Crystal Mangum, the woman who falsely accused three Duke men’s lacrosse players of rape in 2006, admitted she lied about the allegations and asked for David Evans, Collin Finnerty and Reade Seligmann’s forgiveness.
Mangum made her confession in an interview published Wednesday on “Let’s Talk with Kat,” hosted by Katerena DePasquale, at the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women. Unrelated to the lacrosse case, Mangum is currently in prison after being convicted of second-degree murder of her then-boyfriend in 2013.
“I testified falsely against them by saying that they raped me when they didn't, and that was wrong, and I betrayed the trust of a lot of other people who believed in me,” Mangum said in the interview. “[I] made up a story that wasn't true because I wanted validation from people and not from God.”
Then-N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper did not prosecute Mangum for perjury after the case was dismissed, saying at the time that the investigators thought “she may have actually believed the many different stories that she has been telling.” The statute of limitations on perjury charges typically lasts two years in North Carolina law, meaning that Mangum can no longer be prosecuted for lying under oath.
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Mangum’s statement comes nearly two decades after she asserted that she was raped by the lacrosse players. Until now, she had never publicly stated that it was not true.
In her 2008 book “Last Dance for Grace: The Crystal Mangum Story,” Mangum wrote, “I will never say that nothing at all happened that night,” after which she provided graphic details of the alleged incident. However, she has told inconsistent accounts of the night throughout the past 18 years.
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When Mangum’s allegations came to light in March 2006, many members of the Duke community — and the nation — believed her. Brodhead led a widely criticized administrative response, in which the University did not push back on antagonism towards the defendants from the Duke community.
Evans, Finnerty and Seligmann sued Brodhead and the University after their case was dismissed in April 2007, which came to an undisclosed settlement. They alleged that Brodhead repeatedly made false statements and conspired to deprive them of their right to a fair trial.
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