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Lawsuit Summary

By KC Johnson

?The simple truth is that Brodhead and Duke were indifferent to the truth.? That?s perhaps the most powerful line in a lawsuit filed yesterday behalf of 38 of the unindicted lacrosse players and their families. The suit was filed against President Richard Brodhead, a host of Duke administrators, and the city of Durham. The chief targets, however, were Brodhead and Duke. The suit?s basic argument: Duke?s actions exhibited a troubling pattern of (a) refusing to enforce its own procedures?whether regarding supervision of SANE nurse-in-training Tara Levicy or upholding the provisions of the University?s anti-harassment code?when doing so would have helped its students who were members of the lacrosse team; and (2) withholding from the public information in its possession that would have cast doubt on Nifong?s theories; and (3) issuing highly misleading statements and perhaps even (in the suit?s most explosive allegation) seeking to manufacture evidence to suggest the players? guilt...continue to full post

Full post as published by Durham-in-Wonderland on February 22, 2008 (boomark / email).