Jenice Armstrong | He stole their moment, yet they showed class

SHE SHOULDN'T have had to defend herself against a foul-mouthed man old enough to be her grandfather. Yet, before a roomful of reporters and photographers, 20-year-old Essence Carson stood accused yesterday afternoon (before a bright-red backdrop with the words "Scarlet Knights" spelled out on it, bringing to mind images of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter").