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• 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.
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 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 ...
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 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.
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.
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 ...