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Published: 2013-01-24 15:14:00
Updated: 2013-01-24 15:14:00

Lacrosse accuser's murder trial set for July


Crystal Mangum in court
Crystal Mangum in court
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The Durham woman who falsely accused three Duke University lacrosse players of rape in 2006 will go on trial in July in connection with another man's death.

Crystal Mangum, 34, is charged in the April 2011 death of Reginald Daye, 46, who was stabbed with a kitchen knife during an argument at his Durham apartment, police said. They had been dating for about a month at the time of his death.

Superior Court Judge Orlando Hudson set a July 8 trial date for the case and denied Mangum's request to reduce her $200,000 bond and place her under house arrest on electronic monitoring until the trial.

Mangum, who is representing herself in the case, claimed in March 2006 that three players on the Duke lacrosse team trapped her inside a bathroom at 610 N. Buchanan Blvd., where she was performing as a stripper at a team party, and raped and sexually assaulted her.

Her story about the incident was so inconsistent that Attorney General Roy Cooper later declared the players innocent, saying there was no credible evidence against them.

In February 2010, police arrested Mangum after an altercation between her and a different boyfriend. In that incident, she was accused of assaulting the man in front of her children and setting some of his clothes on fire.

She was later convicted of child abuse, injury to personal property and resisting a public officer in the case, but prosecutors dismissed an arson charge after a jury couldn't reach a verdict.


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"Its unfair to her as well since there was some criminal activity going on with the lacross players she has a name and it is not former lacrosse accuser!" - zile1porkey

And the winner of today's absurd comment is above. Please explain what criminal activity was going on with the lacrosse players? What an absurd accusation! The lacrosse players are the victims of Mangum's lying. She should have been prosecuted for her false claims.

Let's hear some evidence to back up your assertion that the lacrosse players were involved in criminal activity. You have none. I thought so.

@zile1porkey, what is worse, having racial comments yelled at you, or being accused of rape? Being accused of rape is worse being you are guilty until proven innocent in the eyes of the press.

Its unfair to her as well since there was some criminal activity going on with the lacross players she has a name and it is not former lacrosse accuser! WRAL reporter get a new look on stories because this headline has been old.

And I'm with Uhavenoclu. I would LOVE to be a fly on the wall when that trial goes down. Nobody loves a good joke better than me

I think it's pretty unfair to the Duke lacrosse players that the media keeps referring to this waste of space as "lacrosse accuser". She has a name, and the accused have lives that I would bet are being led in a productive manner. We all know Crystal Mangum, by her name alone. Let it go.

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