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Fourth of July issue of People Magazine transforms the victim into the criminal.

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-ilet rapei casen nas believe her story because they dropped it like a hot potato. They didn't want to get involved or be connected to the case in any way." (She is referring to, among others, the county officials who were excused from the case, stating that they had "conflicts of interest.")

Brawley ends her interview with the following statement: "Television pictures showed the state of mind and physical condition my daughter was found in—and yet the public suggests that she did that to herself. If anyone out there can go out and do the same things to themselves that were done to her and make themselves unconscious at the same time, then write me and call me and say my daughter is lying.' "But," she concluded, "until anyone can do that and get all the facts related to this case, no one can be in a position to say my daughter is lying."

The medical reports People magazine repeats the idea that the teenager was away from home "partying" and "perhaps invented the abduction story to avoid the wrath of her mother and stepfather." But this statement totally stretches credibility in light of the articles in The City Sun that include details of the early medical reports on the case.

The report summary from Sharon Brantingham, medic-in-charge of the ambulance crew, includes the information that the patient was "unconscious, unresponsive."

She was found "in a fetal position inside a large plastic bag," the report states. "Patient's head was wrapped with a sweaterjacket and a belt around that which was in patient's mouth....Patient was covered, head to toe, with what appeared to be dried feces. Patient did not respond to pain, voice, or ammonia."

St. Francis Hospital's emergency-room physician, Dr. Lanwehr Pena, recorded similar facts and concluded that she had several contusions, "a small amount of white material in her tonsils" and "words written on her chest."

According to his report, her vaginal area was swollen and he detected a "white discharge." Dr. Pena's initial diagnosis, made at 2:50 P.M., was "possible sexual assault."

By 4:00 P.M., the record shows "police (sheriff's department) present. Pictures taken." A half hour later, a "complete bath was given." At 8:00 P.M., a "pelvic exam with rape protocol followed."

Four days later, Tawana was seen by two doctors at Westchester County Medical Center. Dr. John Wix wrote that the patient showed medical problems including, in speech," "headache," "hip pain," and "inability to walk." The discharge diagnosis on Dec. 4, 1987, listed "multiple contusions.

A strange twist Over two months later, in a strange twist, the words "multiple contusions" were crossed out on a report by the gynecologist, Dr. Marcia Nackerson. An undated summary of the case signed by Nackerson states that Tawana's discharge diagnosis was "alleged sexual abuse" and "conversion reaction" (a syndrome common Dear readers, other hand, has no paid advertising help?

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