Apr 18, 2011

Accuser in Duke lacrosse scandal indicted for boyfriend's murder

04:49 PM

The woman who falsely accused three Duke lacrosse players of raping her five years ago was indicted today for first-degree murder in the stabbing death of her boyfriend, the News & Observer reports.

Crystal Mangum has been in jail since April 3, when police charged her with assaulting Reginald Daye, 46. He died Wednesday in the hospital.

In spring 2006 Mangum, who was working as a stripper for an escort service, alleged that the lacrosse players sexually assaulted her during a private party. Prosecutors eventually determined the allegations were false, and the case was dismissed.

Last year Mangum was convicted of setting a fire at home with her three children inside.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities ... s-murder/1