1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:01,560 Speaker 1: The Michael Berry Show. 2 00:00:01,880 --> 00:00:05,560 Speaker 2: Welcome to our Saturday podcast. The numbers show that most 3 00:00:05,559 --> 00:00:10,200 Speaker 2: of you actually listen on Saturday and the story, the 4 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:13,840 Speaker 2: backstory behind the Saturday Podcast was that we kind of 5 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:17,520 Speaker 2: became a part of your life because Monday through Friday 6 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:19,479 Speaker 2: you were listening to our morning show, our evening show, 7 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:22,280 Speaker 2: or both. 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We talked a lot about 17 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:57,880 Speaker 2: the Duke lacrosse scandal when it happened those young men 18 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:02,080 Speaker 2: were guilty of the crime of being white young men 19 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:08,520 Speaker 2: at a prestigious university and being footballs to be used 20 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:13,280 Speaker 2: in the political game of politics by Mike Knifong, the 21 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:16,280 Speaker 2: district attorney who wanted to fire up the black vote 22 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:22,600 Speaker 2: by praying on racism. Racism by blacks against whites. Yeah, 23 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:27,040 Speaker 2: it happens. Three members of the university lacrosse team at 24 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:31,760 Speaker 2: Duke were falsely accused of sexually assaulting We'll call her 25 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:32,720 Speaker 2: an exotic dancer. 26 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:33,880 Speaker 3: There are other names for him. 27 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:38,040 Speaker 2: Her name was Crystal Mangham at an off campus party 28 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:43,000 Speaker 2: in Durham, North Carolina. Those three players' names you probably remember. 29 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 2: At least one of them read Seligman, Colin Finnerty, and 30 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 2: David Evans. They were charged with sexual assault and kidnapping 31 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:58,120 Speaker 2: by the aforementioned Durham District Attorney, Mike Knifong, and he 32 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 2: knew they hadn't done it. He knew this woman was 33 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 2: a liar. She would go on to go to prison. 34 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 2: I think she killed her baby daddy. Later she burned 35 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:11,920 Speaker 2: up the clothes of one of them. When the cops 36 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:14,480 Speaker 2: came and they're taking his statement in the living room 37 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 2: of the apartment. She goes in the bathroom, throws his 38 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 2: clothes in the tub, sets. 39 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:18,680 Speaker 1: It on fire. 40 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:19,320 Speaker 2: She was nuts. 41 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:20,240 Speaker 1: The woman was nuts. 42 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:24,640 Speaker 2: She had assaulted a taxi driver and stolen his vehicle. 43 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:27,680 Speaker 2: But it worked with the narrative. You know, these white 44 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:30,200 Speaker 2: guys are just all out there raping black girls. I 45 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:34,400 Speaker 2: don't think that's happening very often. I really don't. I've 46 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:38,360 Speaker 2: seen the Department of Justice details. But years later we 47 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:43,080 Speaker 2: now know so much more about this story. The credit 48 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:47,360 Speaker 2: is we found this on YouTube. The site is called 49 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:50,359 Speaker 2: Forgotten History, And if you don't know, there's a lot 50 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 2: of good stuff on YouTube that's free for you to watch, 51 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:55,280 Speaker 2: and a lot of it is some guy that has 52 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:57,840 Speaker 2: a day job as a school teacher or an engineer, 53 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 2: or a retiree or a cop, and they just start 54 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:04,200 Speaker 2: their own page and they start making little documentaries or 55 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:07,200 Speaker 2: providing commentary, and you can do what's called a subscription, 56 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 2: which is free, and you subscribe to their page and 57 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:12,440 Speaker 2: whenever they put something new up, it'll show up in 58 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:16,520 Speaker 2: your subscription. So it's like the old TVO for your TV. 59 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:19,519 Speaker 2: And you'll be surprised how many people's content you will 60 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 2: enjoy on things that you didn't even know that somebody 61 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 2: was geeking out on, and especially as you get really 62 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:30,000 Speaker 2: into narrow stuff that you might be into like nineteen 63 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 2: eleven's or sixty five Lincoln Continentals or true crime or 64 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:38,280 Speaker 2: travel to Europe or whatever else. It's all out there. 65 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 2: But this site is called Forgotten History. You can go 66 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:43,400 Speaker 2: to YouTube and find it Forgotten History. And this was 67 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:45,240 Speaker 2: their documentary and I think they did a pretty good 68 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 2: job with it. 69 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 4: On March thirteenth, two thousand and six, the Duke University 70 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:51,840 Speaker 4: lacrosse team held a party at six' Ten North Buchanan, 71 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 4: boulevard and during the, party the two, Women Crystal, mangum 72 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:58,480 Speaker 4: who was, black and Kim Merra roberts also known as 73 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:02,000 Speaker 4: Kim Merra, pittman a half black Have asian, woman arrived, 74 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 4: separately As roberts drove herself arriving, first With mangum later 75 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 4: