1 00:00:07,880 --> 00:00:11,080 Speaker 1: Welcome back to Playing Dirty Sports Scandals. I'm Jay Harris, 2 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:14,920 Speaker 1: your host, your brave barista, your sherpa through the shadows 3 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:17,279 Speaker 1: of the sports world. Over the past twenty years of 4 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:20,560 Speaker 1: my career as a journalist and sportscaster, I've hosted ESPN 5 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:23,479 Speaker 1: shows from Sports Center to Outside the Lines. But on 6 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:27,120 Speaker 1: Playing Dirty, I blend up some of the rottenness produce 7 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:32,080 Speaker 1: imaginable into the succulent scandals stories you crave. So grab 8 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:34,040 Speaker 1: a cup and let's pick up where we left off 9 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:45,960 Speaker 1: last week with the Duke University lacrosse case. Now, this 10 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:49,280 Speaker 1: scandal is smacked of unfairness so far, but you know 11 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:51,880 Speaker 1: I don't like to leave you with a bad taste 12 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:54,400 Speaker 1: in your mouth, so I'm going to sweeten things up 13 00:00:54,440 --> 00:01:01,560 Speaker 1: today with a key ingredient, vindication. I can already taste 14 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:05,080 Speaker 1: some of the bitterness dissipating, can't you. That's because we're 15 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:08,240 Speaker 1: in December two thousand and six, which marked a turning 16 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:11,880 Speaker 1: point in the Duke University lacrosse scandal. In the absence 17 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:16,440 Speaker 1: of any actual evidence, DA Mike Kniphong's entire case now 18 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 1: hinged on the word of Crystal Mangum, who had made 19 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:23,600 Speaker 1: accusations of assault and rape against lacrosse players Read Seligman, 20 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:27,920 Speaker 1: David Evans, and Colin Finnerdy. But as time rolled on 21 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:32,360 Speaker 1: and Crystal's account became more and more doubtful, Duke University's 22 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:35,679 Speaker 1: administration was faced with the prospect of eating Crow for 23 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:38,480 Speaker 1: having presumed the guilt of its students, and d A 24 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:44,119 Speaker 1: Mike Nifong was becoming increasingly desperate. The revelation that Da 25 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:48,120 Speaker 1: Niphong had manipulated DNA evidence to fit his and Crystal 26 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 1: Mangum's narrative of what happened at the Duke lacrosse team 27 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 1: party on March thirteen, two thousand and six, was the 28 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:59,000 Speaker 1: first domino to fall, casting a shadow over the entire prosecution. 29 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:03,160 Speaker 1: It was impossible to ignore that Niphong, who had just 30 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:06,840 Speaker 1: won reelection, was alleged to have asked a private DNA 31 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:10,839 Speaker 1: lab to hide the explosive finding that Crystal's rape kit 32 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:15,600 Speaker 1: had DNA from multiple men unrelated to the Duke lacrosse team. 33 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:19,680 Speaker 1: Not one lacrosse player's DNA was discovered on Crystal, and 34 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 1: the DA's shady concealment of exculpatory evidence raised serious questions 35 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:31,000 Speaker 1: about the integrity of the case, and those leading it. Then, 36 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:34,160 Speaker 1: on December twenty second, in what must surely have felt 37 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 1: like a windfall to Read Seligman, David Evans, and Colin 38 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 1: finnerdy Da, Mike Kniphong announced that he was dropping the 39 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 1: rape charge altogether. Why would Niphong, who was like a 40 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 1: dog with a bone when it came to seeking the 41 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:54,280 Speaker 1: player's convictions, concede the most serious charge. There could only 42 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:58,679 Speaker 1: be one reason. He simply didn't have any other choice 43 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 1: this time. The latest chip to fall in Ni Funk's 44 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:06,360 Speaker 1: case beggared belief. Crystal Mangum apparently announced, after all the 45 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:10,400 Speaker 1: months of lineups and case reviews and press interviews, that 46 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:15,839 Speaker 1: she was actually not sure she'd been raped. What. At 47 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:19,080 Speaker 1: this point, the credibility of Crystal as the accuser and 48 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:22,839 Speaker 1: the entire justice system was on the line. After all, 49 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:27,239 Speaker 1: she had told authorities an extremely graphic tale of gang 50 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:30,680 Speaker 1: rape and brutal beating, but now she wasn't certain that 51 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 1: any of it had actually happened. This wild development made 52 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 1: zero sense to everyone who had been paying attention to 53 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 1: the case. How could someone be confused over whether or 54 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:45,480 Speaker 1: not they'd been raped by multiple men while being beaten 55 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:49,840 Speaker 1: in a bathroom at a party. Duke President Richard Broadhead, 56 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:52,640 Speaker 1: saw the writing on the wall at last, and finally, 57 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 1: with this latest bombshell in the case, publicly supported Duke's students. 58 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:02,480 Speaker 1: He issued a statement saying, I am greatly relieved for 59 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:04,960 Speaker 1: the students and their families that the most serious of 60 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 1: the charges has been dropped. Given the certainty with which 61 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 1: the District Attorney made his many public statements regarding the 62 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:16,159 Speaker 1: rape allegation, his decision today to drop that charge must 63 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:19,839 Speaker 1: call into question the validity of the remaining charges. The 64 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:22,679 Speaker 1: District Attorney should now put this case in the hands 65 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:26,159 Speaker 1: of an independent party who can restore confidence in the 66 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:30,520 Speaker 1: fairness of the process. Further, mister Nifong has an obligation 67 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 1: to explain to all of us his conduct in this matter. 68 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:38,080 Speaker 1: As the two thousand and six year nearer close, Duke 69 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:42,279 Speaker 1: sought to definitively turn the page. The accused players, who 70 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:46,200 Speaker 1: had not yet graduated read Settinggman and Colin Finnery were 71 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:50,240 Speaker 1: invited back to campus, a gesture that acknowledged the university's 72 00:04:50,279 --> 00:04:55,920 Speaker 1: renewed belief in their innocence. Unsurprisingly, neither player chose to 73 00:04:55,960 --> 00:05:02,599 Speaker 1: return to campus regardless, DA Mike Nifong didn't share the 74 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:06,720 Speaker 1: university's change of position. Instead of dropping the entire case 75 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:10,000 Speaker 1: against the Duke lacrosse players, which it seems any sensible 76 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:14,159 Speaker 1: prosecutor should have done, Nifong said that the players would 77 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 1: still face kidnapping and other sexual offense charges now, according 78 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:23,120 Speaker 1: to the prosecutors who consult on playing dirty. At this point, 79 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 1: Nifong had a nearly impossible task to convict the accused 80 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:30,760 Speaker 1: players of having done anything criminal with Crystal as a sole, 81 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:36,440 Speaker 1: unreliable witness. After adamantly claiming she was raped, she said 82 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:39,240 Speaker 1: just a few months later that she wasn't sure she 83 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:43,799 Speaker 1: had been raped, and well, she just had no credibility left. 84 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:47,760 Speaker 1: Imagine what the cross examination by defense attorneys in a 85 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:51,600 Speaker 1: trial would do to such a wishy washy witness. Crystal 86 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:55,239 Speaker 1: would be destroyed on the stand and no rational jury 87 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:58,760 Speaker 1: would believe anything she said beyond a reasonable doubt after 88 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 1: such a monumental sh shift in her story. Have you 89 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:05,479 Speaker 1: ever heard the Lily Tomlin quote things are going to 90 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:09,000 Speaker 1: get a lot worse before they get worse. Well, thanks 91 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:13,839 Speaker 1: to his own extremely questionable decisions, Da Mike Nifong was 92 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:16,120 Speaker 1: the embodiment of that quote. By the end of two 93 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:19,560 Speaker 1: thousand and six, not only was his entire case falling 94 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:23,479 Speaker 1: apart spectacularly, but he was about to become accused of 95 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:28,839 Speaker 1: criminal behavior himself by the North Carolina Bar Association. You see, 96 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:31,599 Speaker 1: the Bar did not take it lightly that Da Mike 97 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:35,200 Speaker 1: Nifong had been exposed for asking a lab employee to 98 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:39,480 Speaker 1: hide exculpatory evidence in a very high profile, very high 99 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:44,320 Speaker 1: stakes criminal case. At best, the Bar thought Kniphong's behavior 100 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:48,800 Speaker 1: was a very serious ethics violation, and at worst, they 101 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:53,360 Speaker 1: believe Niphong's behavior could be criminal. So, just a few 102 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:57,840 Speaker 1: days after Mike Nifong inexplicably continued to pursue reed seligman 103 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:01,240 Speaker 1: David Evans and Colin Finnerdy on charges of kidnapping and 104 00:07:01,279 --> 00:07:05,560 Speaker 1: sexual offenses, the North Carolina Bar Association filed an ethics 105 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 1: complaint against Kniphong for misleading and inflammatory comments about the 106 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:14,640 Speaker 1: lacrosse players. Remember how I told you that prosecutors had 107 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:18,320 Speaker 1: an ethics code and are absolutely not supposed to engage 108 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:21,760 Speaker 1: in public commentary on a case outside court in any 109 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:25,520 Speaker 1: detailed way. Well, when Da Mike Kniphong called out the 110 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:28,640 Speaker 1: lacrosse players by name in the press and fueled a 111 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:32,400 Speaker 1: media free for all around his pending case, he sealed 112 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:35,640 Speaker 1: his own fate. The Bar was coming for him now, 113 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:38,000 Speaker 1: and it would only be a matter of weeks before 114 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:42,400 Speaker 1: they filed additional complaints about Niphong with holding evidence and 115 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:46,840 Speaker 1: lying to the court. Mike Nifong now found himself isolated, 116 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:51,800 Speaker 1: with his case in pieces and his professional suitability under scrutiny. 117 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 1: The winds of vindication blew ever stronger for the players 118 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:02,480 Speaker 1: when in January two thousand and seven, Mike Nifhong was 119 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:05,760 Speaker 1: forced to recuse himself from the case against read Seligman, 120 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:09,200 Speaker 1: David Evans, and Colin Finnerdy because of the ethics charges 121 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:12,520 Speaker 1: filed against him by the Bar. When a prosecutor is 122 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:15,520 Speaker 1: recused from a case, it's because they've been deemed as 123 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:19,680 Speaker 1: unqualified to perform legal duties because of a potential conflict 124 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:24,240 Speaker 1: of interest or lack of impartiality. And so ironically, it 125 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:27,560 Speaker 1: was Mike Nifhong's future on the line. As the script flipped. 