Lab Tests Point Finger At Albert Dna Shows High Probability Sportscaster Was The Source
Sperm and saliva found on the woman who has accused sportscaster Marv Albert of assault contain genetic material consistent with his DNA, a state crime lab said.
The samples recovered from the woman’s underwear and from bite marks on her back were tested against a blood sample provided by Albert.
The Virginia Division of Forensic Science report released Monday found only a 1-in-2.6 billion chance the sperm sample taken from her underwear and saliva from her upper back could have come from someone other than Albert.
The 42-year-old woman, who said she has known Albert for 10 years, accused him of attacking her in a northern Virginia hotel room Feb. 12. The woman told police Albert threw her onto a bed, bit her back repeatedly and forced her to perform oral sex.
The NBC sportscaster has not entered a plea to charges of sodomy and assault, but has denied the woman’s claims.
Albert’s trial is scheduled for Sept. 22 in Arlington County Circuit Court.
Albert’s lawyer, Roy Black of Miami, said in a statement released through a public relations firm that his client “reasserts his innocence and will establish his innocence in court.” Albert’s Virginia lawyer, Peter Greenspun, had no comment on the lab results, filed late Friday.
A Virginia judge ordered Albert to provide blood, hair and saliva samples. He did June 5.
Forensic scientist Karen Curtis Ambrozy found the strongest evidence in samples taken from the front and back on the woman’s underwear and one of the bites.
Her report said that because of such evidence Albert “cannot be eliminated as a possible contributor of the genetic material isolated from these samples.”
The laboratory report found a higher probability that someone other than Albert could have contributed sperm found on the woman’s chest. In that case, the probability is 1-in-310 million that a white person other than Albert was responsible.
The lab report also concluded some DNA samples were consistent with a mixture of DNA from Albert and his accuser.
Albert also has provided authorities with imprints of his teeth. Albert, who was indicted in May, is expected to have his own DNA and other testing done before the trial.