dropped off by her then. Boyfriend mangam had already consumed 76 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:14,360 Speaker 4: alcohol and flexiril after a verbal altercation with one. Student 77 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 4: the women went to the bathroom and Player's Seligman infinity 78 00:04:17,520 --> 00:04:20,680 Speaker 4: had already. Left when the women left the, Bathroom mangum 79 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:23,880 Speaker 4: began roaming around the, yard half dressed and. Shouting this 80 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:26,640 Speaker 4: was the point at Which mangum later claimed that she 81 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:29,839 Speaker 4: was dragged into the bathroom and, raped, beaten and choked 82 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:32,080 Speaker 4: for half an, hour but the party broke up and 83 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 4: people were asked to. Leave roberts And mangum argued with 84 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:38,360 Speaker 4: each other as they drove to a Nearby kroger's supermarket 85 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:41,560 Speaker 4: And roberts went inside and told a female security guard 86 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:44,320 Speaker 4: that a woman was refusing to leave her. Car the 87 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 4: female guard Asked mangam to leave the, car but she. 88 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:50,440 Speaker 4: Refused at one twenty two, am the guard called nine 89 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:51,159 Speaker 4: to one one. 90 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:51,680 Speaker 3: To report the. 91 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:55,960 Speaker 4: Situation then police, arrived Removed mangam from the car and questioned. 92 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:59,680 Speaker 4: Her the guard said she had not smelled alcohol on 93 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:02,480 Speaker 4: Mangu gham's, breath but thought that she might have been 94 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:03,600 Speaker 4: under the influence of other. 95 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:05,800 Speaker 3: Drugs this was where the police. 96 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:08,960 Speaker 4: Were given the first statements by Both roberts And. Mangam 97 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:12,520 Speaker 4: mangam had no identification and was very. Uncooperative she was 98 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 4: having difficulty, walking seeming, impaired and she was taken To 99 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:19,840 Speaker 4: Durham Center, access a mental health and substance abuse, facility 100 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 4: for involuntary. Commitment this was where she claimed that she 101 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:27,159 Speaker 4: had been raped at the. House, meanwhile police arrived at the, 102 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:29,640 Speaker 4: house which was closed and locked as the party was 103 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:32,559 Speaker 4: over and no one answered the, door so they. Left 104 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:36,039 Speaker 4: mangum was then transferred To Duke University Medical center for. 105 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:40,080 Speaker 4: Examination of her, skin arms and. Legs the exam revealed no, 106 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:44,000 Speaker 4: swelling no, abnormalities and three small cuts on her right 107 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:47,480 Speaker 4: knee and right. Heel when, asked she denied having been 108 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:51,360 Speaker 4: struck by. Anyone the exam did show swelling of her, 109 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 4: vagina And mangham said that she had used a vibrator 110 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:57,359 Speaker 4: in a show for a couple in a hotel room 111 00:05:57,480 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 4: before the lacrosse team. Party no other injuries were in 112 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 4: the medical. Report the next, day On march, fourteenth The 113 00:06:05,279 --> 00:06:09,159 Speaker 4: Durham Police department began their investigation by Interviewing mangum and 114 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:12,400 Speaker 4: searching six Ten North buchanan person into a. Warrant the 115 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 4: three team captains who lived at the, house Including, evans 116 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:20,200 Speaker 4: voluntarily gave statements AND dna, samples and they offered to take, 117 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:23,880 Speaker 4: polygraphs but the police refused their offer for some. Reason 118 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:27,400 Speaker 4: what the police later claimed was major evidence was an 119 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:30,640 Speaker 4: email sent two hours after the party was over by 120 00:06:30,760 --> 00:06:34,520 Speaker 4: team Player ryan McFadden two other players saying that he 121 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:37,560 Speaker 4: planned to have some strippers over kill them and cut 122 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:40,640 Speaker 4: off their. Skin the email was considered a joke by all, 123 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:44,400 Speaker 4: parties if in bad. Taste it was seen in the 124 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:47,279 Speaker 4: many responses and believed to be a parody of the 125 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:50,320 Speaker 4: Book American, psycho which had been studied in. Class the 126 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:53,839 Speaker 4: police released the McFadden email to the, public but refused 127 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:57,680 Speaker 4: to release the following email exchanges to give full, context 128 00:06:57,760 --> 00:07:00,640 Speaker 4: which proved it was a. Joke this gave the public 129 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 4: the impression that the email was intended. 130 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:04,400 Speaker 3: As a serious. 