Nancy Grace Duke Lacrosse
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
Nancy Grace usually has a lot to say whenever a controversial case pops up. The 2006 Duke Universioty Lacrosse case proved no exception.
The case involved the alleged gang rape of a stripper and escort at a party at the team’s captain’s house. The girl charged three of the players of forcing her to have sex.
Grace was pro-prosection towards the players from the start of the case, making quite a few inflammatory comments during her coverage of the trial and speaking out of hand several times. She also ambushed fellow anchor Clark Goldband on air by asking him for ‘the stats’; he thought she meant lacrosse stats, but she chastised him by saying she wanted ‘rape stats’. It’s unknown if this was an honest mistake or a setup by the network.
The three players were eventually acquitted of all charges and the case was dropped. Grace’s coverage of it ended there, too, and she was replaced by another reporter for followup reports on the case. She has yet to apologize for her behavior.