WILLIAMS DENIES CHARGE : IRVIN WAS IN BAR AT TIME OF ALLEGED RAPE - LAWYER.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Dallas Cowboys A 23-year-old woman told police Irvin held a gun to her head while she was raped Sunday night Sunday Night, later named Michelob Presents Night Music, was an NBC late-night television show which aired for two seasons between 1988 and 1990 as a showcase for jazz and eclectic musical artists. by Williams and another man. Police have not identified the third man. Williams, a star offensive lineman who had previously refused comment on the allegation, spoke briefly while leaving the Cowboys' training facility. ``I've been falsely accused of something that I didn't do and I'm looking forward to the truth to come out as soon as possible,'' Williams said. ``I'm not a bad person. I realize the responsibilities and privileges that it takes to be a Dallas Cowboy. I'm looking forward to the truth to come out as soon as possible.'' Irvin also has denied the accusation, and his lawyers say they have a witness to back up his claim that he was in a sports bar at the time the woman alleged she was raped. Peter Ginsberg, Williams' attorney, said Irvin was not at Williams' house on Sunday - or any time recently. ``The one fact that I think is important - because this does reflect on how ridiculous the charges are - Michael Irvin has not been at Erik Williams' house for over a year and a half,'' Ginsberg said. Earlier Thursday, Irvin attorney Royce West Royce West (born 26 September 1952)[1] is a Democratic African American member of the Texas Senate representing the Dallas-based 23rd District. Election history Election history of West. said the security guard at Williams' gated subdivision can offer an alibi for his client. ``That security guard will state Mr. Michael Irvin never went to Erik Williams' house Sunday night,'' West told ABC's ``Good Morning America'' Thursday. A manager for Triad Protective Services, which handles the subdivision's security, said guards are not required to list visitors. Another Irvin lawyer, Anthony Lyons, told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram The Fort Worth Star-Telegram is a major U.S. daily newspaper serving Fort Worth and the western half of the North Texas area known as the Metroplex. Its area of domination is checked by its main rival, The Dallas Morning News his client spent most of Sunday evening at the Cowboys Sports Cafe, blocks from the team's Valley Ranch headquarters. ``There was very little time when Michael was not with someone,'' Lyons said. A manager at the bar-restaurant said the establishment had ``absolutely no comment about anything.'' Neither West nor Lyons returned phone messages seeking comment. Police said they have no immediate plans to talk to either Williams, 28, or Irvin, 30, who is in the sixth month of a four-year probation for felony cocaine possession. ``We're in the very early stages of the investigation,'' said police spokesman Ed Spencer. ``It's going to be days, at least, if not weeks, before any determination is made if there's a criminal case to be filed.'' Irvin and Williams spent Thursday practicing for Sunday's NFC NFC abbr. National Football Conference divisional playoff game against the Carolina Panthers, who will host the game. The defending NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga champion Cowboys are trying to win their fourth Super Bowl in five years. Williams, a 1997 Pro Bowl pick, and Irvin, a flashy receiver and 1996 Pro Bowl choice, have been key figures in Dallas' success. Also Thursday, The Dallas Morning News reported that the accuser's estranged es·trange tr.v. es·tranged, es·trang·ing, es·trang·es 1. To make hostile, unsympathetic, or indifferent; alienate. 2. To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations. 22-year-old husband said he doubts her story. The man, who was not identified, said she has twice falsely accused men of sexual assault without telling police. ``It seems very reasonable that she is making this up,'' he said. ``She's very melodramatic. She accused me of doing this, and she accused her fiance before me of doing this, so I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. why she wouldn't do it again.'' The man, who separated from his wife in 1994 after being married two years, said she told him she met the players while working as a waitress and dancer at a Dallas topless club. The husband said she briefly lived with two players and ``would brag to me about living with the Cowboys.'' Two unidentified friends of the woman, who recently worked at a mall cosmetics counter, said she met the players while doing makeup for the Cowboys cheerleaders Notable cheerleaders
The friends said they doubt she faked the report, adding that they consoled her the morning after the reported rape. They described her as bruised, distraught and fearful. Police gave a similar description about the woman's appearance Monday when she underwent a rape examination at Parkland Memorial Hospital Parkland Memorial Hospital is a hospital located at 5201 Harry Hines Boulevard, just west of Oak Lawn in Dallas, Texas (USA). History The original hospital opened in 1894 on a 17-acre meadow located at Oak Lawn Avenue and Maple. . CAPTION(S): Photo: MICHAEL IRVIN: He hasn't been to Erik Williams' house in more than a year, his lawyer says. |
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