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Duke Lacrosse Party Photos Revealed

Defense attorneys told CBS News correspondent Trish Regan that they expect charges to be filed against two players as early as today in the case of a black stripper who alleges she was raped by three white men at a party thrown by Duke's lacrosse team. Regan reports that the attorneys say they have no idea who those players are, so, they're preparing bond hearings for all 46.

Regan met with defense attorneys who showed her time-stamped photographs taken at the lacrosse party where the alleged rape occurred. She saw 23 photos in all, which attorneys say prove their clients' innocence, in part, because they show that the woman was already bruised and cut when she arrived at the house. Because of the cuts, they say if a rape took place, her DNA should have been discovered.

The pictures begins at 11:02:36. Thre's a photo of the lacrosse players sitting in the living room.

According to a neighbor's testimony, the alleged victim arrived at the players' house around 11:50p.m.

At midnight (12:00:12) there is the first picture of the alleged victim. She is laying down on the floor, partly clothed, with the second dancer standing over her. Regan reports that she could see what appeared to be sores, or small open wounds on both of her knees, and bruises, and a blister on her right foot.

At 12:03:57, the girls appeared to be leaving the room, Regan reports. The defense says they had finished dancing, and her right shoe was on the floor.

The next photo Regan saw of the alleged victim was taken at 12:30:12. The woman was on the back porch. She had only one shoe and seemed to be smiling as she left the house.

In a photo taken at 12:37:58 the alleged victim is lying down. It looks like she fell, Regan reports. According to Regan, there appear to be new bruises on her backside and scratches on her legs. In another set of photos, taken immediately after the fall, there are pink splotches on the stair railing. The defense believes those splotches are from nail polish. When the alleged victim fell, her freshly painted nails hit the railing, attorneys say.

However, Regan reports, some things in this timeline could help the prosecution: The District Attorney may say the woman was raped in the 20-plus minutes when no photos were taken. But the defense argues the woman was painting her nails in the bathroom during that period.

The second dancer, who authorities said in court documents was separated from the woman before the alleged attack, told WNCN-TV in Raleigh in an interview airing late Sunday that the other dancer was "definitely under some sort of substance" when she left the party.

She said the alleged victim looked fine when she arrived at the party, but her demeanor changed dramatically later in the night. "She was, um, definitely a totally different woman than she was when I first met her," she told the station.

The woman, whose identity was not revealed, said she doesn't believe Durham authorities would be investigating if no crime had occurred.

Meanwhile, the Rev. Jesse Jackson says his Operation Push organization will pay the college tuition of the alleged victim.

On Sunday, a bishop who led a prayer rally called for healing in the community inflamed by racial tensions.

"This is not a racial protest," said Bishop John Bennett told more than 100 people gathered in front of the house where the woman told police she was assaulted. ``It should not be a question of 'Where are the Afro-American churches?' The question should be, 'Where are the Christians?' "

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