It was on April 17, his mother’s birthday. Was watching the movie “Capote.” His father was there and they learned that there were two sealed indictments and the names weren’t going to be released. “I feel terrible for whoever it is, but I hope it’s not me.”
Attorney Julian Mack got a call from Mike Nifong. Mack’s face color changed. Mack told them to wait in a conference room. The room felt like it was spinning. “Julian came in and said, ‘She picked you.'” Seligmann tears up briefly. “My dad just fell to the floor and I just sat on the ground and said my life is over.” The first thing I thought of was how was I going to tell my mom.
Called Father Luke, the headmaster at Delbarton, and told him to be by his mom when he called her. His mom was at his brother’s lacrosse game. He called and said “She picked me.” “I could hear her on the phone. The life was sucked right out of her.” He told her things would be alright, they’d prove it didn’t happen.
Seligmann still tearing up. These are obviously painful memories. He had to go back to Duke and put a smile on his face and pretend everything is OK. His girlfriend had been calling all day. She was angry he hadn’t called back, was worried. When he told her, she collapsed. He had to carry her to his dad’s car. The next morning they turned themselves in.