131 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:08,560 Speaker 4: Threat, afterward McFadden received over one thousand death threats in one. 132 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:11,600 Speaker 4: Week the selective release of the email led many people 133 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:15,280 Speaker 4: to assume the players were, guilty thereby tainting potential jurors 134 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 4: and influencing The duke. Faculty in, fact McFadden was never 135 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:22,920 Speaker 4: charged with any, crime but he was temporarily suspended with 136 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:26,680 Speaker 4: the university citing safety, concerns but he was invited back 137 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:31,080 Speaker 4: To duke later that. Summer THE dpd made their investigation 138 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:34,680 Speaker 4: public On march, fifteenth When Sergeant Mark, gottlieb the police, 139 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:38,400 Speaker 4: supervisor posted on a digital community bulletin, board that they 140 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:40,880 Speaker 4: were investigating the rape of a young woman by three 141 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:45,160 Speaker 4: males at Sixteen North buchanan On march, thirteenth and asked 142 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 4: anyone in the area who saw or heard anything unusual 143 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:54,760 Speaker 4: to contact Investigator Benjamin. Hyman mangham had difficulty choosing her 144 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:57,920 Speaker 4: attackers at, first as all the photos were only of 145 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:01,920 Speaker 4: the forty six lacrosse team, members vhilating police policy of 146 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:05,040 Speaker 4: including photos of people who were not. Suspects THE Us 147 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:09,200 Speaker 4: department Of justice guidelines suggest including at least five non 148 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:13,240 Speaker 4: suspect filler photos for each suspect to be, included as 149 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:16,800 Speaker 4: did The Durham Police department's Own General order for zero 150 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 4: seven to, seven which was adopted In february of two 151 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:25,000 Speaker 4: thousand and. Six, Initially mangum Identified seligman being at the, 152 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:27,800 Speaker 4: party but not as one of her, attackers and she 153 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:31,520 Speaker 4: never Identified evans at, all despite seeing his photo. Twice, 154 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:36,120 Speaker 4: later changing her, Mind mangam identified photos Of, Seligman, Evans 155 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:40,480 Speaker 4: andfinity as her. Attackers she also identified at least one 156 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:43,679 Speaker 4: other photo as being a player who was present at the. 157 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:47,440 Speaker 4: Party further investigations showed that student had not been there at. 158 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:51,160 Speaker 4: All within a few hours of receiving the briefing From 159 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:54,960 Speaker 4: gottlieb And. Hymann On march twenty, Seventh Durham County District 160 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:59,160 Speaker 4: Attorney Mike, nifong A democrat running for public, office made 161 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:01,880 Speaker 4: his first public statement on the, case it was an 162 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:04,760 Speaker 4: electioneer and he needed the black vote to stay in 163 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:07,560 Speaker 4: office or lose his, job so he played the race. 164 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:10,760 Speaker 4: Card over the following, Week nifong gave up to seventy 165 00:09:10,760 --> 00:09:12,120 Speaker 4: interviews and more than. 166 00:09:12,040 --> 00:09:14,559 Speaker 3: Forty hours to. Reporters after, that. 167 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:18,679 Speaker 4: He continued to make, statements albeit less. Frequently nifong claimed 168 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:23,079 Speaker 4: the team members failed or refused to provide information to law. 169 00:09:23,160 --> 00:09:27,760 Speaker 4: Enforcement nifong claimed the students were uncooperative and invoked Their 170 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:31,079 Speaker 4: Fifth amendment, rights but none of that. Happened while, Campaigning 171 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:34,920 Speaker 4: nifong offered his own opinions that it was a racially motivated, 172 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:39,000 Speaker 4: rape stating that one or more lacrosse players were. Guilty 173 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:42,240 Speaker 4: On april, tenth two thousand and, Six nifong was informed 174 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:44,840 Speaker 4: by the State Crime lab THAT dna testing did not 175 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:47,920 Speaker 4: detect any of the forty six team members to the. 176 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:51,240 Speaker 4: Crime at the, time Under North carolina, law the Crime 177 00:09:51,320 --> 00:09:53,839 Speaker 4: lab did not have to release the results of two 178 00:09:53,880 --> 00:09:57,800 Speaker 4: defense attorneys only to THE. Da that was the fiduciary 179 00:09:57,880 --> 00:10:01,280 Speaker 4: responsibility of THE da under THE US Us constitution and 180 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:05,200 Speaker 4: state law to present that evidence to the. Defense that 181 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:07,840 Speaker 4: law has since been changed as a result of this. 182 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:12,880 Speaker 4: Case nifong was grasping its. Straws he then had the 183 00:10:12,920 --> 00:10:16,839 Speaker 4: samples sent to a private, LABORATORY Dna Security incorporated In, 184 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:20,080 Speaker 4: Burlington North, carolina for another test where he had a. 185 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:24,200 Speaker 4: FRIEND dna from multiple identified males had been, found but 186 00:10:24,280 --> 00:10:28,800 Speaker 4: none matched any of the lacrosse. Players nifong received that, 187 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:33,079 Speaker 4: report but as THE DSi, Director Brian meehan later, Testified 188 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:38,800 Speaker 4: nifon asked him to deliberately withhold the exculpatory, information exonerating 189 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 4: the players from the lab's. Report So mehn submitted a false, 190 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:43,920 Speaker 4: report which is a. 191 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:44,480 Speaker 3: Crime. 192 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:48,640 Speaker 4: Despite THE dna proving none of the players were. Guilty 193 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:52,920 Speaker 4: On april, Eighteenth seligman And finerity were arrested and indicted 194 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:56,000 Speaker 4: on charge of the first degree forcible, rate first degree sexual, 195 00:10:56,040 --> 00:10:59,480 Speaker 4: offense and. Kidnapping search warrants were executed on their dorm 196 00:10:59,559 --> 00:11:03,400 Speaker 4: rooms as well. Well But seligman had a solid alibi 197 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:06,600 Speaker 4: in the form OF atm records during a withdrawal captured 198 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:09,560 Speaker 4: by photographs at the, machine his cell phone, records and 199 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:12,320 Speaker 4: an affidavit from a taxi driver who drove him. 200 00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:16,960 Speaker 2: There outside makeup called him through the, season he Said justice. 