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Posted: February 28

Duke settles lawsuit by lacrosse players

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DURHAM, N.C. — Duke University has settled a lawsuit by 38 members of its 2005-06 men's lacrosse team.

Attorneys for the school and players notified a federal judge Wednesday that the lawsuit was settled out of court last week, according to court documents. Terms of the settlement weren't disclosed.

The settlement also includes Duke President Richard Brodhead, other school officials and the Duke University Health System.

The players sued amid the controversy that followed allegations by a stripper that she was raped at a team party in 2006. Attorney General Roy Cooper later declared the allegations were false.

Duke previously reached a settlement with three players who were indicted and then cleared on rape charges.

Those three players and other team members have sued Durham over the way the police department handled the case. Those cases are pending.

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JEFFNNC I SO AGREE WITH YOUR COMMENTS!! The Duke LaCrosse players like the other 10,000,000 college students are going to party! Go Duke!!

BlahBlahBlahBlahBlah
February 28, 2013 7:04 p.m.

no doggypoos.. it means district attorneys will need to be a little bit more careful and NOT put the cart before the horse so to speak...

They reap what they sew... Although I think the settlement may never be known... I bet it wasn't enough.

protestthis
February 28, 2013 7:02 p.m.

"Kinda nice you can act up, throw a party, drink underage, and then sue everyone for your inappropriate actions." doggypoos

Except that's not what this lawsuit was about at all. It's about how Duke treated the team as if they were guilty of a crime they didn't commit before the evidence showed they were innocent. Sure they partied and drank. There aren't many college students who don't. They didn't deserve to be treated the way they were and obviously Duke agree's at least to some degree, otherwise they would not have settled.

jeffnnc
February 28, 2013 6:53 p.m.

Kinda nice you can act up, throw a party, drink underage, and then sue everyone for your inappropriate actions.

doggypoos
February 28, 2013 6:30 p.m.

does that mean the faculty who signed the full page ad before the facts came out will apologize? naaa probably not.. i bet Jackson & sharpton won't say anything either... when is the last time a liberal retracted something after the truth was found out???