'Tears' as Alleged Duke Rape Victim ID'd Suspects

May 11, 2006— -- Two members of the Duke lacrosse team have been indicted. A third lacrosse player, also accused of rape, could be next.

Details of the case remain clouded in controversy, but today it became clear how the alleged victim singled out Reade Seligmann and Collin Finnerty as the men who had attacked her at an off-campus party on the night of March 13.

On Wednesday evening, Durham's WRAL-TV released a transcript describing the photo lineup in which the alleged victim picked out her attackers.

The woman, a 27-year-old student at nearby North Carolina Central University, was shown 46 pictures, covering every white player on the men's lacrosse team. As the lineup began, the alleged victim was asked to "merely … look at each picture and see if she recalled seeing the individuals at the party."

Police also asked her to detail "what they were doing and any type of interactions she may have had."

When she saw the picture of Finnerty, her emotions were overwhelming. According to the investigator's notes, her "eyes were pooling with tears" as she described in graphic detail how Finnerty had allegedly raped her.

The accuser was very specific in describing the sexual intercourse involved in Finnerty's role in the alleged attack; her description did not mention a broomstick or other object.

Later in the lineup process, the accuser looked at the photo of another player and identified him as "the one that gave me $400." The accuser and a second exotic dancer were initially hired at a rate of $400 each for a two-hour show. She identified a different student as the person "sitting in the front row" while the two exotic dancers performed.

The alleged victim said another student, who was not identified as an attacker, was "the gentleman who made the broomstick comment," in the investigator's words. The accuser said the player threatened to sexually assault her using a broomstick.

While five pages of the 15-page transcript were made public as part of a series of defense motions filed on May 1, the rest of the document contains new details, including the account of the woman's emotional reaction to Finnerty's picture.