201 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:21,840 Speaker 4: Three nifong dismissed that evidence and gave more public. Announcements 202 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:25,199 Speaker 4: On may, first two thousand and, six The New Black 203 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:29,160 Speaker 4: panthers held a protest Outside Duke. University many were wearing 204 00:11:29,240 --> 00:11:32,640 Speaker 4: knives on their belts before entering the. CAMPUS a leader 205 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:36,199 Speaker 4: of the protest, said we are conducting an independent investigation 206 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:39,200 Speaker 4: and we intend to enter the campus at interview lacrosse. 207 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:42,360 Speaker 4: Players we seek to ensure an, adequate strong and vigorous. 208 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:47,200 Speaker 4: Prosecution nifong had created a storm as the case drew 209 00:11:47,280 --> 00:11:50,760 Speaker 4: national attention and highlighted racial tensions within The durham, area 210 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:53,400 Speaker 4: which he tried to use to his. Advantage in two 211 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:57,199 Speaker 4: thousand and, Six Jesse jackson promised that The Rainbow push 212 00:11:57,280 --> 00:12:00,280 Speaker 4: coalition would pay the college tuition From, mangum and that 213 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:02,920 Speaker 4: the tuition offer would still be good even if she 214 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:04,120 Speaker 4: had fabricated the entire. 215 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:05,960 Speaker 3: Story it was reported. 216 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:08,839 Speaker 4: That nifong had told his campaign manager that the case 217 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:12,320 Speaker 4: had provided him with millions of dollars in free. Advertising 218 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:16,280 Speaker 4: nifong's efforts to push the case in the black community 219 00:12:16,280 --> 00:12:19,120 Speaker 4: saw him win the primary election On may, sixth two 220 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:21,800 Speaker 4: thousand and, six on the basis of strong support from 221 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:24,720 Speaker 4: the black community by a slim margin of eight hundred 222 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:28,280 Speaker 4: and eighty three. Votes As nifong continued pushing the bogus 223 00:12:28,320 --> 00:12:31,240 Speaker 4: case in, public he won the general election In november 224 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:34,040 Speaker 4: two thousand and, six although by a lower margin than 225 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:38,880 Speaker 4: usual For democrat candidates In Durham. County On may, fifteenth 226 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:42,120 Speaker 4: two thousand and, six After mangham again changed her, Mind 227 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:45,200 Speaker 4: duke Graduate evans was also indicted on charge of the 228 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:49,080 Speaker 4: first degree for smore, rape sexual, offense and. Kidnapping just 229 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:53,200 Speaker 4: before turning himself in at The Durham County Detention, center 230 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:56,480 Speaker 4: he publicly declared his innocence and his expectation of being 231 00:12:56,520 --> 00:13:00,960 Speaker 4: cleared of the charges within. Weeks the problems with the 232 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:04,680 Speaker 4: case were, apparent But nifong buried those. Issues, roberts in 233 00:13:04,760 --> 00:13:07,600 Speaker 4: her initial, statement has said she was With mangam the 234 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:10,800 Speaker 4: entire evening except for a period of less than five, 235 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:13,880 Speaker 4: minutes and called the rape claims a crock that there 236 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:18,480 Speaker 4: was no, rape But nifong never informed the. Defense still 237 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:21,400 Speaker 4: confident he could make a, Case nifong ordered the remaining 238 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:24,480 Speaker 4: forty six of the forty seven lacrosse team members to 239 00:13:24,520 --> 00:13:27,520 Speaker 4: PROVIDE dna. Samples those who had not already done so 240 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:30,120 Speaker 4: although some of those players were not even at the. 241 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:33,160 Speaker 4: Party the sole black member of the team was exempt 242 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:36,440 Speaker 4: Because mangam claimed that all of her rapists were. White 243 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:39,640 Speaker 4: But nifong's case was in even more serious, trouble with 244 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:44,000 Speaker 4: questions arising About mangam's, credibility such as her conflicting stories 245 00:13:44,040 --> 00:13:47,079 Speaker 4: And roberts's, statement and that if given to the, defense 246 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:50,080 Speaker 4: it would destroy his. Case none of this information was 247 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:54,320 Speaker 4: given to the, defense which is. Illegal durham police had 248 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:57,400 Speaker 4: again Told niphong That mangham kept changing her story during 249 00:13:57,400 --> 00:14:00,520 Speaker 4: her interviews and she was not, credible reporting that she 250 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:03,280 Speaker 4: initially told them that she was raped by twenty white, 251 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:07,720 Speaker 4: men later reducing the number to. Three another police report 252 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:11,199 Speaker 4: states That mangham initially claimed that she was groped rather than, 253 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:13,800 Speaker 4: raped but changed her story before going to the. Hospital 254 00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:16,760 Speaker 4: On december, fifteenth two thousand and, six all three defense 255 00:14:16,800 --> 00:14:20,240 Speaker 4: attorneys made a motion arguing that THE dna analysis report 256 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:24,440 Speaker 4: FROM DSi provided to them By nifong's office was incomplete 257 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:28,640 Speaker 4: because it omitted any information regarding ANY dna samples matching 258 00:14:28,640 --> 00:14:33,400 Speaker 4: the lacrosse. Team the defense lawyers requested to independently test the. 259 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:36,680 Speaker 4: Evidence they also inquired as to whether or Not nifong 260 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:39,200 Speaker 4: had received a report from The state Crime, lab which 261 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:42,120 Speaker 4: he never. Provided nifong was ordered to release the state, 262 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:46,120 Speaker 4: report which was. Redacted the judge agreed with the defense 263 00:14:46,160 --> 00:14:50,000 Speaker 4: and the INDEPENDENT dna results relater to reveal That mangham 264 00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:53,240 Speaker 4: had sex with several men who were not a duke lacrosse. 