
As if the fallout from the 2006 racially charged case in which a black exotic dancer accused three white Duke Lacrosse players of raping her wasn't enough, according to WRAL news station in North Carolina, the accuser, Crystal Mangum, 33, was arrested at 2:30 a.m. last night, after she allegedly assaulted her boyfriend, set his clothes on fire in a bathtub and threatened to stab him.
For those who don't remember the case, here's footage of Ed Bradley's interview with the accused players:
Officers at the scene said Mangum gave them a fake name and age when they responded to a domestic violence call from one of the three children, 3, 9, and 10 years old, who lived in the house. Two officers reported that while they were in the house, Mangum threatened her boyfriend and then went into a bathroom and set his clothes on fire. Police called the fire department, the fire was put out, and no one was injured.
Mangum was booked on assault charges, arson and attempted murder.
In 2006, she claimed that three white members of the Duke lacrosse team trapped her inside a bathroom and sexually assaulted her during a lacrosse party where she had been invited to dance. The players were indicted on rape and other charges on the basis of her allegations but were eventually exonerated after North Carolina's attorney general dismissed the case.


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By: dawn on 2/18/2010 1:36PM
Clearly she's crazy, but it doesn't necessarily mean she wasn't raped. Rape is so hard to prove.
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By: Ray on 2/23/2010 1:12PM
Yeah, harder to prove rape when the semen of various men - none of those she accused - were found on her.
Funny how America's favorite media whores Sharpton and Jackson were as usual all over this when it first broke but not a peep out of them when she was proven to be liar. Then again Sharpton still hasn't admitted his meal ticket to fame Tawana Brawley was lying.
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By: bookman on 2/18/2010 1:53PM
oh boy. i remember the furor of the duke lacrosse scandal. those players really took a public lashing, as well as the university. their exoneration was very quiet in comparison to the early storm when the allegations surfaced. and now we find out that this woman is certifiably cookoo. glad she didn't have any hot grits nearby. now, the maury povich side of me wants to know what the heck HE did to infuriate her so. it's one thing to lose it, but to do all that when the cops are there? now that's when keeping it real goes wrong.
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By: blitz on 2/18/2010 2:02PM
i guess she learned that from the girl in the singing group with T-Boz. She looks a hot mess.
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By: winter on 2/18/2010 2:18PM
she makes it that much harder for black women who have seriously been raped
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By: shantae on 2/18/2010 2:23PM
if this is true she needs to go to the crazy hospital. damn if your 3 year old calls the cops on you. its bad
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By: andrea on 2/18/2010 2:32PM
this case has set us back--women and blacks--about a thousand years. her and lil wayne need to stay locked up for life so we can progress
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By: brett on 2/18/2010 6:04PM
Now I'm convinced the boys at Duke are innocent. Who would want to rape this PIG!!!
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By: Ray on 2/23/2010 1:35PM
Exactly - those boys weren't guilty of rape but they should be slapped upside the head for being stupid enough to even let this sow through the door. Obviously good judgment isn't a prerequisite for admission to Duke. When I first saw a photo of her - good gaaawwd - I wouldn't touch that with someone else's 10-foot pole. You'd have to be insane yourself to put any part of you inside any part of that if she were giving it away for free. **shudder** **queasy**
They certainly got a lesson in not wallowing with pigs.
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By: Plaintalk2010 on 2/18/2010 6:16PM
I examine this incident in my book Plain Talk Volume 1 on Racism and Stereotypes.
Check it out:
http://www.plaintalk2010.com
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