3 More Duke Lacrosse Players File Lawsuit

December 18, 2007

RALEIGH, N.C. — Three current and former Duke lacrosse players who were not indicted in the discredited rape case have filed a lawsuit against the university, disgraced prosecutor Mike Nifong and dozens of others for inflicting emotional distress. Ryan McFadyen, Matthew Wilson and Breck Archer also accuse the defendants of negligence, fraud and conspiracy for pursuing the case despite evidence that the allegations were false. Among the accusations: In the middle of a heated police investigation, someone sent a note from Archer’s school e-mail address that said, “I am going to go to the police tomorrow to tell them everything that I know.” The 389-page federal lawsuit, which was filed Monday in federal court in Greensboro, names Duke University; Nifong, the former Durham district attorney who was later disbarred for misconduct in the case; and the City of Durham. Read more

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