265 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:57,480 Speaker 4: Player Attorney Joseph chesher said the test results from THE 266 00:14:57,680 --> 00:15:00,680 Speaker 4: si lab INDICATED dna from A si a single mail 267 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:03,680 Speaker 4: source came from a vaginal swab along with. Others the 268 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:08,360 Speaker 4: media reported THIS dna was from her. Boyfriend the judge 269 00:15:08,440 --> 00:15:10,840 Speaker 4: also ordered the interviews to be given to the. Defense 270 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:13,440 Speaker 4: in the new version from The december twenty, first two 271 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:16,680 Speaker 4: thousand and six, Interview mangham claimed she was attacked from 272 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:21,000 Speaker 4: eleven thirty five pm to, midnight much earlier than her previous. 273 00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:26,040 Speaker 4: Accusations seligman's attorney also zeroed in on That december twenty first, 274 00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:29,640 Speaker 4: interview Proving mangham. Lied the families of the three men 275 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:33,240 Speaker 4: were wealthy enough to hire their own private investigators collaborating 276 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:35,880 Speaker 4: with the. Attorneys had this not been the, case the 277 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:39,240 Speaker 4: three men would have probably been. Convicted it was proven 278 00:15:39,320 --> 00:15:41,920 Speaker 4: That seligman was on the phone with his girlfriend during 279 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:45,240 Speaker 4: the height of the alleged. Attack, Additionally mangum received an 280 00:15:45,280 --> 00:15:49,120 Speaker 4: incoming call at eleven thirty SIX pm that lasted for three, 281 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:52,800 Speaker 4: minutes which would have been during the supposed, rape Which 282 00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:57,240 Speaker 4: roberts and phone records confirmed did not. Happen it was 283 00:15:57,360 --> 00:15:59,520 Speaker 4: proven that the two women stayed at the party for 284 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:00,320 Speaker 4: an hour or. 285 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:01,480 Speaker 3: After the supposed. 286 00:16:01,600 --> 00:16:04,960 Speaker 4: Attack Kim roberts left With mangum at twelve fifty three, 287 00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:08,040 Speaker 4: am but in Her april, Statement mangum said they left 288 00:16:08,080 --> 00:16:10,960 Speaker 4: immediately after the, attack which was proven to be. Alive 289 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 4: mangum changed the name of her, attackers claiming they had 290 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:19,400 Speaker 4: used multiple. Pseudonyms she also changed her description Of. Evans 291 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:22,840 Speaker 4: she previously said that she was attacked by a man 292 00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:25,880 Speaker 4: who looked Like evans with the addition of a. Mustache, 293 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:29,440 Speaker 4: later in a second, interview she said that the assailant 294 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:32,280 Speaker 4: had a five o'clock shadow and That seligman was. There, 295 00:16:32,520 --> 00:16:36,360 Speaker 4: Gottlieb hymen And knifong knew that she was. Lying they 296 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:40,640 Speaker 4: knew the. Truth and yet another, Account mangum claimed she 297 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:44,240 Speaker 4: was suspended in mid air and was having sex being 298 00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:47,040 Speaker 4: assaulted by all three of them in the. Bathroom even 299 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:50,360 Speaker 4: the State Attorney, General Roy cooper said this event seemed 300 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:53,720 Speaker 4: very implausible because of the small size of the. Bathroom 301 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:57,720 Speaker 4: according to a sixty minutes, Investigation mangam gave at least 302 00:16:57,840 --> 00:17:01,160 Speaker 4: a dozen different stories the. News In The, observer, Paper 303 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:05,479 Speaker 4: North carolina's second largest, newspaper conducted its own. Investigation it 304 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:08,720 Speaker 4: was determined That mangnum gave at least five different versions 305 00:17:08,760 --> 00:17:12,080 Speaker 4: of the incident to police and medical. Interviewers By august 306 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:16,480 Speaker 4: two thousand and. Six it also surfaced that in the march, 307 00:17:16,560 --> 00:17:19,760 Speaker 4: Lineup mangum did not Choose avams at. All during these two, 308 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:23,879 Speaker 4: sessions she identified Only Brad ross with one hundred percent 309 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:26,760 Speaker 4: certainty as being at the, party But ross proved he 310 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:29,080 Speaker 4: was not even, there but with his Girlfriend At North 311 00:17:29,119 --> 00:17:33,639 Speaker 4: Carolina State, university the COMPLETE dna findings came in and 312 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:38,240 Speaker 4: finally revealed during defense Attorney Brad bannon's, testimony armed with 313 00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:42,960 Speaker 4: a complete dnaer report. Unredacted according to conservative, estimates the 314 00:17:43,040 --> 00:17:47,199 Speaker 4: lab had discovered at least two unidentified MALE'S dna In 315 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:51,280 Speaker 4: mangum's pubic region at least two more unidentified MALE dna 316 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:55,240 Speaker 4: in her rectum at least four to five unidentified MALE'S 317 00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:59,320 Speaker 4: dna on her underpants and at least one more identified 318 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:04,280 Speaker 4: male's den in her. Vagina none belonged to any of 319 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:07,879 Speaker 4: the accused men and had been deliberately withheld from the 320 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:10,960 Speaker 4: court and the defense By. Nifong it became clear That 321 00:18:11,040 --> 00:18:13,359 Speaker 4: Mike nifhong did not submit any of the interviews or 322 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:17,080 Speaker 4: FULL dna reports and withheld all the conflicting statements given By. 323 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:20,200 Speaker 4: Mangum this became even more, clear and he was accused 324 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:23,679 Speaker 4: by the defense attorneys of prosecutorial. Misconduct faced with the 325 