The Striipper That Ruined The Lives Of The Duke Lacrosse Players By Accusing Them Of Rape Now Admits To Lying About It For Attention

The former stripper who accused Duke lacrosse, players of rape, in March 2006 has since admitted it was all a lie.

Crystal Mangum made the shocking admission on a Dec. 11 episode of the Let's Talk with Kat podcast. In her conversation with host Katerena DePasquale, Mangum said that she lied about being sexually assaulted by Duke lacrosse team players Reade Seligmann, Collin Finnerty, and David Evan on the night of March 13, 2006, leading to kidnapping, rape and sexual offense charges against the men — all of which were ultimately dropped — because she sought "validation."

"I testified falsely against them by saying that they raped me when they didn't, and that was wrong, and I betrayed the trust of a lot of other people who believed in me,” Mangum said on the podcast. “[I] made up a story that wasn't true because I wanted validation from people and not from God.”

Mangum hopes that Seligmann, Finnerty, and Evan will find it in their hearts to forgive her as she now understands the error in her ways. "I want them to know that I love them and they didn’t deserve that," she said.

Since the statute of limitations on perjury charges is two years, Mangum is not expected to be charged, The Duke Chronicle reported.