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Irvin’s lawyer: Protect names
■ COWBOYS: Lawyer Royce
West said the names of
suspects in rape cases should
not be released
The Associated Press
DALLAS — The names of sus
pects in rape cases should be pro
tected like those who lodge such
complaints, the lawyer for Dallas
Cowboys star Michael Irvin said
Sunday.
Royce West’s remarks came two
days after police cleared his client,
saying a woman's rape allegations
involving Irvin and teammate Erik
Williams were unfounded.
"1 believe that just like the vic
tim of a sexual assault's name
should not be released, 1 don’t be
lieve that the suspect’s name
should be released until such time
as that person has been formally
charged,” West said during an ap
pearance on "Good Morning
America Sunday.” ■
Nina Shahravan, a former top
less dancer, filed a police report
Dec. 30, accusing Irvin of holding
a gun to her head while Williams
and a third man who was never
identified raped her in Williams’
home the night before.
Irvin and Williams denied the
allegations and were never
charged.
A police source told The Asso
ciated Press that Shahravan
signed a confession recanting the
allegations.
A woman who answered the
telephone at Shahravan’s parents’
house Sunday hung up after de
clining to identify herself.
Police said they were consider
ing charges of filing a false police
report against Shahravan, but no
action had been taken by Sunday
afternoon. If convicted, she could
face up to six months in jail and a
$2,000 fine.
West called Shahravan a
"pathological liar” whose accusa
tions could have a chilling enect
on other women who may allege
rape by a celebrity.
"I think the first thing that peo
ple will say is that 'Uh oh, here we
go again, here’s another rush to
judgment, and the credibility of
the victim, who may very well
have been the victim of the as
sault, will very well be ques
tioned, and very well scruti
nized,” he said.
Lawyers for the players have
criticized police handling of the
investigation, taking particular
aim at an impromptu news confer
ence Dec. 31 that police said was
necessitated by an onslaught of
media requests.
Before going to police, Shahra
van told her story to a local televi
sion reporter, who sent her to the
police, then confirmed the allega
tions and aired them.
Police spokesman Ed Spencer
said Sunday the department is
comfortable with how it handled
the case, including releasing the
suspect names on the police report
— a decades-old policy.
"Our intention from the first
day was to do it as we would any
other investigation,” Spencer said.
"We also made every effort to fol
low our policies in terms of being
accountable to the public in terms
of the press by providing the infor
mation that we could on this, that
includes both our comments and
the public record documents that
we provided.”
But Williams’ attorney, Peter
Ginsberg, said police took too long
to publicly announce that there
were doubts about Ms. Shahra
van’s story.
"Within the first day or two of
the investigation, the police had
the opportunity to analyze the evi
dence which had been seized and
to talk with people who both knew
that Michael Irvin had not come to
tiriK s nouse ana was eisewnere,
he said by telephone from his
home in Washington, D.C.
Ginsberg said investigators also
had analyzed evidence that “ir
refutably showed that there had
been no drug use” within days of
the complaint’s fding.
He said a civil rights lawsuit
against the police department was
among the actions Williams is
considering.
“We have closed off no op
tions,” he said.
Police chief Ben Click declined
an interview request from the AP,
But he told The Dallas Morning
News, "The issue of the com
plainant originally going to a
member of the media made it
more difficult for us to try to man
age the information.”
West said Sunday on NBC’s
“Today” program that police ini
tially “jumped the gun.”
“Thanks to chief Ben Click here,
they were able to right that course
and the investigation did, in fact,
have integrity built back into it,”
he added.
West also criticized the media
for “a rush to judgment.”
Irvin has urged the press to use
the same aggressiveness in report
ing the outcome as it did in report
ing the allegations.
“Rerun it, rewrite it, reprint it,”
he said. “Just like you did, with
the same intensity that you did —
the same intensity. Don’t lose the
intensity. Don’t lose the intensi
ty-”
West said he hoped the story
would be carried on a day when il
receives more widespread atten
tion. Police announced the find
ings of their investigation late Fri
day.
“I would hope that this is the
lead story next week on some ol
the major newscasts such as your
self and in some of the major me
dia in terms of newspapers and ra
dios next week,” West said.
Bowl alliance setup to be reviewed
■ NCAA FOOTBALL: New
Board of Directors will take
close look at bowl system
The Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The
NCAA’s Board of Directors has its
first mission — take a closer look
at the bowl system.
With a new governing system
set for approval Monday at the
NCAA Convention, the newly
created 15-member board will re
view the bowl alliance setup and
recommend any changes. For
now, a playoff is not a top priori
ty
“There’s a lot of concern about
the bowl alliance and whether or
not it was fair to some teams,’’
Maryland president William Kir
wan said Sunday after the Presi
dent's Commission was briefed
on the NCAA’s role in Division I
A postseason play.
“I think there is an idea there
that should work for us. Maybe
we need to make some refine
ments in the selection process.
But I feel the alliance concept is
one that respects the existing
structure, yet still gives the likely
possibility of providing a contest
between the No. 1 and No. 2
ranked teams to determine the na
tional championship.”
The biggest concern this season
was the exclusion of WAC cham
pion Brigham Young from a top
tier alliance game and the absence
of Wyoming from the bowl scene
altogether. WAC commissioner
Karl Benson, with approval from
his council of presidents, last
week asked the board to look for a
more equitable method of con
ducting the postseason, including
a playoff. And the board listened.
"If the board can exert influ
ence on the alliance, that would
be a start,” said Benson, who last
week rejected an alliance propos
al to make four conferences signa
tory members and include them
in limited revenue-sharing.
Buzz Shaw, chancellor of Syra
cuse and chairman of the Board oi
Directors, said if the WAC hadn’1
come forward and stated its case
during the weekend, the subjecl
probably would not have been
dealt with so quickly.
The board hasn’t totally reject
ed a playoff, but Sam Smith
chairman of the President’s Com
mittee and president of Washing
ton State, said, "I do not see it was
one of the leading options.”
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