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:26,080 Speaker 4: revelation of what would happen if a new test were, 326 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:29,560 Speaker 4: conducted and given his illegal, activities On december twenty, second 327 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:32,879 Speaker 4: two thousand and, Six nifong dropped the rape charged against 328 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:37,639 Speaker 4: all three. Men his excuse was That mangum told investigators 329 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:40,919 Speaker 4: different versions of, events and he said she was no 330 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:44,760 Speaker 4: longer sure about some aspects of her original. Story nifong 331 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:47,000 Speaker 4: was saying he was dropping the case because his chief 332 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:51,520 Speaker 4: witness had no. Credibility On december twenty, eighth two thousand and, 333 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:55,600 Speaker 4: six The North Carolina bar filed ethics charges Against niphong 334 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:58,560 Speaker 4: over his conduct in the, case accusing him of making 335 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:02,159 Speaker 4: public statements that were judicial to the administration of justice 336 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:05,840 Speaker 4: and heightened public condemnation of the, accused and of engaging 337 00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:10,439 Speaker 4: in conduct involving, dishonesty fraud to, see or. Misrepresentation the 338 00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:14,439 Speaker 4: seventeen page document also Accused niphong of violating four rules 339 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:18,080 Speaker 4: of professional, conduct listing more than one hundred examples of 340 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:21,040 Speaker 4: statements he made to the, media as well As brady 341 00:19:21,119 --> 00:19:26,639 Speaker 4: violations for withholding exculpatory. Evidence On january, twelfth two thousand and, 342 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:29,720 Speaker 4: Seven knifong sent a letter To North Carolina Attorney General 343 00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:32,679 Speaker 4: Roy cooper asking to be taken off the. Case the following, 344 00:19:32,760 --> 00:19:35,360 Speaker 4: Day january, Thirteenth cooper announced that. 345 00:19:35,359 --> 00:19:37,199 Speaker 3: His office would take over the. 346 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:41,240 Speaker 4: Case On january twenty, fourth two thousand and, seven The 347 00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:44,919 Speaker 4: North carolina bar filed a second round of ethics charged 348 00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:48,760 Speaker 4: Against knifong for a systematic abuse of proscratorial discretion that 349 00:19:48,920 --> 00:19:52,360 Speaker 4: was prejudicial to the administration of justice by his WITHHELD 350 00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:57,439 Speaker 4: dna evidence to misleave the. Court, Initially Roy, cooper The 351 00:19:57,480 --> 00:20:01,320 Speaker 4: North Carolina Attorney, general first disputed their, report but given 352 00:20:01,359 --> 00:20:04,719 Speaker 4: the evidence collected by the defense team's private investigators and 353 00:20:04,760 --> 00:20:08,080 Speaker 4: the material ordered released by the. Judge On april, eleventh 354 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:11,760 Speaker 4: two thousand and, Seven cooper declared the accused players innocent 355 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:15,240 Speaker 4: of all. Charges cooper had known all along what was going, 356 00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:18,000 Speaker 4: on and he was part of the corruption because As 357 00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:22,880 Speaker 4: Attorney general he oversaw the State Crime. Lab cooper then 358 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:26,600 Speaker 4: announced That mangham would not be, prosecuted stating that investigators 359 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:29,520 Speaker 4: and attorneys who had interviewed her, thoughts she may actually 360 00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:32,359 Speaker 4: believe the many different stories that she has been. Telling 361 00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:35,280 Speaker 4: it's in the best interest of justice not to bring. Charges, 362 00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:40,000 Speaker 4: well that was. Rubbish this decision was political Because, cooper 363 00:20:40,119 --> 00:20:42,800 Speaker 4: as A, democrat also had to run for reelection and 364 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:45,879 Speaker 4: he needed black. Votes cooper would eventually be elected. 365 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:46,280 Speaker 3: Governor. 366 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:50,320 Speaker 4: Later the following corruption of misconduct By, Nifong, Hymen gottlieb 367 00:20:50,359 --> 00:20:53,480 Speaker 4: and others was, revealed and it was shocking police used 368 00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:57,399 Speaker 4: intimidation tactics on witnesses because Of may. Eleventh Mosealdn El, 369 00:20:57,480 --> 00:21:00,760 Speaker 4: mustapha the immigrant taxi driver who SIGNED us one statement 370 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:04,239 Speaker 4: About selligman's being with him that, night which provided the 371 00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:09,240 Speaker 4: solid alibi and corroborated by THE atm machine, photos taxi dispatch, 372 00:21:09,320 --> 00:21:13,399 Speaker 4: record and bank. Transaction, however he was still arrested on 373 00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:17,200 Speaker 4: a two and a half year old misdemeanor shoplifting. Charge 374 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:20,560 Speaker 4: the arresting officers asked him if he had anything new 375 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:23,280 Speaker 4: to say about The lacrosse. Case when he refused to 376 00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:26,359 Speaker 4: alter his, testimony he was taken into custody and arrest 377 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:29,720 Speaker 4: and conviction would have destroyed his chance for citizenship and 378 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:34,720 Speaker 4: he could have been. Deported Al mustathel was subsequently tried 379 00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:38,080 Speaker 4: on the shoplifting charge and acquitted after a grainy security 380 00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:41,480 Speaker 4: tape proved that his security, guard who was the prosecution's chief, 381 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:45,359 Speaker 4: witness had misremembered events and it was chalked up to simple. 