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A judge agreed that Daunte Culpepper and a former Vikings teammate Moe Williams had made a case that they were treated differently than two white men who were not charged as part of a boat party sex scandal. The two are seeking dismissal of misdemeanor charges of lewd conduct. The players, both black, argue that prosecutor Steve Tallen passed up a chance to charge two white men, including the captain of one of two boats on the cruise.
Reported by the Associated Press
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At a hearing Wednesday, Tallen said he declined to charge the men because the case against them was shaky. "I'm allowed to make that decision, and it has nothing to do with the race of these defendants," Tallen said. "It looks bad, though," Judge Kevin Burke responded. ... If remains to be seen if that translates to a dismissal, but it certainly sounds possible.
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