Another Dancer Doubted Allegations

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Associated Press
Saturday, June 10, 2006

DURHAM, N.C., June 9 -- Lawyers for a Duke University lacrosse player charged with raping a stripper at a team party say another dancer at the party initially doubted the accuser's charges, and that a medical examination of the accuser revealed injuries inconsistent with her story, a court filing shows.

The second dancer, Kim Roberts, told a police detective who interviewed her a week after the alleged assault that she was with the accuser most of the night and that the charges were a "crock."

The statement was cited Thursday in a filing by lawyers for Reade Seligmann, 20, of Essex Fells, N.J., one of three team members charged with rape and kidnapping.

Also included in the filing are 23 pages of sealed medical records regarding a medical examination of the accuser. In their filing, defense lawyers say the examination showed only a small scratch on the accuser's knee, a cut on her heel and vaginal swelling.

Lawyers said they filed the documents under seal to protect the accuser's privacy, but asked a judge to make them public.