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COUSIN OF ALLEGED DUKE RAPE VICTIM SPEAKS: Relative tells ‘GMA’ ‘she’s exhausted, emotionally and physically.’
*A cousin of the 27-year-old woman accusing three Duke University lacrosse players of rape appeared on ABC’s “Good Morning America” Thursday morning to talk about her relative’s state of mind in the midst of the scandal.
She’s doing “as well as can be expected," said the accuser’s cousin, who prefers to be called Jackie. "She's exhausted, emotionally and physically, but she's happy that the arrests were made."
As previously reported, lacrosse team members Collin Finnerty and Reade Seligmann, both sophomores, were charged with first-degree forcible rape, first-degree sexual offense and kidnapping.
The alleged victim says she was attacked on March 13 during a team party, where she was hired as an exotic dancer. Defense attorneys claim they have bank records, cell phone bills, and photographs that prove one of the defendants did not commit the alleged crime.
Jackie, however, says her cousin did not fabricate her story and that it was a “big possibility” that she might have been given a drugged drink at the party. Jackie added that her cousin would never accuse someone of rape just to get a monetary settlement.
"I think she'd rather have her life back than be concerned with money," Jackie said. "They [other people] hear exotic dancer, and they jump to assumptions."
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