"Call to Escort Service Began a Night of Trouble at Duke"

DUFF WILSON and JULIET MACUR in NY Times

The Duke University lacrosse team's troubles began with a phone call. A team captain using an assumed name called an escort service to hire two exotic dancers for a party on March 13. Last week, two Duke players were indicted on charges of first-degree forcible rape, first-degree sexual offense and the kidnapping of one woman hired that night. Collin Finnerty, 19, of Garden City, N.Y., and Reade Seligmann, 20, of Essex Fells, N.J., both sophomores, are each free on $400,000 bail. read more