and needlessly jeoparidized a potentially legitimate rape claim when he should have let the investigation run its course.

Didn't Bissey say that she was walking fine down the alley to the back door [when she first arrived] ? Jason Bissey ... said Thursday. "It was a kind of a long way to walk so it would have been pretty clear if she was messed up." Her shoe must have been fine when she arrived.

a white six inch shoe.

With regard to Nifong, does anyone remember the Washington DC DA (well, AAG actually) taking a swipe at him when asked about Finerty?

He said 'unlike prosecutors in North Carolina, we don't comment on [pending cases]".

So he isn't viewed well in DC either.

As for her 'illness' it is definately not a 'nervous breakdown' given that no such diagnosis exists and her past behavior indicates that she has emotional issues.

But forget it lets just focused on accuser's story and make wild speculation to find her gaps.

It would be interesting to know what drives the opinions of others in regards to this case.

my problem I may be too clinical and not empathetic enough to believe this girl. It would be interesting to know what drives the opinions of others in regards to this case.

imho: intesting forgive me if I ask was your father someone who had a lot of authority like a judge?May I lie down on a coach to answer?

Azbballfan have you ever heard of the concept of cognitive schemas? It's the conceptual framework that people use to make sense of the world and people around them. We take a case like this and use our own personal experiences to make judgments or decisions. It might be a good exercise to think about why we consider something to be true.

My mother was a stripper and when she and my father met, he was on a university lacrosse team. It cost him twenty bucks to conceive me. But what could that have to do with my views on this case?

I thought I read that Nifong sat down face to face with her. If it is true, I would put a lot of stock in his assesment of her as being truthful and being a decent witness. Nifong has obviously made mistakes here, but he's no buffoon.

Wow, only $20? Man your dad sure got off cheaply. This fully explains your position.

He may be a very shrewd judge of witness veracity, but you're begging the question. You're ignoring the (strong) possibility that his ostensible faith in the AV's story is merely a pretense. It was fairly obvious that if he pressed charges he'd get a much, much bigger share of the black vote than if he pulled the plug on the case before the election

City Manager Patrick Baker said Day based his report on a phone conversation he overheard being made by a Durham police sergeant. "That they put that (report) on the Web site suggests that this officer is the source of the information, I'm telling you that the officer got the information by overhearing the conversation, not even a direct conversation with any of our police officers," Baker said.

It could have been for what is called (if you are rich and famous like Mariah Carey) exhaustion. Hospitalized for exhaustion can mean many things : OD, emotional breakdown, depression, even exhaustion. Her father said she was doing too much at the time - working, going to school, taking care of her kids and was worried about some bills.

Nothing I've read about Nifong even suggests he has behaved unethically in the past.

Two questions. First, how does the City Manager know that Day based the report on statements he heard from a city cop while the cop was talking on the phone?

Two: what difference does it make? If Day heard the cop say "at first she told us that she was raped by twenty guys," methinks that's a significant fact, whether or not the cop was speaking to Day.

Which would be significant IF we knew that Nifong was previously tested by a similarly-compelling temptation and did not give in to it. Which doesn't seem likely. What could be bigger for a 27-year lifer in the city DA's office than being elected to the top job?

"Before analyzing the competing figures, however, caveats about the one just mentioned are necessary. First, the category of 'false accusations' does not distinguish between accusers who lie and those who are honestly mistaken. Nor does it indicate that a rape did not occur, merely that the specific accused is innocent." How is that dihonest and cloudy?

You're ignoring the (strong) possibility that his ostensible faith in the AV's story is merely a pretense. It was fairly obvious that if he pressed charges he'd get a much, much bigger share of the black vote than if he pulled the plug on the case before the election.

Nothing I've read about Nifong even suggests he has behaved unethically in the past.

Moss is 5-foot-7 and weighs an estimated 100 pounds, perhaps a few pounds less, though she says she never weighs herself. In 1998, she was hospitalized for exhaustion, and her people dismissed all rumors that "exhaustion" was a code word for heroin addiction.

Lindsay Lohan has been hospitalized for exhaustion yet again. Sure, the whole world believes that a healthy 18 year old girl is teetering on the brink of collapse for the second time in a six month period.

Consider this Law & Order: Criminal Intent case closed.Series star Vincent D'Onofrio checked out of a New York hospital on Friday after being treated for exhaustion.

According to the BBC, soul singer Isaac Hayes was hospitalized earlier this week in Memphis. According to longtime songwriting partner David Porter, the singer is suffering from "exhaustion" brought on by overworking.

Tom Cruise's attorney said he is going to sue anyone who claims he is gay. In a related story, Ricky Martin's attorney has been hospitalized for exhaustion

I don't think I would call it "unethical" for Nifong to face the facts about his larger responsibilities as a community leader.

Anyway, I go along with "exhaustion", especially when it includes malnutrition, which must be happening to some of the women stars. Skinny as they look, the camera adds ten pounds. Can't be healthy.

When rich people land in hospitals for "exhaustion" it's different from when low-income people land in the hospital for "exhaustion." Call your insurance provider and ask how many days of hospitalization your policy covers for "exhaustion."

I think it is interesting that she remembers trivial details of that night well, who wears khaki and what not. However, she appears to be very hazy on the details of the rape,

The transcript is interesting. I wonder how correct she is about who gave her the money, the guy in the khaki shorts, and the broomstick comment guy. Finnery was #40 very near the end.

A Durham police officer said that he had initially downplayed and underestimated the story because the accuser ''kept changing her story and was not credible.'' Other reports include the accuser saying, initially, that the entire Duke Lacrosse team had raped her before she narrowed it down to 3 of the players.

The whole thing was a screaming lynch mob. Nifong did a pretty good job trying to defuse the lynch mob, but that is what he was having to do.