From Bloomberg:
Duke University will be sued by 38 members of the 2006 men's lacrosse team who claim they suffered emotional distress when school officials failed to support them during a rape investigation, a spokesman for the players said.
The new Duke Lawsuit website is here.
More details from the Bloomberg story:
The lawsuit, to be filed today in U.S. District Court in North Carolina, also will name Duke President Richard Brodhead, Duke's medical center, and the city of Durham, North Carolina, according to a statement posted on a Web site run by players' spokesman Bob Bork. University officials remained silent during the rape probe, even though they had evidence that the players were innocent, according to the statement.
``These young men want acknowledgment that they were wronged by institutions and individuals that they trusted to treat them honestly,'' attorney Chuck Cooper said in the statement. ``They were victimized by a corrupt investigation that ignored or suppressed evidence that would have cleared them. And, all for a crime that never took place.''
Three players were charged in the case, which led to the cancellation of the lacrosse team's season and the coach's resignation. The prosecution of white team members David Evans, Collin Finnerty and Reade Seligmann began with a black stripper's accusation that she was attacked after dancing at an off-campus team party on March 13, 2006. State Attorney General Roy Cooper dropped charges against all three athletes in April and said he concluded they were innocent.
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