Crystal Gail Mangum: Profile of the Duke Rape Accuser

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Crystal Gail Mangum: Profile of the Duke Rape Accuser

Wednesday, April 11, 2007
By Michael Y. Park


Some of the details of the Duke University rape case may never be solved, but one thing is startlingly clear: Crystal Gail Mangum, the woman who accused three college lacrosse players of locking her in a bathroom and raping her, has had a very troubled life.

Mangum has been identified by name publicly several times, including by lawyers during press conferences on the case.

According to North Carolina Department of Corrections records, she was born on July 18, 1978, to a truck driver. She grew up the youngest of three children, not far from the house where she claimed she was assaulted in 2006. Durham is a slow-paced Southern town with equally large populations of black and white residents and a history of racial tensions — including those between a wealthy, predominantly white university community and its poorer black neighbors.

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[DSTCHAOS]

I think people are pretty much over it so this "profile" is a waste.

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

I think people are pretty much over it so this "profile" is a waste.

I don't think people ARE over it. (The profile may still be a waste, but until everything is sorted out as far as the DA's misconduct, the unmerited condemnation by the Duke faculty, etc, some people remain interested.)

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by Alphagamuga

I don't think people ARE over it. (The profile may still be a waste, but until everything is sorted out as far as the DA's misconduct, the unmerited condemnation by the Duke faculty, etc, some people remain interested.)

Well, I look forward to finding someone around here who still cares. Not like I'll start caring again, though.

[macallan25]

"Legal Retribution"?? What, are the player's families going to sue her for destroying their lives? I mean, I guess they could......but she's a crack head prostitute. Its not like they are going to get any kind of money out of her.

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by macallan25

"Legal Retribution"?? What, are the player's families going to sue her for destroying their lives? I mean, I guess they could......but she's a crack head prostitute. Its not like they are going to get any kind of money out of her.

I believe the correct term is "judgment-proof." Anyway, I'm wondering if they'd just rather end all the legal stuff and get this over with. This has been hanging over their heads for long enough, a civil suit would just keep it hanging over them longer.