Somehow I failed to notice this explosive information from the latest report on the Duke lacrosse incident:

The day after the March 13 team party where a 27-year-old black woman claimed she was raped, Durham police told campus officers that “this will blow over,” the report said. The woman initially told police she was raped by 20 white men, then said she was attacked by three, the report said.

Here are the exact words from page 2 of the report (PDF):

After the victim of the alleged assaults was taken to the Emergency Room of the Duke Hospital in the early morning hours of March 14, having earlier told Durham police that she was raped and sexually assaulted by approximately 20 white members of a Duke team (a charge later modified to allege an attack by three individuals in a bathroom), the official report of the Duke Police Department was submitted and reviewed by the Duke Police Director, Robert Dean, at 7:30 a.m. on March 14.

No wonder the Durham police questioned the accuser’s credibility. Wouldn’t you?

Update 5/10 8:25 AM EST: This information has been called into question — please read my followup post. I’ve updated the title to reflect this new information.