382 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:51,040 Speaker 4: Misidentification police also Arrested mangham's former Husband kenneth, McNeil her 383 00:21:51,080 --> 00:21:54,440 Speaker 4: Boyfriend Matthew, murchison and another friend to try to coerce 384 00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:57,159 Speaker 4: them to assist with the. Case they all had criminal 385 00:21:57,280 --> 00:21:57,960 Speaker 4: cases with D. 386 00:21:58,080 --> 00:22:00,880 Speaker 3: A Michael. Knifon Sergeant montttlieb had a. 387 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:04,040 Speaker 4: History of Targeting duke's students in the past in a 388 00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:09,520 Speaker 4: clear abuse of. Authority charges Against gottlieb included warrantless, searches 389 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:13,159 Speaker 4: abuse of, power making, threats and perjury under. Oath in 390 00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:17,800 Speaker 4: several previous court, cases nifong's chief, investigator LYNNWOOD. E, wilson 391 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:20,399 Speaker 4: also had a troubled record with honesty and he was 392 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:23,600 Speaker 4: censured a few. Times On june twenty, fifth two thousand and, 393 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:27,280 Speaker 4: seven INTERIM Da Jim Harden junior Fired. 394 00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:30,560 Speaker 3: Wilson from his. Post but what was the fallout from this? 395 00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:34,040 Speaker 4: Case, Well Mike, presler the coach of the lacrosse, team 396 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:38,359 Speaker 4: received threatening, emails hate, calls and slanderoussigns placed on his, 397 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:43,200 Speaker 4: property and his property was frequently. Vandalized after the accusation 398 00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:47,159 Speaker 4: surfaced On nicol, fifth two thousand and, six he was 399 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:51,080 Speaker 4: forced to resign after the McFadden email became. Public here 400 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:53,840 Speaker 4: since Former duke lacrosse Coach Mike pressler was forced to 401 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:57,000 Speaker 4: resign admit an allegation some of his players raped an exotic. 402 00:22:57,080 --> 00:23:01,040 Speaker 4: Dancer through his, lawyer he stated that his resignation was 403 00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:03,840 Speaker 4: not an admission of wrongdoing on his. Part on the same, 404 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:08,119 Speaker 4: Day RICHARD. H, Broadhead president Of Duke, university suspended the 405 00:23:08,119 --> 00:23:12,399 Speaker 4: remainder of the lacrosse. Season Other duke faculty members were 406 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:16,000 Speaker 4: later criticized for their social disaster, letter as well as 407 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:19,639 Speaker 4: individuals commenting on the case and reactions which created a 408 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:23,600 Speaker 4: perception of. Prejudgment, also photographs of lacrosse team members had 409 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:27,080 Speaker 4: been posted Around durham and on The Duke university, campus presuming. 410 00:23:27,119 --> 00:23:32,480 Speaker 4: Guilt the liberal media nationwide also supported the prosecution theory 411 00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:36,440 Speaker 4: without any tangible. EVIDENCE tv presenter and Former ATLANTA Da 412 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:41,200 Speaker 4: Nancy grace publicly supported the prosecution, case further tainting a jury. 413 00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:44,840 Speaker 2: Pull it's going to be on a jury, now that's, 414 00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:48,040 Speaker 2: Right indicatmonds handed down arrests made on at least two young. 415 00:23:48,119 --> 00:23:52,159 Speaker 4: Men Fox news was the only national television news outlet 416 00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:55,919 Speaker 4: to Reveal mangham's photo following the dismissal of the, case 417 00:23:56,040 --> 00:24:01,080 Speaker 4: ALTHOUGH msnbc and Sixty minutes revealed her, name major broadcasters 418 00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:06,080 Speaker 4: did not Publish mangum's photo or name at any, point INCLUDING, ABC, PBS, 419 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:11,000 Speaker 4: cnn AND. Nbc, however during the almost year long, case 420 00:24:11,119 --> 00:24:14,960 Speaker 4: these same liberal media outlets always presented photos and video 421 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:18,000 Speaker 4: of the three accused, men always mentioning the. Charges but 422 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:21,320 Speaker 4: following the, acquittal all of that disappeared and there were no. 423 00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:24,360 Speaker 4: Apologies On june, sixteen two thousand and, seven The North 424 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:28,399 Speaker 4: Carolina State bar Ordered nifong disbarred after the bar's th 425 00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:33,080 Speaker 4: unanimously found him guilty of, fraud, dishonesty deceit or, misrepresentation 426 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:36,200 Speaker 4: of making false statements of material facts before a, judge 427 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:39,720 Speaker 4: of making false statements of material fact before bar, investigators 428 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:43,560 Speaker 4: and of lying about withholding EXCULPATORY dna. Evidence On june, 429 00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:47,560 Speaker 4: Eighteenth Durham Superior Court Judge Orlando hudson Ordered nifong be 430 00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:52,080 Speaker 4: immediately removed from. Office On october thirty, one two thousand and, 431 00:24:52,119 --> 00:24:54,800 Speaker 4: Seven nifong was held in criminal contempt of court for 432 00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:57,920 Speaker 4: knowingly making false statements to the court during the criminal. 433 00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:02,439 Speaker 4: Proceedings Durham Superior Court judge W Osmond smith The third 434 00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:05,800 Speaker 4: Sentenced nifong to only one day in. Jail but what 435 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:10,480 Speaker 4: happened to the accused? Students all three students brought a 436 00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:14,440 Speaker 4: civil lawsuit Against Duke, university which was settled with university 437 00:25:14,560 --> 00:25:18,359 Speaker 4: supposedly paying approximately twenty million dollars to each, man But 438 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:21,240 Speaker 4: seligman's attorney told The New York Daily news that the 439 00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:24,280 Speaker 4: settlement was nowhere near that much. Money the students also 440 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:28,119 Speaker 4: sought further unspecified damages and called for criminal justice reform, 441 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:31,359 Speaker 4: laws and a federal civil rights lawsuit filed against The 442 00:25:31,359 --> 00:25:34,760 Speaker 4: city Of durham and its police. Department In may two 443 00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:38,160 Speaker 4: thousand and, Eight Crystal mangum graduated From North Carolina Century 444 00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:41,960 Speaker 4: university with a degree in police, psychology and she authored a, 445 00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:46,159 Speaker 4: Book The Last dance For Grace Their Crystal Mangum. Story in, 446 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:49,040 Speaker 4: it she continued to contend that she had been raped 447 00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:51,280 Speaker 4: at the party and that the dropping of the case 448 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:52,119 Speaker 4: was politically. 