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https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/13/us/duke-lacrosse-accusations-crystal-mangum/index.html

Crystal Mangum, the former exotic dancer who accused three Duke mens lacrosse players of rape in 2006, igniting a national firestorm, now says she lied about the encounter.

I testified falsely against them by saying that they raped me when they didnt, and that was wrong. And I betrayed the trust of a lot of other people who believed in me, Mangum said on the web show Lets Talk with Kat, hosted by Katerena DePasquale.

The interview took place at the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women, where Mangum is serving time for a 2013 second-degree murder conviction for stabbing her boyfriend.

I made up a story that wasnt true because I wanted validation from people and not from God, Mangum said.

On the podcast, she said she hopes the three men will forgive her.

I want them to know that I love them, and they didnt deserve that, and I hope that they can forgive me, she said.

Mangums admission comes nearly two decades after she said she was raped by former players David Evans, Collin Finnerty and Reade Seligmann.

The younger brother of a girl I was friends with in High School was on that Duke team, and I remember talking to him about it about a year after. He wasn't at the party, but obviously knew the three guys that were accused and insisted that they did nothing wrong.