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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 ...
• March 13, 2006: Mangum is hired as a dancer for a private party held by members of the Duke men’s lacrosse team. It takes place at a house on North Buchanan Boulevard in Durham.
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.
Magnum initially told police in 2006 that she was raped while attending a team party hosted by Duke's men's lacrosse team on March 13 that year. The players hired and paid her and another exotic ...
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 ...
Publicity about the scandal spread quickly. National media highlighted the class and racial differences between Mangum and the players. At an African & African-American Studies forum on March 29 at Duke, organizers invited students "to voice their frustration with the current situation and, it became apparent, with the university as a whole". [ 4 ]
Former Duke lacrosse players Dave Evans, Collin Finnerty and Reade Seligmann smile during a press conference addressing the dismissal of charges stemming from the 2006 team party in Durham, N.C.
A 10-year retrospective of the Duke lacrosse case, in which a party thrown by members of the school's men's lacrosse team led to an accusation of rape—a claim that, though later proven to be false, ignited both a firestorm that damaged the school's prestige and an investigation that ruined careers.