CREEDMOOR, N.C. -- As Creedmoor officials talked about a 1996 rape complaint by the accuser in the Duke lacrosse rape case, the accuser's mother insisted the previous rape -- which was never prosecuted -- did happen.

Friday morning, Creedmoor Mayor Darryl D. Moss and Chief Ted Pollard went over details that were in the police report that was filed by the accuser following an alleged rape in 1993.

They did not say why the complaint, which was about an alleged rape by three men when the accuser was 14 years old, was not explored further. They said that they were not sure if it was because the accuser did not pursue the case.

Meanwhile Friday morning, WRAL talked to the accuser's mother, who insisted that the rape did happen. The mother, who WRAL does not identify because it would reveal the accuser's identity, said that the rape was committed by her daughter's ex-boyfriend and two of his friends and that her daughter did not pursue charges because the suspect threatened to kill her.

The accuser was asked by police in 1996 to write and submit a chronological version of the events, but police could not say if it was ever submitted. It was not found in a search of police records, Pollard said.

The mayor and police chief of Creedmoor speak to the media Friday morning.

"If the accuser did not pursue the case, that is the end of it," said Pollard, who added that he did not know if that was the case.

Moss said that the city was planning to meet with Granville County District Attorney Sam Currin to find out if he has any records about the case. Moss said that Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong called Creedmoor police Friday morning, but they had not talked about the report before the news conference.

Reached by WRAL after the news conference, Nifong said that he was not planning on dropping the case against the two Duke lacrosse players charged with rape. Nifong also said that a jury in the Duke case might not hear about the 1996 police report.

A phone number for the accuser has been disconnected and her family declined to comment to The Associated Press. But relatives told Essence magazine in an online story this week that the woman declined to pursue the case out of fear for her safety.

The existence of the report surprised defense attorneys, one of whom has sought information about the accuser's past for use in attacking her credibility.

Bill Cotter, the attorney for indicted lacrosse player Collin Finnerty, who, along with fellow Duke sophomore Reade Seligmann, is charged with first-degree rape, kidnapping and sexual assault, did not comment on the previous police report.

Attorneys for Seligmann asked the court this week to order the state to turn over the accuser's medical, legal and education records, and hold a pretrial hearing to "determine if the complaining witness is even credible enough to provide reliable testimony."

The accuser, a 27-year-old student at North Carolina Central University in Durham, told police she was hired to perform as a stripper at a March 13 party, where she was raped by three men.

According to the Creedmoor police report in August 1996, when the woman was 18, she told officers she was raped and beaten by three men "for a continual time" in 1993, when she was 14. She told police she was attacked at an "unspecified location" on a street in Creedmoor, a town 15 miles northeast of Durham.

The report lists the names of the three men, but no other details. Pollard said Thursday he had no recollection of the report, and his staff has been unable to find any additional information about it.

Durham police Officer Brian Bishop, who interviewed the accuser in 1996 while working on the Creedmoor force, said Thursday he had a vague recollection of the report but couldn't remember any details.

Before Seligmann and Finnerty were indicted, attorneys for the players pointed to the accuser's criminal history when answering questions about their clients' legal troubles. The woman pleaded guilty to several misdemeanors in 2002.

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Accuser In Duke Lacrosse Case Previously Reported Rape

POSTED: 8:15 pm EDT April 27, 2006
UPDATED: 9:39 am EDT April 28, 2006

DURHAM, N.C. -- The woman who says she was raped by three members of Duke's lacrosse team also told police 10 years ago she was raped by three men, filing a 1996 complaint claiming she had been assaulted three years earlier when she was 14.

Authorities in nearby Creedmoor said Thursday that none of the men named in the decade-old report was ever charged but they didn't have details why.

A phone number for the accuser has been disconnected and her family declined to comment to The Associated Press. But relatives told Essence magazine in an online story this week that the woman declined to pursue the case out of fear for her safety.


The existence of the report surprised defense attorneys, one of whom has sought information about the accuser's past for use in attacking her credibility.

"That's the very first I've heard of that," said Bill Cotter, the attorney for indicted lacrosse player Collin Finnerty, who along with fellow Duke sophomore Reade Seligmann is charged with first-degree rape, kidnapping and sexual assault. He declined additional comment.

Attorneys for Seligmann asked the court this week to order the state to turn over the accuser's medical, legal and education records, and hold a pretrial hearing to "determine if the complaining witness is even credible enough to provide reliable testimony."

