Woman who falsely accused Duke lacrosse players of rape in 2006 publicly admits to lying

The woman who in 2006 falsely accused three Duke University lacrosse players of raping her – making national headlines that stirred tensions about race, class and the privilege of college athletes - has admitted publicly for the first time that she made up the story.

Crystal Mangum, who is Black, said in an interview with the "Let's Talk with Kat" podcast that she "made up a story that wasn't true" about the White players who attended a party where she was hired to perform as a stripper "because I wanted validation from people and not from God."

"I testified falsely against them by saying that they raped me when they didn't and that was wrong," Mangum, 46, said in the interview, which was released Monday. The interview was recorded last month at the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women, where Mangum is incarcerated for fatally stabbing her boyfriend in 2011.