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.
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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