The Herald-Sun reports today that Yolanda Haynes, a former manager of the Platinum Club in Hillsborough, says the Duke lacrosse rape accuser may have gotten cuts and bruises when she passed out and had to be carried out of the club a night or two before the alleged rape:
Haynes said it was on the night of March 10-11 or 11-12 that the accuser was removed unconscious from the Platinum Club after she slumped naked to the dance floor.
“We had to drag her out on the gravel,” she said. “She was heavy. It took four or five of us to carry her outside. She was dead weight. That’s how passed out she was. She never woke up. We could have put the scratches on her. That could be how she got them.”
Of course, DA Mike Nifong hasn’t interviewed her. Nor would he comment to the newspaper.
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2006 At 9:29 am, Right Angles » Blog Archive » News watch Said:
[...] The depleted Herald-Sun hasn’t had much to crow about lately, what with getting its brains beat out by the News & Observer and seeing it’s circulation fall like Katie Couric’s ratings. But it was the N&O that had to eat some crow today when they followed The Herald-Sun by three days on a Duke lacrosse story. The Herald-Sun reported on Saturday that the Duke rape accuser had passed out at a Hillsborough club and had to be dragged from the premises, possibly causing cuts and bruises that she later claimed were a result of an attack by lacrosse players. The N&O didn’t have the story until today. [...]