Summary
Crystal Mangum, who accused three Duke lacrosse players of rape in 2006, admitted for the first time on a podcast that her claims were fabricated.
She said she lied for validation and apologized to Reade Seligmann, Collin Finnerty, and David Evans, acknowledging they “didn’t deserve” the accusations.
The case, which drew national attention, collapsed after evidence disproved her story, leading to the disbarment of Durham DA Mike Nifong for misconduct.
Mangum is currently in prison for a 2011 murder conviction.
great job cunt, make everything harder than it already is for actual rape victims, because everything is all about you
I’m so old I remember this. Yeah she should serve out the accused’s jail time.
But not old enough to remember that charges were eventually dropped?
No harm, no foul, right? It’s not like the accusations by themselves did any damage to the players’ mental health, social lives or had any effect on their education. Those reports of vandalism to Duke property and death threats to staff must’ve been fabricated too.
As much as I’d like the justice of having her prison sentence extended by the length of time each player would have been facing, I don’t think it’s a good idea in general. Wouldn’t want to discourage survivors of rape from coming forward with legitimate accusations due to fear of repercussions if the evidence is not sufficient to convict their attacker. Lots of things can go wrong between the crime scene and court room, guilty parties don’t always end up where they belong.
Not sure that matters. There should still be some time for knowingly making false statmentsto the police.
It was a long time ago, bean
2006?
Yeah, it was a year they had before this one. Like, I dunno, a hundred years ago or something when there were like knights and cavemen.
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She should do the time for their “crime”
Well she is in prison…
For 2nd degree murder…
Its okay! All she did was murder someone and accuse 3 others of rape and assault so that someone would get to know God better!
You gotta figure she probably wasn’t facing the typical modern human challenges of having to wake up in the morning and so on. I mean, those are extra credit activities.
That’s fucking awful but also not a reason to ignore future victims of sexual assault.
It actually is a reason to be more sceptic and evidence focused. And she should be jailed for her perjury and crime.
You two are in agreement.
I certainly remember the case, but I don’t remember how much consensus there was afterward that her story was sketchy and likely untrue. Obviously there would be people who believed her no matter what, and others who would believe the Duke students. But I vaguely remember that the balance of evidence tipped away from the women’s stories.
That 2011 murder conviction, though. Yikes!
Initial perceptions were they absolutely did it. Rich kids and university athletes, classic story of not being able to take no as an answer.
It took quite a while for the tide to turn from what I remember.
This is definitely a case of a lie travelling around the world before the truth has put in its shoes. Personally, I only heard the story of the lacrosse players (allegedly) raping her and charges being dropped.
I, like many others, assumed the charges were dropped because wealthy kids had good connections. I never recall hearing that the story was made up, until now. Poor kids.
Nah these guys were absolutely skewered and convicted in the court of public opinion before the charges got dropped a full year after the fact.
That said, there are still many things they did that were gross and reprehensible that evening. However rape was not among them.
This isn’t a revelation. There was a consensus understanding that she made it up years ago. I mean, the prosecutor was disbarred…
Some of these comments demonstrate the tech-bro male dominated culture of lemmy and those people should be ashamed of themselves and piss off back to Reddit. I don’t want any rancid basement dwelling men in my replies either - I will not debate you. I will just block you.
BLOCK ME BITCH!! SUCK MY COCK!!
Top 5 worst offenders?
Holy shit