126 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:30,600 Speaker 1: He was now being accused in a legal proceeding and 127 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:34,120 Speaker 1: in danger of losing his license to practice law entirely, 128 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:37,320 Speaker 1: as Niphong was getting a taste of his own medicine, 129 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:40,560 Speaker 1: the case against the lacrosse players was certainly looking flimsy, 130 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:45,040 Speaker 1: but it couldn't just go poof after all, rightfully or not, 131 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:49,200 Speaker 1: a grand jury had indicted read seligment David Evans and 132 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:52,440 Speaker 1: Colin Finderdy, and those indictments were still pending in the 133 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:56,480 Speaker 1: court system. Cases have to be disposed of somehow once 134 00:08:56,520 --> 00:09:00,480 Speaker 1: they reached the indictment stage. This can happen through trial, guilty, 135 00:09:00,520 --> 00:09:04,480 Speaker 1: please or dismissals. With DA Mike Kniphong no longer on 136 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:08,240 Speaker 1: the case, North Carolina's Attorney General, Roy Cooper took the 137 00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:10,520 Speaker 1: matter over in order to clear it from the courts 138 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 1: one way or another. Roy Cooper, unlike d. A. Mc kniphong, 139 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:21,600 Speaker 1: defined being by the book and was destined for a 140 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:25,360 Speaker 1: political achievement. In fact, Cooper is currently serving as the 141 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:28,600 Speaker 1: seventy fifth governor of North Carolina. This was not a 142 00:09:28,640 --> 00:09:31,559 Speaker 1: man who was going to rely on his predecessor's conclusions 143 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:35,560 Speaker 1: or be swayed by shifts in public opinion. Roy Cooper 144 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:38,080 Speaker 1: took several months to bring himself up to speed on 145 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:44,680 Speaker 1: the Duke Lacrosse case, reviewing all the materials meticulously and independently. Finally, 146 00:09:44,760 --> 00:09:48,000 Speaker 1: on April eleventh, two thousand and seven, Attorney General Roy 147 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:52,160 Speaker 1: Cooper was ready to weigh in. There were many points 148 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:54,960 Speaker 1: in the case where caution would have served justice better 149 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:58,360 Speaker 1: than bravado, Roy Cooper said in a damning assessment of 150 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:02,160 Speaker 1: Durham County d A. Mike Nighte Fong's performance. Based on 151 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:06,680 Speaker 1: the significant inconsistencies between the evidence and the various accounts 152 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:10,760 Speaker 1: given by the accusing witness, we believe these three individuals 153 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:15,040 Speaker 1: read Seligman, David Evans, and Colin Finnity are innocent of 154 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:18,960 Speaker 1: these charges. Cooper continued, and then he concluded by saying 155 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:22,400 Speaker 1: that the initial charges had resulted from a quote tragic 156 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:26,960 Speaker 1: rush to accuse and a failure to verify serious allegations, 157 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:31,559 Speaker 1: and that this case shows the enormous consequences of overreaching 158 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:41,760 Speaker 1: by a prosecutor unquote. With Roy Cooper's pronouncement, all the 159 00:10:41,880 --> 00:10:46,880 Speaker 1: charges against the Duke lacrosse players were immediately dropped. Read Seligman, 160 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:50,440 Speaker 1: David Evans, and Colin Finnerdy now had their lives back 161 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:54,079 Speaker 1: for the first time in months. The players addressed to 162 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:58,840 Speaker 1: public themselves. Colin Finnity thanked his friends, family, and the 163 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:03,080 Speaker 1: lacrosse team for their so throughout the harrowing experience. It's 164 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:05,640 Speaker 1: been a very long and emotional year for me and 165 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:08,440 Speaker 1: all of us. Knowing I had the truth on my 166 00:11:08,559 --> 00:11:12,240 Speaker 1: side was really the most comforting thing. Finity too, reporters. 167 00:11:12,920 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 1: Today's that day we've all been waiting for the truth 168 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:21,560 Speaker 1: finally did prevail. Read Seligman touted the whole experience as 169 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:25,000 Speaker 1: a dark cloud of justice and noted that the Duke 170 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:28,480 Speaker 1: lacrosse case shows society has lost sight of the most 171 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:33,280 Speaker 1: fundamental principles of our justice system. Former Duke Blue Devil's 172 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:37,880 Speaker 1: lacrosse captain David Evans, who would called Crystal's allegations fantastic lies, 173 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:42,160 Speaker 1: joined his teammate read Seligmann in questioning the justice system itself, 174 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:45,520 Speaker 1: stating that they were all fortunate his parents had the 175 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:49,760 Speaker 1: means to hire the best defense team. David Evans's implication 176 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:54,520 Speaker 1: was that without strong counsel, they might never have been exonerated, 177 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:59,000 Speaker 1: and he might be right. Then Dave Evans articulated something 178 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:02,600 Speaker 1: else to the press, something that seemed wise, way beyond 179 00:12:02,640 --> 00:12:07,319 Speaker 1: his years. He said, It's been a long year, longer 180 00:12:07,320 --> 00:12:10,720 Speaker 1: than you could ever imagine. But I hope these allegations 181 00:12:10,760 --> 00:12:16,080 Speaker 1: don't come to define me. Wow, what can I say, 182 00:12:16,960 --> 00:12:20,000 Speaker 1: the Duke lacrosse scandal happened almost two decades ago, and 183 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:25,160 Speaker 1: we're still talking about it. So did Crystal Mangum's allegations 184 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:28,560 Speaker 1: ultimately define the players in this case or were the 185 00:12:28,640 --> 00:12:32,800 Speaker 1: clean parties able to shake off the dirt. Let's find out, 186 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:35,959 Speaker 1: starting with Mike Presler, the Duke Blue Devil's lacrosse coach 187 00:12:35,960 --> 00:12:39,120 Speaker 1: who resigned when presented with a lose lose proposition by 188 00:12:39,120 --> 00:12:43,080 Speaker 1: the university to step down or be fired. Presler made 189 00:12:43,080 --> 00:12:47,080 Speaker 1: an impassioned statement when Attorney General Roy Cooper finally dismissed 190 00:12:47,120 --> 00:12:50,160 Speaker 1: the charges against Duke's players as worth hearing in full. 191 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:55,319 Speaker 1: He said, and I quote today is the celebration of 192 00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:58,480 Speaker 1: the two words we've attached our lives to for almost 193 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:03,240 Speaker 1: thirteen months. The truth. It is the same truth today 194 00:13:03,480 --> 00:13:06,559 Speaker 1: as it was over a year ago. Our story has 195 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:12,720 Speaker 1: not changed, and today's announcement is long long overdue. The injustice, 196 00:13:12,880 --> 00:13:16,840 Speaker 1: the lies, and the myths have been fully exposed. You 197 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:20,559 Speaker 1: can talk about loyalty, honesty, and trust. They all apply 198 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:23,040 Speaker 1: to the two thousand and six Duke men's lacrosse team. 199 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:26,920 Speaker 1: But in the end, it all comes down to the truth. 