<p>ROFL - Hey - to get the part you’ve got to BE the part. </p>
<p>As an aside, I have a suspicion that tomorrow is going to be a somewhat…chaotic day in terms of the press and specifically in terms of our school paper, given the letters published in the last days of last week (i.e. just before Fall Break and the four days of uninterrupted ruminating that created). Stay tuned…</p>
<p>In other news - the former coach is now suing Duke; papers are reporting that the lawsuit stems from statements in interviews with the Senior Vice President for Public Relations and Government Affairs… “Oops”</p>
<p>Update - new thread on the [url=<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=403260]lawsuit[/url”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=403260]lawsuit[/url</a>] has been started by parentofbear.</p>
<p><a href=“State Won't Defend Nifong in Lacrosse Players' Suit”>State Won't Defend Nifong in Lacrosse Players' Suit;
<p>update… for those interested. Mr. Nifong has been turned down in his request for the state to defend him in the upcoming civil suit against him and the city of Durham. In a letter that his attorney wrote back to the DA’s office after the refusal he was quoted as saying</p>
<p>“I don’t know why I continue to expect people to do the right thing”.</p>
<p>I kid you not.</p>
<p>The man has unlimited ability for self deception.
From the first day that he became aware of this case, this man did every single thing wrong… so wrong that he has been disbarred and sent to jail for contempt. He had so many chances to do right, and every time the opportunity arose he chose to continue the wrongdoing.</p>
<p>I’ve got news for Mr. Nifong… they are doing the right thing. Making sure he is punished for what he did. When Nifong did his choke hold on TV, and when he was smirking in open court when Seligmann’s attorney was requesting a reduction in bail, did he think he was doing the “right thing”? Reede’s family was forced to come up with $400,000 bail, and almost $1,000,000 in legal fees. Nifong now will have to pay for an attorney to defend himself against the civil suit. Sometimes there is justice in this world.</p>
<p>Of course, “One would wonder why one needs an attorney if one was not charged and had not done anything wrong.”</p>
<p>^ excellent!</p>
<p>The man is beyond delusional if he thought the state of NC was really going to foot the bill for his many months of deceit and self-promotion! We all know how he treated those young men. If I lived in NC, I wouldn’t want a dime of tax money going to help that criminal. He’s brought this upon himself, now he has to pay for it!</p>
<p>Link to Duke News Release <a href=“http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2007/10/burness.html[/url]”>http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2007/10/burness.html</a>
Brodhead said
Yeah - Right ;)</p>
<p>With all the negative press about Duke students, it is nice to see that some student organizations are having a positive impact on the community. ;)</p>
<p><a href=“Duke Raises $20K for Children's Hospital”>Duke Raises $20K for Children's Hospital;
<p>The students aren’t the problem. There are a lot of adults at Duke who need supervision. And Durham is a complete mess.</p>
<p>Bloomberg News reported today that Mike Nifong has filed for bankruptcy!! Amazing what a difference a year makes!</p>
<p>Irish, thanks for the update–I didn’t see that!</p>
<p>I just about fell out of my chair when I saw Nifong’s quarter million in assets versus ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY (point three) MILLION IN DEBT filing. Never mind that the ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY MILLION part doesn’t even exist yet and is simply $30M per player suing him so far (plus lots of $1 contingencies for every other lacrosse player, various Duke officials, and a pair of hermit crabs).</p>
<p>Boils down to actually having $.3M in real debt and $.25M in assets, not really “bankruptcy” time…</p>
<p>Every once in a while I check out KC Johnson’s Durham in Wonderland blog, and saw it there a few minutes ago!</p>
<p>[Bloomberg.com:</a> North American](<a href=“Bloomberg Politics - Bloomberg”>Bloomberg Politics - Bloomberg)</p>
<p>The bankruptcy court judge will have to determine if Nifong’s behavior was malicious–he is trying to get out of all the financial nightmare of the players’ lawsuits against him. I’m guessing he has not worked since last summer…?? And the lawsuits are in the multi-millions!</p>
<p>Newsweek’s January 21st issue has the following update about Mikey:</p>
<p>[A</a> Prosecutor Run Amok | Newsweek Periscope | Newsweek.com](<a href=“http://www.newsweek.com/id/91674]A”>http://www.newsweek.com/id/91674)</p>
<p>Poetry?? I won’t be buying any!</p>
<p>Craven abuse of power, willingness to destroy the lives of innocent people for a larger pension and malicious deep sixing of exculpatory evidence has its consequences. As much as I don’t take pleasure in watching any family fall apart and suffer, including his, bankruptcy is a natural consequence to his actions, he had umpteen opportunities to alter his course and cough up the truth, and bankruptcy is nothing compared to the stunned and outraged feelings we experienced when it came out that he had driven up to DNA Securities personally and talked that lab-scientist-without-ethics into “not mentioning” the DNA of several other males in the alleged victim’s body in his report. Nothing could have been more damning to the prosecution’s tale or more exculpatory and they brazenly continued to pedal lies that destroyed many people’s dreams and lives.</p>
<p>This is just one of those cases where, many many times along the way, Mike Nifong <em>could</em> have said or done something to make it seem as if he had recognized how fouled up things were. Instead he files bankruptcy - despite an income of over $100k/year - based on a $50k difference between debt and property. I just wish there were a judge in this state who would come into the courtroom, sit down, adjust her glasses, look Nifong squarely in the eye, and say, “Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.” I’m thinking someone who could be played by [Elaine</a> Stritch](<a href=“http://imdb.com/name/nm0834626/]Elaine”>Elaine Stritch - IMDb) in the movie version.</p>
<p>DukeEgr93:</p>
<p>By the way, speaking of movies, somewhat to my surprise I happened to come across this ad today in *Variety<a href=“in%20tiny%20print%20at%20the%20bottom%20of%20a%20page”>/i</a>, apparently in connection with the beginning of production of a made-for-TV movie about this whole debacle; thought it might be of interest in one way or another:</p>
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<p>YES! My time has come! I figured with the writers’ strike and all the number of reality shows would <em>have</em> to start including things like “Dancing With The Faculty” or “So You Think You Can Teach.” Might have to start small and shoot for basic cable, though ;)</p>
<p>EEEEEEEEEEEEkkk! (Issues blood curdling shriek).</p>
<p>It’s the thread that won’t die—run for your lives!</p>