That’s a supposed statement by the accuser in the Duke lacrosse case, as recalled by a bouncer at the Platinum Club, where the accuser worked.
H.P. Thomas, as reported by the N&O, continues:
But less than a week after the party, Thomas said, the woman seemed fine, and weeks later, he realized a friend of his had a video of her dancing at the club in the early hours of March 26.
The accuser never gave any indication that the party was a bad time, let alone that she was assaulted or raped, Thomas said.
“She was as regular as pie,” Thomas said. “She didn’t do anything different.” …
On March 17, the woman showed Thomas a hospital bracelet and paperwork. While she talked about being owed money, the accuser never gave any word or indication of being hurt, he said.
“The other girls would have known if something had happened,” Thomas said. “If another dancer had been beat up or raped by a bunch of white boys, there would have been a ruckus.”
Records show she had been seen at Duke and UNC Hospitals on March 14 and 15.
The rape supposedly happened late on the evening of March 13.
Now, just on the face of it, which more likely explains the events of that evening and the days that followed. A brutal rape involving multiple attackers which leaves behind no physical evidence and for which the accuser provides constantly shifting, contradictory accounts; or, an attempt at extortion by someone with a criminal past spun wildly out of control?
As has been the recent pattern, the Uptown paper of record skipped on reporting these developments in the case, a case that back in March somehow merited tons of daily coverage.
And as ever, Durham in Wonderland is on the case, day-in day-out.
