US EditionAccuser in Infamous Duke Lacrosse Rape Case Released Following NC Murder Prison Sentence
Crystal Mangum served over 14 years for second-degree murder and admitted falsifying 2006 rape claims against Duke lacrosse players, officials confirmed.
- On Friday, February 27, 2026, Crystal Mangum is set to be released from prison, the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction listed her projected release date as Feb. 27, 2026.
- Mangum was convicted in 2013 of killing Reginald Daye and sentenced to more than 14 years for the April 3, 2011 stabbing.
- Long ago, Crystal Mangum accused three Duke lacrosse players of rape after a March 13, 2006 off-campus party, but in 2024 she admitted the allegations were false and apologized, calling them her 'brothers' and saying she 'testified falsely'.
- Durham County's handling of the case led to the removal of Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong, who withheld evidence; charges were dropped in 2007 by Roy Cooper, and the players pursued civil litigation while coach Mike Pressler lost his job and sued Duke.
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Woman Who Falsely Accused Duke Lacrosse Players of Rape Released After Serving Time for Boyfriend’s Murder
Crystal Mangum, who falsely accused players of the Duke lacrosse team of rape in 2006, has been released from prison after serving time for murdering her boyfriend.
Crystal Mangum, who falsely accused Duke lacrosse players of rape, released from prison
Crystal Mangum, the woman who falsely accused three Duke University lacrosse players of rape nearly two decades ago, was released from a North Carolina prison Friday morning after serving time for the unrelated murder of her boyfriend.
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DNyuzEx-stripper who falsely accused Duke lacrosse players of rape walks free years after killing boyfriend
Crystal Mangum walks out of the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women in Raleigh after serving a for fatally stabbing beau Reginald Daye in April 2011.
Woman who falsely accused Duke lacrosse players of rape, released from prison following murder conviction
The woman, who falsely accused Duke lacrosse players of raping her two decades ago, walked free Friday from a North Carolina prison after serving time for the slaying of her boyfriend
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