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| Crystal Mangum (NY Post) |
Does the name Crystal Mangum ring a bell? You may remember that she had her 15 minutes of fame 5 years ago when she accused some members of the Duke University Lacrosse Team of raping her.
Well, Crystal is in a heap of trouble. She's in jail. No problem, she's been there, before. This time she's in the pokey for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend. He died of the wounds. A relative of the victim says that the two were arguing about rent money.
Mangum was charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, inflicting serious injury and was being held in the Durham County jail on a $300,000 bond.
In March 2006, Mangum claimed three white players on the Duke lacrosse team trapped her inside a bathroom where she was performing as a stripper at a team party, and raped and sexually assaulted her.
Her story about the incident was so inconsistent that state officials later declared the players not guilty, saying there was no credible evidence against them.
Former Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong was later disbarred for withholding DNA evidence from defense attorneys in the case.
The three lacrosse players and some of their former teammates are suing Nifong and a police investigator, claiming their rights were violated during the case.
In February 2010, police arrested Mangum after an altercation between her and a different boyfriend. In that incident, she was accused of assaulting the man in front of her children and setting some of his clothes on fire.
She was later convicted of child abuse, injury to personal property and resisting a public officer in the case, but prosecutors dismissed an arson charge after a jury couldn't reach a verdict.
Do you see the irony? There's a good chance that this woman may never need to be concerned about "rent money" ever again!
Well, Crystal is in a heap of trouble. She's in jail. No problem, she's been there, before. This time she's in the pokey for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend. He died of the wounds. A relative of the victim says that the two were arguing about rent money.
Mangum was charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, inflicting serious injury and was being held in the Durham County jail on a $300,000 bond.
In March 2006, Mangum claimed three white players on the Duke lacrosse team trapped her inside a bathroom where she was performing as a stripper at a team party, and raped and sexually assaulted her.
Her story about the incident was so inconsistent that state officials later declared the players not guilty, saying there was no credible evidence against them.
Former Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong was later disbarred for withholding DNA evidence from defense attorneys in the case.
The three lacrosse players and some of their former teammates are suing Nifong and a police investigator, claiming their rights were violated during the case.
In February 2010, police arrested Mangum after an altercation between her and a different boyfriend. In that incident, she was accused of assaulting the man in front of her children and setting some of his clothes on fire.
She was later convicted of child abuse, injury to personal property and resisting a public officer in the case, but prosecutors dismissed an arson charge after a jury couldn't reach a verdict.
Do you see the irony? There's a good chance that this woman may never need to be concerned about "rent money" ever again!
