I came across this piece of news in my feed the other day and had to blog it.
The woman who falsely accused Duke lacrosse players of raping her two decades ago walked free from a North Carolina prison on Friday after serving time for the slaying of her boyfriend.
Crystal Mangum, a 47-year-old former exotic dancer, wore a gray sweatshirt and khaki pants as she left the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women in Raleigh at about 9:49 a.m. ET.
First thing that came to mind is what did she do now? But to refresh your memory Crystal Mangum is the woman who falsely accused the Duke lacrosse players of rape years ago as listed above. Well, she apparently killed her boyfriend and was sentenced to 14 years in prison. To help you understand just how much of a piece of trash this person is, look at the folks whose lives have been ruined around her.
First, while I do not condone her work as a stripper, my guess is when you have nowhere else to turn after your application to be a community organizer is turned down, you strip.
She performed for the Duke lacrosse team and accused 3 boys of raping her. The outcry was huge, as you could imagine. In a state like North Carolina with a large black population, 3 white boys raping a poor black girl was huge news. More so, Duke is a private and very wealthy prestigious university. The local County District Attorney, Mike Nifong, picked up the case and charges were filed. The boys were “convicted” long before the trial in the court of public opinion. Oh, and this case was spoken about almost nightly on national cable networks. These boys were dragged through filth, if memory serves correctly, they were kicked off the team and expelled.
The DA essentially used this case to try to grab a higher office, he now had a very public profile. With all the attention, pressure is ratcheted up, he knew he could not lose this case. Well, it backfired. Mangum admitted the rape never happened, but not until about a year later. The charges were dropped by the State Attorney General. The boys were declared “innocent.” Folks, one thing to remember is, in the case of OJ Simpson, he was declared “not guilty;” however, that is not the same as innocent. It means the state did not prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. These boys were declared innocent, as in falsely charged. Huge difference.
DA Mike Nifong was investigated and tried for prosecutorial misconduct; he was subsequently disbarred (lost his law license). He was charged with contempt and served a day in jail as a result. Nifong was no saint in the matter, but I do feel a little bad for him. This case attracted so much attention that he was under pressure for a conviction. Local sergeant from the Durham police department, Mark Gottlieb, the head investigator of the case took heat too. Again, he was no saint as he had an axe to grind with students at Duke University. Again, there was immense pressure here. Does the white cop want to doubt a black girl’s story of rape by rich white kids? Gottlieb later killed himself, likely due to his role in this and his life altering involvement.
The university settled with all 3 players for, I believe, 20 million each. Compared to the hell they went through and likely continue to go through, that’s a pittance.
The coach of the team had to resign, another piece of collateral damage in this women’s bullshit life. Oh, Mangum was never charged for her role in this made-up story.
So, if you are keeping score at home:
3 lacrosse players live’s altered massively.
1 coach who had to resign and really never recovered.
1 DA disbarred and publicly shamed.
1 police sergeant who killed himself.
1 university that paid out likely over 100 million in damages.
She was never charged.
Oh, then she murdered her boyfriend:
Mangum was convicted in 2013 for second-degree murder in the stabbing of her boyfriend, Reginald Daye, to death in April 2011. She was sentenced to more than 14 years in prison.
Let us add him to the tally above.
She is out of prison on parole. Somehow that feels really wrong that she can breathe the same air as you and I. When you leave this many people in your wake, do you really deserve to be let out of prison? Mangum is going to pull another stunt soon. When she does, I hope her and her abettors pay the price. History has a weird way of repeating itself folks, just watch. This woman is not sorry, she is lucky. Not too many people get the same chance as her. I would have given her life, no parole and ordered the department of prisons to bury her under the jail when she passes.
Piece of trash!
By The Chief
PS, I am not excusing the behavior or DA Nifong or Sgt Gottlieb, I am just saying they were pawns in her game. They were literally collateral damage.