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The St. John's lacrosse case was a 1990 criminal case in which some members of the St. John's University men's lacrosse team were accused of raping an African American female. [1] The St. John's Lacrosse rape case was a sports scandal that caused significant controversy within the school, amongst feminists, [ 2 ] New York City, and the lacrosse ...
The Duke lacrosse case was a widely reported 2006 criminal case hoax in Durham, North Carolina, United States, in which three members of the Duke University men's lacrosse team were falsely accused of rape. [1] [2] [3] The three students were David Evans, Collin Finnerty, and Reade Seligmann.
Duke lacrosse players wore No. 45 on their warmup jerseys in support of teammate Reade Seligmann before a March 2, 2007, game at College Park, Maryland. (Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images) (G Fiume ...
On March 31, the New York Times described the lacrosse team as "a clubby, hard-partying outfit with roots in the elite prep schools of Northeast," who have "a sense of entitlement" and "surely ...
As previously reported by PEOPLE in 2006, Mangum, then a 28-year-old student at North Carolina Central University, told police she was attacked by the three men — who were aged 20, 19 and 23 at ...
The case attracted widespread media attention almost from the moment it became public. The apparent circumstances—three white males (David Evans, Reade Seligmann, and Collin Finnerty) from privileged backgrounds at an elite university apparently taking advantage of a student and single mother (Crystal Gail Mangum) from a crosstown black college (), trying to make ends meet by working as a ...
Duke lacrosse player David Evans, 23-years-old, proclaims his innocence as he addresses the media outside the Durham County Detention Center after being indicted on sexual assault charges on May ...
The Price of Silence is a new account of the 2006 Duke lacrosse case scandal that details the pressures faced by America's elite colleges and universities and addresses the issues of sexual misconduct, underage drinking, and bad-boy behavior. The 2006 Duke lacrosse case was front-page news nationwide. Cohan feels that the true story of the ...