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New Revelations from the Civil Suits

By KC Johnson

At this stage of events, it would seem unlikely that any more new items would appear. But, of course, that?s not the case. Both the lawsuit filed last week on behalf of 38 players and Bob Ekstrand?s December lawsuit, filed on behalf of Ryan McFadyen, Matt Wilson, and Breck Archer, brought a host of new information to the table. Perhaps the two most significant items, one from each lawsuit: 1.) The Day memo In May 2006, the Bowen/Chambers report?whose chief motivation appeared to be negating the Coleman Committee?s largely positive portrayal of the lacrosse players?inadvertently revealed that Duke Police Officer Christopher Day had penned a report, from the night of the party, stating that a Durham Police officer had told his superiors that Crystal Mangum had claimed that 20 people raped her...continue to full post

Full post as published by Durham-in-Wonderland on February 25, 2008 (boomark / email).