200 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:32,000 Speaker 1: The players have told the truth and never wavered. They 201 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:35,440 Speaker 1: stayed the course from day one. Today is that proof. 202 00:13:36,080 --> 00:13:40,640 Speaker 1: I am thrilled, overjoyed, and relieved for Dave Evans called 203 00:13:40,640 --> 00:13:44,439 Speaker 1: Infinity and Reed Settlement and their families. They have suffered 204 00:13:44,559 --> 00:13:48,800 Speaker 1: greatly and unjustly. I am so proud of their resolve, 205 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:52,240 Speaker 1: their strength, and the first class manner with which they 206 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:56,760 Speaker 1: handled this entire episode. And now I hope that all 207 00:13:56,880 --> 00:14:00,000 Speaker 1: the Duke lacrosse players and families affected by this horrificay 208 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:04,520 Speaker 1: situation can begin the process of moving on. Finally, I'd 209 00:14:04,559 --> 00:14:07,160 Speaker 1: like to thank the Attorney General of North Carolina and 210 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:10,200 Speaker 1: his staff for doing their due diligence and for allowing 211 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:17,640 Speaker 1: us to bring this to a conclusion. Mike Presler had 212 00:14:17,679 --> 00:14:20,600 Speaker 1: been steady, a rock in the storm for his players, 213 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:24,440 Speaker 1: and it lost everything as a result. Even a decade 214 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:27,240 Speaker 1: after the Duke University of Lacrosse scandal rocked the nation, 215 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:31,560 Speaker 1: reflections within the university revealed a deep sense of regret 216 00:14:31,640 --> 00:14:33,840 Speaker 1: over the actions that had been taken against him during 217 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:38,000 Speaker 1: the crisis. In a sixty minutes interview, Chris Kennedy, the 218 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:41,840 Speaker 1: senior Deputy director of Athletics at Duke, shared that within 219 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:45,760 Speaker 1: the administration, there was a prevailing sentiment that Mike Pressler 220 00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:49,480 Speaker 1: was unjustly ousted. I think that a lot of officials 221 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:52,400 Speaker 1: at the university have come to the realization, or came 222 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:55,600 Speaker 1: to the realization within a year or so, that probably 223 00:14:56,440 --> 00:15:00,760 Speaker 1: Mike shouldn't have lost his job, Chris Kennedy admitted. Hearing 224 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:04,440 Speaker 1: Chris Kennedy admit this publicly must have provided Mike Presler 225 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:07,960 Speaker 1: with some personal vindication. But there's no doubt that the 226 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:11,280 Speaker 1: Duke lacrosse scandal altered the course of his coaching career. 227 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:17,240 Speaker 1: After his resignation from Duke, Presler the reigning national Coach 228 00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:20,800 Speaker 1: of the Year had become toxic and untouchable in the 229 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 1: world of college lacrosse. Imagine building up an amazing career 230 00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:29,000 Speaker 1: only to be stripped of it overnight for having done nothing, 231 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:34,440 Speaker 1: absolutely nothing wrong. With no good options, Mike Presler got 232 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:38,520 Speaker 1: to work effectively starting his career over. He had no 233 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:42,000 Speaker 1: ego in his approach to applications and was even turned 234 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:46,120 Speaker 1: down from volunteer coaching gigs at high schools. But perhaps 235 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:49,200 Speaker 1: the greatest kick in the teeth was Presler being turned 236 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:52,720 Speaker 1: down by his own alma mater, Washington and Lee, where 237 00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:55,040 Speaker 1: he had once been the captain of both the lacrosse 238 00:15:55,320 --> 00:16:00,320 Speaker 1: and football teams. Interviewer Armacatean asked Mike Presler years later 239 00:16:00,400 --> 00:16:02,200 Speaker 1: if he ever got to the point where he thought, 240 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:04,720 Speaker 1: I'm never going to coach again. I'm gonna have to 241 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:08,240 Speaker 1: think of doing something else with my life. Mike paused 242 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:12,640 Speaker 1: and then responded thoughtfully, saying, I did for a little 243 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:16,240 Speaker 1: bit during that time, but then this hits me like 244 00:16:16,280 --> 00:16:20,080 Speaker 1: a lightning bolt. If I don't coach again. They won, 245 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:25,040 Speaker 1: and they were not going to win, and so clean 246 00:16:25,160 --> 00:16:29,760 Speaker 1: player coach Mike Presler persevered, and his perseverance paid off 247 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:34,320 Speaker 1: because seven hundred miles away in Smithfield, Rhode Island, Bryant 248 00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:38,080 Speaker 1: University President Ron Maakeley was in the midst of rebuilding 249 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:41,920 Speaker 1: his athletic department. President Makeley saw an opportunity in Mike 250 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:45,760 Speaker 1: Presler where others saw a liability. He hired Presler in 251 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:48,720 Speaker 1: August two thousand and six to take over Bryant University's 252 00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:54,440 Speaker 1: nondescript Division two program, and under Presler's leadership, the Bryant 253 00:16:54,440 --> 00:16:58,280 Speaker 1: Bulldogs went from a Division two afterthought into a legitimate 254 00:16:58,360 --> 00:17:03,080 Speaker 1: top twenty Division one program. In the years after the 255 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:07,320 Speaker 1: Duke lacrosse scandal many schools larger than Bryant University court 256 00:17:07,320 --> 00:17:11,359 Speaker 1: at Coach Presler and Bryant University President Ron Makeley knew it. 257 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:14,280 Speaker 1: I know that they tell him, we'll pay you three 258 00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:17,600 Speaker 1: times more. We'll give you camps, we'll give you the perks, 259 00:17:18,040 --> 00:17:21,119 Speaker 1: you'll have the beautiful locker room campus environment that you 260 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:24,600 Speaker 1: can't get at a small school at Bryant. But coach 261 00:17:24,640 --> 00:17:29,000 Speaker 1: Presler was never interested in jumping ship. He told press 262 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:32,520 Speaker 1: that for him, you quote got to go back to 263 