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The case that sparked tensions/ Accused three students of rape, after 18 years admits to lying

2024-12-14 22:56:37Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
The case that sparked tensions/ Accused three students of rape, after 18 years
Crystal Mangum

The woman who in 2006 accused three Duke University lacrosse players of raping her - an event that made headlines and fueled racial and class tensions and debates over the privileges of college athletes - has publicly admitted for the first time that she lied about the incident.

Crystal Mangum, 46, a black woman, stated in an interview for the podcast "Let's Talk with Kat" that she had "made up a false story" about white players who had been present at a party where she was invited to work as a dancer for adults, adding that she had done this "because I was seeking approval from people and not from God."

"I gave false testimony against them, saying they raped me, even though they didn't, and I was wrong," she said in the interview, which aired on Monday. The interview was recorded last month at the North Carolina Correctional Service for Women, where Mangum is serving a sentence for the 2011 stabbing death of her partner.

The former players were acquitted in 2007 after her testimony could not be proven during the trial.

The state attorney general's office concluded that there was no solid evidence that the rape had occurred, and the investigation found no DNA evidence, witnesses, or evidence to corroborate Mangum's account.

The Durham prosecutor who took on Ms. Mangum's case was disbarred for lying and ethical violations. Prosecutors at the time declined to indict Ms. Mangum on the false charges.

Former lacrosse players reached a settlement with the university in 2007 after suing the university over its handling of rape allegations.

Inmate Mangum, who was found guilty of second-degree murder in 2013 and is expected to be released from prison in 2026, told the podcast author that she hopes the three wrongly accused people will forgive her.

"I want them to know that I love them and that they didn't deserve this," she said.

Podcast author Kat DePasquale said she wrote to inmate Mangum because she was curious about the case that had once received public attention, and that she responded to her letter, saying she wanted to talk.


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