DURHAM, N.C.
A month after two members of the Duke University lacrosse team were indicted in connection with the alleged rape of a North Carolina Central University student working as an exotic dancer, a grand jury has indicted a third player, a day after he graduated from Duke.
Dave Forker Evans of Bethesda, Md., was charged May 15 with first-degree forcible rape, first-degree sexual offense and first-degree kidnapping of the student who was hired to dance at a party in March.
Evans, 23, voluntarily turned himself in to the Durham County, N.C., authorities and posted a $400,000 bail. Evans’ parents and senior members of the lacrosse team were present.
“I am absolutely innocent of all the charges that have been brought against me today,” Evans, a co-captain of the team, said at a news conference in front of the Durham County Detention Center. He also proclaimed the innocence of the other two defendants, Reade Seligmann of Essex Fells, N.J., and Collin Finnerty of Garden City, N.Y.
Evans was scheduled to make a first appearance in court Tuesday, but his attorneys waived the hearing.
WRAL-TV, quoting a police transcript of the lineup identification, said the alleged victim identified Evans with 90 percent accuracy.
