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Crystal Mangum, the former exotic dancer who accused three Duke men’s lacrosse players of rape in 2006, igniting a national firestorm, now says she lied about the encounter. “I testified ...
On March 13, 2006, Mangum worked as an exotic dancer and had been hired to perform at an off-campus Duke lacrosse team party. She told police that she was raped and beaten while trapped in a bathroom.
The Duke Lacrosse players accused of rape by Mangum in 2006 were Reade Seligmann, Collin Finnerty and David Evans, who were 20, 19 and 23 years old at the time, respectively.
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 ...
Michael Byron Nifong (born September 14, 1950) is a disbarred American prosecutor who formerly served as the Durham County District Attorney.He was removed from this position, disbarred, and jailed following court findings concerning his conduct in the Duke lacrosse case, primarily his conspiring with the DNA lab director to withhold exculpatory DNA evidence that could have acquitted the ...
The newly formed Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sanctioned lacrosse in 1954, and Duke captured the league's first title after posting a 7–1–1 season. Starting the following year, however, the Blue Devils entered a twelve-year slump where they compiled a combined 17–67 record with no winning seasons.
A woman who accused three Duke University lacrosse players of raping her in 2006 has revealed that she lied about the crime, confirming what investigators already determined over 10 years ago ...
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 ...