Woman who accused Duke lacrosse players of rape in 2006 now admits she lied
The exotic dancer who once accused three Duke University lacrosse players of raping her admitted this week that she invented the 2006 allegations that set off a combustible national conversation about gender, race and class. Crystal Mangum, who is now in prison serving time for second-degree murder, said she "made up a story that wasn't true" against one-time defendants David Evans, Collin Finnerty and Reade Seligmann who "didn't deserve that."
The exotic dancer who once accused three Duke University lacrosse players of raping her admitted this week that she invented the 2006 allegations that set off a combustible national conversation about gender, race and class.
Crystal Mangum, who is now in prison serving time for second-degree murder, said she "made up a story that wasn't true" against one-time defendants David Evans, Collin Finnerty and Reade Seligmann who "didn't deserve that."
"I testified falsely against them by saying that they raped me when they didn't and that was wrong," she told podcaster Kate Katerena's "Let's Talk with Kat" in an interview that dropped this week.
"I betrayed the trust of a lot of other people who believed in me and made up a story that wasn't true because I wanted validation from people and not from God and that was wrong when God already loved me for who I was."
Mangum and another dancer had been hired to perform at party, thrown by Duke lacrosse players, on March 13, 2006.
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