Accuser to give birth in February
Published: Fri, Dec. 15, 2006 12:30PM
Modified Fri, Dec. 15, 2006 02:45PM
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closeDURHAM —The accuser in the Duke lacrosse case is pregnant, District Attorney Mike Nifong told a judge today, and is due to give birth in February.
At the request of defense lawyers today, Judge Osmond Smith III ordered a paternity test to be done after the birth of the child. Joseph B. Cheshire V, a lawyer representing one of three accused in Duke University lacrosse case, asked for the test “to prove that none of the defendants could possibly be the father.” Nifong said in court that he believed the woman had become pregnant weeks after the March lacrosse party where she said she was raped.
Today, UNC Hospitals batted back reports by several media outlets that the accuser had given birth to the child.
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“The patient is here for care related to pregnancy and has not given birth,” UNC Hospitals officials reported. They refused to elaborate further on her condition.
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