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:35,439 Speaker 1: the events of the summer of six you know, for 264 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:37,919 Speaker 1: me to turn and leave a place and the Bryant 265 00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:41,080 Speaker 1: University administration that has given me and my family so much, 266 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:45,080 Speaker 1: and to go do lacrosse somewhere else I couldn't live 267 00:17:45,119 --> 00:17:48,920 Speaker 1: with myself unquote. So as you can see, coach Mike 268 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:52,560 Speaker 1: Presler never lost his sense of commitment and integrity. He 269 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:56,520 Speaker 1: stayed with Bryant University for sixteen years until his retirement 270 00:17:56,600 --> 00:18:02,520 Speaker 1: in March of twenty twenty. As for Mike Presler's players, 271 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:05,800 Speaker 1: they also moved forward with their lives, pulling from their 272 00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:10,600 Speaker 1: coaches positive example of resilience. Colin Finnerdy sought a fresh 273 00:18:10,600 --> 00:18:14,359 Speaker 1: start at Loyola College in Baltimore. Finity had transferred to 274 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:18,439 Speaker 1: Loyola while the case was still technically unresolved. Having turned 275 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:21,800 Speaker 1: down Duke, University, President Richard brought his invitation for him 276 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:25,320 Speaker 1: to return to campus. Thanks but no Thanks was surely 277 00:18:25,359 --> 00:18:29,119 Speaker 1: Finity's feeling after everything that had happened at Duke, and 278 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:33,200 Speaker 1: his gut instinct to leave Duke panned out because at Loyola, 279 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:37,359 Speaker 1: Finnity had a similarly transformative experience to coach Mike Presler's 280 00:18:37,359 --> 00:18:42,120 Speaker 1: at Bryant University. While Loyola College is generally considered less 281 00:18:42,160 --> 00:18:46,200 Speaker 1: prestigious than Duke University, with an eighty four percent acceptance 282 00:18:46,280 --> 00:18:49,680 Speaker 1: rate instead of one south of ten percent, that couldn't 283 00:18:49,680 --> 00:18:53,640 Speaker 1: have mattered much to Colin Finnity after all, however esteemed 284 00:18:53,640 --> 00:18:57,479 Speaker 1: the Duke name might be, he personally found the culture 285 00:18:57,520 --> 00:19:02,040 Speaker 1: there to be unjustly biased and toxic. What was far 286 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:05,560 Speaker 1: more important under the circumstances was that Colin Finnerity was 287 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:09,800 Speaker 1: welcomed instantly at Loyola College. It was here that he 288 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:13,280 Speaker 1: found not just a new academic home, but a welcoming 289 00:19:13,359 --> 00:19:17,720 Speaker 1: lacrosse community ready to embrace him despite his ongoing legal battles. 290 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:21,880 Speaker 1: Infinity remembers how incredible that felt. After his embattled time 291 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:26,320 Speaker 1: at Duke, Loyola welcomed me with open arms, despite the 292 00:19:26,359 --> 00:19:29,000 Speaker 1: fact that the case was still going on. Infinity later 293 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:33,199 Speaker 1: reflected his decision to transfer universities marked the beginning of 294 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:36,000 Speaker 1: a new chapter for Colin Finity, one where he could 295 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:40,600 Speaker 1: focus on learning and his passion for lacrosse. As co 296 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:45,199 Speaker 1: captain of Loyola's nationally ranked lacrosse team, Colin Finnity demonstrated 297 00:19:45,280 --> 00:19:49,440 Speaker 1: leadership and commitment qualities of his that had been overshadowed 298 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:52,800 Speaker 1: at Duke by the scandal. His return to the field, 299 00:19:53,240 --> 00:19:56,160 Speaker 1: especially in a playoff game against Duke on his old 300 00:19:56,240 --> 00:20:01,280 Speaker 1: university's turf, was emotionally charged. After going through so much 301 00:20:01,280 --> 00:20:03,560 Speaker 1: for a year, being back at Duke was kind of 302 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:05,800 Speaker 1: like going back to the heart of the case, Finity 303 00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:09,560 Speaker 1: shared with Press, revealing the complexity of his emotions during 304 00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:14,480 Speaker 1: that period. After he graduated from Loyola, Finity's transition into 305 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:18,080 Speaker 1: the professional world saw him initially joining ESPN as an 306 00:20:18,119 --> 00:20:21,359 Speaker 1: account service representative, a role he held for a year 307 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:24,520 Speaker 1: and a half. Then his career path took a significant 308 00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:28,119 Speaker 1: turn when he ventured into the finance sector, securing a 309 00:20:28,160 --> 00:20:31,399 Speaker 1: position as an equity sales trader at Deutsche Bank in 310 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:34,480 Speaker 1: New York in July twenty twelve, before going on to 311 00:20:34,520 --> 00:20:38,800 Speaker 1: earn an NBA from Columbia Business School in twenty twenty. Today, 312 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:42,920 Speaker 1: Finnity has established himself as a blockchain investment banking expert 313 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:48,160 Speaker 1: in New York. Like Colin Finnerdy redeemed player, Reed Seligman 314 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:51,960 Speaker 1: turned down Duke's offer to return to campus and instead 315 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:56,200 Speaker 1: sought solace and a fresh start at Brown University. At Brown, 316 00:20:56,280 --> 00:20:59,720 Speaker 1: Seligman immersed himself in lacrosse once more. He played a 317 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:02,560 Speaker 1: pivot role in helping Brown reach the two thousand and 318 00:21:02,640 --> 00:21:07,439 Speaker 1: nine NCAA Lacrosse tournament plus the number ten national ranking. 319 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:12,359 Speaker 1: But Reed Seligman had somewhat ironically discovered his true passion 320 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:14,480 Speaker 1: as a result of the scandal in which he'd been 321 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:20,399 Speaker 1: personally embroiled. He wanted to practice law, and so after 322 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:24,600 Speaker 1: graduating from Brown University, Reed Seligman got accredited to protect 323 00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:28,520 Speaker 1: other people's legal rights by studying at and graduating from 324 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:31,840 Speaker 1: Emory Law School in Atlanta, setting the stage for a 325 00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:36,480 Speaker 1: promising legal career while simultaneously being an active fundraiser and 326 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:40,679 Speaker 1: supporter for the Innocence Project. From interning to becoming a 327 00:21:40,680 --> 00:21:44,760 Speaker 1: summer associate at Connell Foley LLP in New Jersey, Seligman's 328 00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:48,359 Speaker 1: dedication saw him rise through the ranks. His hard work 329 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:51,960 Speaker 1: has culminated in his role as senior