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Posted: Saturday, 13 May 2006 2:51PM

DNA Matches Accuser's Boyfriend in Duke Case



RALEIGH, N.C. -- Defense attorneys in the Duke lacrosse case say a second round of DNA tests shows no conclusive match between any of the school's players and a woman who says she was raped at a team party.

Defense lawyer Joseph Chesire says the tests showed genetic material from a ``single male source'' was found on a vaginal swab taken from the accuser.

He said that material did not match any of the players.

But ABC News has learned that the DNA obtained from the swab of the 27-year-old accuser is from her boyfriend. 

He was brought in for a cheek swab on May 3 presumably to provide a DNA sample.

The accuser, a student at North Carolina Central University, told police she was raped and beaten by three members of the Duke University Lacrosse Team at a party.

Two members of the team have been charged with raping a stripper hired to perform at the March 13 house party.


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