The accuser, a 27-year-old student at North Carolina Central University in Durham, told police she was hired to perform as a stripper at a March 13 party, where she was raped by three men.

According to the Creedmoor police report in August 1996, when the woman was 18, she told officers she was raped and beaten by three men "for a continual time" in 1993, when she was 14. She told police she was attacked at an "unspecified location" on a street in Creedmoor, a town 15 miles northeast of Durham.

The report lists the names of the three men, but no other details. Creedmoor police Chief Ted Pollard said Thursday he had no recollection of the report, and his staff has been unable to find any additional information about it.

Durham police Officer Brian Bishop, who interviewed the accuser in 1996 while working on the Creedmoor force, said Thursday he had a vague recollection of the report but couldn't remember any details.

When asked about the accuser's previous report of rape, Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong declined to comment. He does hope to make another arrest, but he said he will not seek a third indictment in the week ahead.

Before Seligmann and Finnerty were indicted, attorneys for the players pointed to the accuser's criminal history when answering questions about their clients' legal troubles. The woman pleaded guilty to several misdemeanors in 2002.


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Black Nationalist Group Backing Duke Lacrosse Rape Accuser

DURHAM, N.C. -- A black nationalist group is now offering its support to a woman who says she was raped by three members of Duke University's men's lacrosse team.

The group, New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, is reportedly providing security for the 27-year-old North Carolina Central University student, who according to her family is not backing away from her allegations.

Members of the New Black Panther Party have been passing out fliers with pictures of two suspects printed on them that read "Demonstrate your discontent." The group is also planning a rally Monday morning at Duke University and a community meeting later that evening to "shine the spotlight" on what they believe is the root of the case: racism and classism.

The alleged victim, who is black, told Durham police investigators that she was gang-raped, beaten and sodomized by three white lacrosse players at a March 14 party for which she was hired to perform as an exotic dancer.

According to court documents, the accuser told police that she and a second dancer at the party felt threatened as the men there became aggressive and shouted racial slurs at them.

The two women were going to leave, but were convinced to go back to the party, during which the rape allegedly occurred.

Last week, Reade Seligmann, 20, and Collin Finnerty, 19, were arrested and charged in connection with the allegations. A third arrest in the case is also expected.

Members of the community, however, have criticized the Durham County district attorney for taking so long to file charges, and some have vocally expressed their concerns that the case might have been handled differently had the accuser been white and the accused black.

Others have also criticized the national media's coverage of the case, which in some cases has portrayed Durham as a poor black city sitting in the shadows of an elite white university.

And the accuser has also come under scrutiny, making her life difficult at times, according to family members. The woman is staying with friends, but her brother says she is still taking classes at N.C. Central.

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Duke Lacrosse Accuser Made Previous Report

DURHAM, N.C. Apr 28, 2006 (AP)— A stripper who says she was raped by three Duke University lacrosse players during a party also accused three men of raping her when she was a teenager, according to a complaint filed a decade ago.

In the 1996 report, the woman claims she was raped three years earlier, at age 14. None of the men named in the report were ever charged with sexual assault, said authorities in nearby Granville County, but they didn't have details why.

Relatives told Essence magazine in an online story this week that the woman declined to pursue the case out of fear for her safety. A phone number for the accuser has been disconnected, and her father said Thursday night he remembered little about the incident except going with police to a home where he said his daughter was being held "against her will."

The existence of the earlier rape report surprised defense attorneys in the Duke case, who have sought information about the woman's past for use in attacking her credibility.

"That's the very first I've heard of that," said Bill Cotter, the attorney for indicted lacrosse player Collin Finnerty.

Finnerty and fellow Duke player Reade Seligmann are charged with first-degree rape, kidnapping and sexual assault and face a hearing May 15.

Cotter declined additional comment.

The accuser is a 27-year-old student at North Carolina Central University in Durham who told police she was hired to perform as a stripper at a March 13 party.

Seligmann's legal team earlier this week filed a motion seeking her medical, legal and education records. The lawyers also asked for a pretrial hearing to determine if she is credible.

Attorney Joe Cheshire, who represents a player on the team who has not been charged, said it was notable that authorities apparently decided not to prosecute the earlier case. Cheshire also said he would like to know whether current prosecutors knew about the allegation or if the accuser told them about it.

"These are serious allegations, particularly for a person that age. In my mind, it would raise real issues about her credibility," he said.

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