Ex-stripper and convicted murderer behind Duke lacrosse rape hoax admits story was ‘made up’

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The ex-stripper-turned-convicted murderer behind the 2006 Duke lacrosse rape hoax admitted Thursday that she “made up” the allegations.

“I testified falsely against them by saying that they raped me when they didn’t,” Crystal Mangum said in an interview with independent media outlet Let’s Talk With Kat from the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women.

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