litigation associate at 330 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:56,080 Speaker 1: the firm Alston and Byrd LLP in New York, demonstrating 331 00:21:56,119 --> 00:22:00,760 Speaker 1: Seligman's resilience and determination to rebuild his life post Duke. 332 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:07,040 Speaker 1: David Evans, the third acquitted player, was older than Colin 333 00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:10,800 Speaker 1: Finnerity and reads Seligment. He'd already graduated from Duke with 334 00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:13,959 Speaker 1: an economics degree by the time the allegations became public 335 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:17,560 Speaker 1: knowledge in two thousand and six. Once the legal scandal 336 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:21,240 Speaker 1: was settled in the player's favor, David Evans put distance 337 00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:24,080 Speaker 1: between himself and Duke, just as his teammates and coach 338 00:22:24,119 --> 00:22:27,480 Speaker 1: had done. Moving on to the prestigious Wharton School at 339 00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:31,080 Speaker 1: the University of Pennsylvania, he earned an NBA and finance 340 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:34,200 Speaker 1: there in twenty thirteen, and today he holds the position 341 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:37,840 Speaker 1: of partner at Apax Digital in New York, while serving 342 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:43,800 Speaker 1: on numerous boards, including guesting Ideal Protein and Metametrics. The 343 00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:46,720 Speaker 1: aftermath of the Duke Lacrosse case for the indicted and 344 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:50,879 Speaker 1: acquitted players Colin Finnity, Reads Seligman, and David Evans is 345 00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:54,360 Speaker 1: a testament to their determination to move beyond the scandal 346 00:22:54,359 --> 00:22:57,679 Speaker 1: that once threatened to define them. Each is carved out 347 00:22:57,720 --> 00:23:02,040 Speaker 1: a successful path in their respective fields, demonstrating that resilience 348 00:23:02,119 --> 00:23:06,520 Speaker 1: and a steadfast commitment to rebuilding can triumph over adversity. 349 00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:11,000 Speaker 1: But even the Duke lacrosse players who weren't formally indicted 350 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:13,640 Speaker 1: had to pick themselves up after the scandal and move 351 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:17,760 Speaker 1: on with their lives. For instance, remember Ryan McFadden, who 352 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:21,439 Speaker 1: sent that terrible, impulsive email that made everyone wonder if 353 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:25,600 Speaker 1: he was actually capable of plotting an attempted murder while 354 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:28,520 Speaker 1: he decided to use the extra year of eligibility he'd 355 00:23:28,520 --> 00:23:32,600 Speaker 1: been granted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association or NCAA 356 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,960 Speaker 1: to play a fifth lacrosse season for Duke, even though 357 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:39,680 Speaker 1: he'd already completed his academic degrees in history and economics. 358 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:43,560 Speaker 1: McFadden later told reporters that he always wished Reed, Seligman 359 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:46,240 Speaker 1: and Colin Finnerdy had joined him in returning to Duke, 360 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:49,200 Speaker 1: so that they too could have felt the full weight 361 00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:54,119 Speaker 1: of exoneration. But despite being welcomed, truly welcomed back on 362 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:57,520 Speaker 1: Duke's campus, McFadden had a tougher time moving on than 363 00:23:57,560 --> 00:24:01,280 Speaker 1: his teammates. I've been through a lot lot, Ryan McFadden 364 00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:04,520 Speaker 1: told Vanity Fair. I put most of it behind me, 365 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:08,399 Speaker 1: but I don't think anybody can really comprehend because to 366 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:11,280 Speaker 1: really understand what happened to me, how it affected me, 367 00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:14,920 Speaker 1: I'm still not fully realizing what I've been through. Six 368 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:18,280 Speaker 1: years down the road, there's still things that are coming 369 00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:21,560 Speaker 1: out that I'm realizing, Wow, this is how I live 370 00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:23,720 Speaker 1: my life now because of what happened in two thousand 371 00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:26,000 Speaker 1: and six and the two or three years after that, 372 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:29,040 Speaker 1: I look at things a lot differently than a lot 373 00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:32,320 Speaker 1: of other people and go about life in similar circumstance, 374 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:37,320 Speaker 1: whether it's just personal relationships, professionally, the way I behave 375 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:42,080 Speaker 1: in an office or meeting other people. It's different. And 376 00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:45,000 Speaker 1: it was different for McFadden because, in an age where 377 00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:47,320 Speaker 1: everything about you can be looked up online with the 378 00:24:47,359 --> 00:24:51,159 Speaker 1: click of a button, his debauched, infamous email could not 379 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:55,600 Speaker 1: be erased. Whereas his teammates had been proven entirely innocent, 380 00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:59,639 Speaker 1: there was no, denying that for whatever reason, Ryan McFadden 381 00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:03,399 Speaker 1: had I had written something that was seriously disturbing. Like 382 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:06,560 Speaker 1: many of his classmates at Duke, McFadden dreamed of getting 383 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:10,160 Speaker 1: a job on Wall Street after graduation, but every time 384 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:14,280 Speaker 1: a firm ran their due diligence on him, bam, the 385 00:25:14,359 --> 00:25:17,480 Speaker 1: email would pop up and that would be that his 386 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:21,639 Speaker 1: identity became such an obstacle to his career that ultimately 387 00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:26,080 Speaker 1: Ryan McFadden opted to change his name. Since April twenty twelve, 388 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:28,480 Speaker 1: he has been a partner at a developer of multi 389 00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:33,280 Speaker 1: family residential homes in Fairfield, Connecticut. Incidentally, the firm McFadden 390 00:25:33,359 --> 00:25:36,040 Speaker 1: works for was started by the father of one of 391 00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:41,240 Speaker 1: his Duke Lacrosse teammates. As for Mike Kniphong, the architect 392 00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:44,840 Speaker 1: of the flawed prosecution, in spite of hiring an attorney, 393 00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:49,000 Speaker 1: his career ended in utter disgrace. Disbarred and stripped of 394 