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![Duke Lacrosse Accuser Finally Admits: "I Made Up a Story That Wasn't True" Crystal Mangum, the former stripper at the center of the 2006 Duke University lacrosse scandal, admitted Thursday to fabricating the story that three players raped her during a team party. Speaking from the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women, Mangum confessed in an interview with the independent media outlet “Let’s Talk With Kat.” “[I] made up a story that wasn’t true,” Mangum said. Mangum explained that she made up the allegation because she “wanted validation from people and not from God.” “They trusted me that I wouldn’t betray their trust, and I testified falsely against them by saying that they raped me when they didn’t, and that was wrong,” Magnum added. Mangum, now 46 and serving a prison sentence for the second-degree murder of her boyfriend in 2013, sought forgiveness from the players she accused—David Evans, Collin Finnerty, and Reade Seligmann. Referring to them as her “brothers” in a biblical sense, she said, “I want them to know that I love them, and they didn’t deserve that. I hope that they can forgive me.” Her admission marks the first time she has publicly acknowledged fabricating the rape allegations, nearly two decades after the case shocked the nation. The Duke lacrosse case gained national attention in 2006. Former Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong fueled the tension by asserting that the assault was “racially motivated,” despite a lack of evidence. DNA tests later exonerated the players, but Nifong’s misconduct, including withholding exculpatory evidence, led to his disbarment in 2007. The charges against the players were dismissed in April 2007, with then-North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper declaring the trio innocent. The fallout from the case extended beyond the courtroom. Former Duke President Richard Brodhead faced criticism for his handling of the situation, which included suspending the accused players and canceling the lacrosse season. Brodhead later apologized, admitting, “We did not get it right, causing the families to feel abandoned when they most needed support.” The players subsequently sued Brodhead and Duke University, settling for an undisclosed amount. Casey Johnson, a professor of history at Brooklyn College and co-author of a book on the case "Until Proven Innocent," criticized the news media's shameful handling of the case and the appalling behavior of the Duke faculty. "This case exposed unprecedented misconduct, not just by Nifong, but also by Duke faculty members," he said. "Some faculty members exploited the situation to advance ideological agendas, disregarding fairness, due process, or an impartial evaluation of evidence." "Their actions, alongside one-sided media coverage—most notably by The New York Times —created a narrative of guilt based on stereotypes and assumptions," he continued. "This relentless media bias cemented public opinion before the facts were fully understood." "The Times coverage, which included more than a hundred articles and opinion pieces, portrayed the players as guilty, reinforcing harmful assumptions about privilege, race, and class," he added. "For the players and their families, the ordeal was a harrowing experience. It highlighted how deeply flawed systems in law enforcement, media, and academia could combine to destroy reputations and lives." Professor Johnson summed up the sobering lesson of the Duke Lacrosse case, which has unfortunately been ignored by news media that have pushed countless race hoaxes and have incited riots. "We saw a kind of mob mentality that took hold of the activist wing of the Duke faculty, which culminated in an April 2006 statement signed by 88 Duke faculty members, called the Group of 88, in which before any charges even had been filed, these 88 faculty members took out a full-page ad in the Duke campus newspaper," he said. "They unequivocally asserted that something had happened to Crystal Mangum," he continued. "She was claiming rape. The lacrosse players said nothing happened. They said that they would continue their activism regardless of what the court decided or what the police said. And they thanked public protesters for not waiting and making themselves heard." "And the highest-profile public protest that had occurred at that point had been a march in front of the captain's house in which a protester had carried large signs urging the castration of the lacrosse captains." "So this was a complete abandonment of any pretense of objectivity, of any interest in the truth."](https://image.24vids.com/tw-1867549128378749164/amplify_video_thumb/1867548388041928704/img/RGq-vzIiBmCWQQnt.jpg)