449 00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:54,440 Speaker 3: Motivated mangum was. 450 00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:57,920 Speaker 4: Found guilty of second degree murder In november twenty thirteen 451 00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:01,200 Speaker 4: after she stabbed her Boyfriend Redjistion Old, day who died 452 00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:04,400 Speaker 4: ten days. Afterward she argued that she acted in self, 453 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:07,520 Speaker 4: defense fearing That day would kill. Her she was sentenced 454 00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:10,680 Speaker 4: to fourteen to eighteen years in. Prison during A december, 455 00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:14,760 Speaker 4: eleventh twenty twenty, four podcast, Interview Crystal mangum admitted that 456 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:16,960 Speaker 4: she made up a story that wasn't true about the 457 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:19,840 Speaker 4: white lacrosse players who attended a party where she was 458 00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:22,600 Speaker 4: hired to be a, stripper and wanted to apologize for 459 00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:26,439 Speaker 4: her actions publicly as for the. Students seligman enrolled At 460 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:28,639 Speaker 4: Brown university in the fall of two thousand and seven 461 00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:32,040 Speaker 4: and Helped brown reach the two thousand and NINE Ncaa lacrosse, 462 00:26:32,080 --> 00:26:35,040 Speaker 4: tournament as well as a number ten national. Ranking he 463 00:26:35,119 --> 00:26:38,600 Speaker 4: became an active fundraiser and supporter for The Innocence project 464 00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:41,960 Speaker 4: and graduated From brown in twenty ten and then graduated 465 00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:45,280 Speaker 4: From Immer University school Of law in twenty. Thirteen he 466 00:26:45,359 --> 00:26:48,399 Speaker 4: said that his experience during the case motivated him to 467 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:53,080 Speaker 4: attend law school and pursue a legal. Career finnerty graduated 468 00:26:53,119 --> 00:26:56,360 Speaker 4: From Loyola college In maryland In may twenty. Ten, evans 469 00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:59,479 Speaker 4: who had already graduated From duke before being, charged received 470 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:02,200 Speaker 4: AN nba from The Wharton school Of business at The 471 00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:06,120 Speaker 4: university Of pennsylvania In may twenty. Twelve duke's act athletic, 472 00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:10,840 Speaker 4: Director Joe, aliva who forced lacrosse Coach Mike presler's, resignation 473 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:13,879 Speaker 4: faced severe criticism for his handling of this. Case in 474 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:16,400 Speaker 4: two thousand and, Eight eleva announced he was Leaving duke 475 00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:20,120 Speaker 4: for the athletic director position At Louisiana State. University Coach 476 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:24,159 Speaker 4: Mike presler And duke reached an undisclosed financial settlement in twenty. 477 00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:26,920 Speaker 4: Ten On january, fifteen two thousand and, eight The city 478 00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:29,040 Speaker 4: Of durham filed a motion to be removed as a, 479 00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:32,879 Speaker 4: defendant arguing that the city had no responsibility For nifong's, 480 00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:34,240 Speaker 4: actions and the same. 481 00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:35,600 Speaker 3: Day nifong filed for. 482 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:39,080 Speaker 4: Bankruptcy On may twenty, seven two thousand and, Eight Judge WILLIAM. 483 00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:42,639 Speaker 4: L stocks lifted the state From nifong's bankruptcy filing and 484 00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:46,760 Speaker 4: ruled that the plaintiff's lawsuit could go. Forward duke offered 485 00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:49,200 Speaker 4: to cover the cost of any attorney's fees or other, 486 00:27:49,240 --> 00:27:53,400 Speaker 4: expenses but the students rejected this. Offer the city never 487 00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:56,959 Speaker 4: released an official response to the. Lawsuit the lawsuit Against 488 00:27:57,000 --> 00:28:00,280 Speaker 4: Duke university was settled out of court On may, sixteenth twenty. 489 00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:04,080 Speaker 4: Fourteen neither side would discuss the details of the. Settlement 490 00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:08,160 Speaker 4: In july twenty, Fourteen Sergeant Martin, gottlieb who had lost 491 00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:10,520 Speaker 4: his job as a police officer In durham due to 492 00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:13,600 Speaker 4: his participation in the cover, up took his own life 493 00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:17,080 Speaker 4: Into Calb, County, georgia where he had worked as a. Paramedic, 494 00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:20,639 Speaker 4: Finally Crystal mangab did the interview On december, fourteen twenty 495 00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:23,960 Speaker 4: twenty four at The North Carolina Correctional institution For, women 496 00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:27,400 Speaker 4: where she SAID i testified falsely against them by saying 497 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:29,320 Speaker 4: that they raped me when they didn't and that was, 498 00:28:29,359 --> 00:28:31,320 Speaker 4: wrong AND i betrayed the trust of a lot of 499 00:28:31,359 --> 00:28:33,879 Speaker 4: other people who believed in, me she said on the 500 00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:37,399 Speaker 4: web Show Let's talk With kat hosted By katarina de 501 00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:40,800 Speaker 4: Pasqual mangham, stated, ALSO i made up a story that 502 00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:44,040 Speaker 4: wasn't true BECAUSE i wanted validation from people and not From. 503 00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:46,120 Speaker 3: GOD i want them to know THAT. 504 00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:48,440 Speaker 4: I love them and they didn't deserve, that AND i 505 00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:51,640 Speaker 4: hope that they can forgive. 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