00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:52,119 Speaker 1: his law license, Nifong was sentenced to a day in 395 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:55,080 Speaker 1: jail for his deceitful conduct in the Duke Lacrosse case. 396 00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:59,639 Speaker 1: This sentence was passed by Superior Court Judge w. Osmond 397 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:03,760 Speaker 1: Smith I, who found Mike Nifong guilty of criminal contempt 398 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:08,600 Speaker 1: for misleading the court about critical DNA evidence. Judge Smith, 399 00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:13,320 Speaker 1: delivering his judgment with a tone of finality, underscored Niphong's 400 00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:17,240 Speaker 1: deliberate act of presenting an incomplete DNA report to the defense, 401 00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:23,920 Speaker 1: despite knowing it omitted crucial exculpatory evidence. Mister Nifong willingly 402 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:27,639 Speaker 1: made false statements, Judge Smith declared, highlighting the gravity of 403 00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:31,280 Speaker 1: Nifong's action, which betrayed the trust vested in his office. 404 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:35,199 Speaker 1: The judge charged Nifong with criminal contempt of court, and 405 00:26:35,240 --> 00:26:37,760 Speaker 1: that was the beginning of the end for the embattled 406 00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:43,439 Speaker 1: former district attorney. Attempting to salvage some semblance of integrity, 407 00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:47,400 Speaker 1: Mike Nifong took the stand at his own trial, asserting 408 00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:50,439 Speaker 1: that his failure to provide complete DNA results had not 409 00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:54,320 Speaker 1: been intentional. I now understand that some things that I 410 00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:56,919 Speaker 1: thought were in the report were in fact not in 411 00:26:57,000 --> 00:27:01,080 Speaker 1: the report, Niphong claimed, grappling with the stark reality of 412 00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:05,040 Speaker 1: his missteps, So the statements were not factually true to 413 00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:07,719 Speaker 1: the extent that I said all the information had been 414 00:27:07,760 --> 00:27:12,560 Speaker 1: provided despite his acknowledgment after the fact, the damage to 415 00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:16,600 Speaker 1: Mike Kniphong's reputation was irrevocable, and his apology to the 416 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:20,080 Speaker 1: court did little to amend the consequences of his actions. 417 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:25,440 Speaker 1: Niphong's legal troubles were further compounded when David Evans, Colinfinity, 418 00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:29,480 Speaker 1: and Reed Seligman took legal action against him. In two 419 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:33,200 Speaker 1: thousand and seven, the vindicated trio filed a federal lawsuit 420 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:37,080 Speaker 1: against Niphong, seeking compensation for the ordeal they had been 421 00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:42,000 Speaker 1: unjustly subjected to. Their legal pursuit was not merely about 422 00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:46,800 Speaker 1: financial compensation. It symbolized a quest for accountability and a 423 00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:50,600 Speaker 1: declaration that the miscarriage of justice they had endured would 424 00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:56,000 Speaker 1: not and could not be quietly overlooked. Facing mounting legal 425 00:27:56,119 --> 00:28:00,000 Speaker 1: challenges and the formidable prospect of compensating those he had wronged, 426 00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:05,000 Speaker 1: Mike Knifong found himself in dire financial straits. By two 427 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:08,520 Speaker 1: thousand and eight, he filed for bankruptcy, revealing assets that 428 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:12,000 Speaker 1: paled in comparison to the overwhelming debt he had incurred 429 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:14,720 Speaker 1: as a direct consequence of his actions in the Duke 430 00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:20,040 Speaker 1: Lacrosse case. His bankruptcy filing listed assets barely scratching the surface, 431 00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:23,720 Speaker 1: with just two hundred and forty four thousand dollars available 432 00:28:23,760 --> 00:28:27,119 Speaker 1: against a staggering debt of one hundred and eighty point 433 00:28:27,280 --> 00:28:32,400 Speaker 1: three million dollars. Among the unsecured creditors he acknowledged were 434 00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:37,400 Speaker 1: David Evans, Colin Finnerdy Reed Seligman, and three other members 435 00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:40,640 Speaker 1: of Duke's two thousand and six men's lacrosse team, each 436 00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:45,000 Speaker 1: of whom he owed thirty million dollars, a sum reflecting 437 00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:49,280 Speaker 1: the profound cost of Kniphong's prosecutorial misconduct and the unfair 438 00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:52,040 Speaker 1: agony each of the players had endured at his hands 439 00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:56,520 Speaker 1: in Mike Nifong's legal woes extended beyond the Duke Lacrosse 440 00:28:56,560 --> 00:29:02,000 Speaker 1: case two, underscoring a pattern of professional NETWT. In twenty sixteen, 441 00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:05,720 Speaker 1: the conviction of Daryl Howard, whom Nifong it prosecuted in 442 00:29:05,800 --> 00:29:08,840 Speaker 1: nineteen ninety one, for a double homicide and sexual assault, 443 00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:13,120 Speaker 1: was overturned. The court found that Nifong had you guessed 444 00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:19,800 Speaker 1: it withheld exculpatory evidence. This revelation echoed the prosecutorial failings 445 00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:22,960 Speaker 1: Nifong exhibited during the Duke Lacrosse case and was a 446 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:28,959 Speaker 1: shocking turn of events without a shred of professional respectability, 447 00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:32,640 Speaker 1: left a disbarred and convicted, Mike Kniphong retreated from the 448 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:36,040 Speaker 1: public eye. While he still lives in Durham, North Carolina. 449 00:29:36,080 --> 00:29:41,040 Speaker 1: By all accounts, his employment status is unknown. And let's 450 00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:45,479 Speaker 1: not forget Duke University itself a prestigious institution that let 451 00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:49,840 Speaker 1: itself and its students down by subordinating due legal process 452 00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:53,000 Speaker 1: to social politics. The students at the heart of the 453 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:55,880 Speaker 1: scandal certainly didn't forget how their schools stabbed them in 454 00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:59,440 Speaker 1: the backs. Thirty eight former men's lacrosse players at Duke 455 00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:04,320 Speaker 1: University sued the institution for its administration's behavior and one 456 00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:09,000 Speaker 1: between legal fees and payments to the players, Dukes believed 457 00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:12,000 Speaker 1: to have spent upwards of one hundred million dollars for 458 00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:16,800 Speaker 1: its dirty behavior in the scandal. Kim Roberts, the exotic 459 00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:19,680 Speaker 1: dancer had been hired along with Crystal Mangum on the 460 00:30:19,760 --> 00:30:23,200 Speaker 1: night of the Fateful Party, has always maintained that Crystal 461 00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:26,160 Speaker 1: couldn't have been raped since they were together the entire 462 00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:29,680 Speaker 1: night except for five minutes. But just because Roberts was 463 00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:32,640 Speaker 1: outspoken about this truth from the get go does not 464 00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:37,120 Speaker 1: mean that she herself was a clean player. Just eight 465 00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:40,040 Speaker 1: days after the party, on March twenty second, two thousand 466 00:30:40,040 --> 00:30:43,680 Speaker 1: and six, Kim Roberts was arrested for a probation violation 467 00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:46,760 Speaker 1: in connection to her two thousand and one conviction for 468 00:30:46,840 --> 00:30:49,920 Speaker 1: embezzling twenty five thousand dollars from a company where she 469 00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:53,720 Speaker 1: was a payroll specialist. The good news is that, after 470 00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:57,440 Speaker 1: a three month house arrest and extended probation period, Kim 471 00:30:57,520 --> 00:31:01,440 Speaker 1: Roberts seems to finally have put her past behind. Today 472 00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:04,520 Speaker 1: she lives in North Carolina under a different name, leading 473 00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:09,400 Speaker 1: a quiet life. Crystal Mangum's outcome, however, is not so fortunate. 474 00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:13,280 Speaker 1: Once the alleged victim at the center of a national scandal, 475 00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:17,400 Speaker 1: basking in the attention and outpouring of support, she later 476 00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:20,240 Speaker 1: found herself on the other side of the law, serving 477 00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:24,640 Speaker 1: a prison sentence for violent crime. That's right. Crystal is 478 00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:29,200 Speaker 1: currently incarcerated at the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women 479 00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:34,760 Speaker 1: in Raleigh. The facility is synonymous with discomfort beyond being 480 00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:39,640 Speaker 1: well a prison. The North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women 481 00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:42,480 Speaker 1: had been flagged in recent years for its lack of 482 00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:45,840 Speaker 1: air conditioning on the premises, getting so hot in the 483 00:31:45,880 --> 00:31:49,760 Speaker 1: summers that local service groups have even stopped visiting inmates 484 00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:54,400 Speaker 1: with therapy dogs. So what did Crystal ultimately do to 485 00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:59,280 Speaker 1: lose her freedom and most basic comforts. Well. In twenty eleven, 486 00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:03,520 Speaker 1: almost five years after the infamous Duke Lacrosse party, Kristel 487 00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:07,280 Speaker 1: was accused of stabbing her boyfriend Reginald Day to death. 488 00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:10,880 Speaker 1: She claimed she had stabbed him in self defense, but 489 00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:14,720 Speaker 1: apparently the jury didn't believe her. It probably didn't help 490 00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:17,880 Speaker 1: that she had a twenty ten conviction related to another 491 00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:23,440 Speaker 1: domestic incident against another boyfriend. Crystal Mangum was convicted of 492 00:32:23,480 --> 00:32:27,080 Speaker 1: Reginald Day's murder and sentenced to at least fourteen years 493 00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:31,040 Speaker 1: in prison. However much harm she caused, Crystal's story is 494 00:32:31,080 --> 00:32:35,040 Speaker 1: a tragic one, and according to Marina Zenovich, the director 495 00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:38,840 Speaker 1: behind Fantastic Lies, a documentary about the Duke Lacrosse scandal, 496 00:32:39,320 --> 00:32:43,400 Speaker 1: Cristal's actions were also hugely tragic for women who had 497 00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:47,240 Speaker 1: actually been raped. This is because the Duke Lacrosse scandal, 498 00:32:47,280 --> 00:32:51,240 Speaker 1: which resulted from Cristel's lies, perpetuated the false belief that 499 00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:55,719 Speaker 1: accusations of sexual assault should not be readily believed. To 500 00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:59,840 Speaker 1: be clear, that is not at all the case false 501 00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:02,880 Speaker 1: rape allegations such as the one Crystal manga made against 502 00:33:02,920 --> 00:33:06,960 Speaker 1: the Duke Lacrosse players, are far and few between. According 503 00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:10,200 Speaker 1: to a comprehensive twenty ten study by Violence against Women, 504 00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:15,360 Speaker 1: an international and interdisciplinary journal, only two to ten percent 505 00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:20,720 Speaker 1: of rape allegations are false. This means that overwhelmingly women 506 00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:23,400 Speaker 1: who come forward with rape claims are telling the truth. 507 00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:27,800 Speaker 1: As Marina Zenovitch explained to ESPN, to use the Duke 508 00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:31,280 Speaker 1: Lacrosse case as representative of a wider issue would be 509 00:33:31,320 --> 00:33:34,640 Speaker 1: a profound injustice to the real victims who have the 510 00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:39,480 Speaker 1: courage to come forward. Well, said miss Zenovich, that at 511 00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:41,640 Speaker 1: least is a truth. I think we can all raise 512 00:33:41,640 --> 00:33:46,600 Speaker 1: a glass of clean juice too. Thank you for coming 513 00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:49,320 Speaker 1: to me, Jay Harris, to quench your thirst for juicy 514 00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:52,880 Speaker 1: sports scandals. Come back next week for another tale on 515 00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:56,240 Speaker 1: Tap about the dark side of sports on Playing Dirty 516 00:33:56,680 --> 00:34:09,080 Speaker 1: Sports Scandals. Playing Dirty Sports Scandals is a production of 517 00:34:09,200 --> 00:34:13,640 Speaker 1: Dan Patrick Productions, Never Ever Productions and Workhouse Media from 518 00:34:13,680 --> 00:34:18,640 Speaker 1: executive producers Dan Patrick, Paul Anderson, Nick Panella, Maya Glickman, 519 00:34:18,760 --> 00:34:22,760 Speaker 1: and Jennifer Claring, Hosted by Jay Harris, Written and produced 520 00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:26,840 Speaker 1: by Jen Brown, Francie Haiks, Maya Glickman and Jennifer Clare