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Crystal Gail Mangum (born July 18, 1978) is a woman from Durham, North Carolina, who is best known for making false allegations of rape against lacrosse players in the Duke lacrosse case. The fact that Mangum was an African-American woman working in the sex industry, while the accused were all white men, created extensive media interest and academic debate about race, class, gender and the politicization of the justice system. In November 2013, she was found guilty of second-degree murder related to a fatal attack on her boyfriend,〔 and was sentenced to 14 to 18 years in prison.〔 ==Early life== Mangum was born and grew up in Durham, North Carolina, the daughter of a truck driver, Travis Mangum, and his wife Mary. She was the youngest of three children. In 1996 she filed a police report alleging that three years earlier, when she was 14, she had been kidnapped by three assailants, driven to Creedmoor, North Carolina, and raped. One of those she accused was her boyfriend, who was 21 at the time. She subsequently backed away from the charges, a move relatives claimed was motivated by fear for her life. Mangum's father said he did not believe she was raped or injured, though her mother believed an incident could have occurred—but not in 1993. She thinks it is more likely to have happened when Crystal was 17 or 18 years old, shortly before she made the police report.〔 Mangum's ex-husband, Kenneth Nathanial McNeill, believed the incident occurred as she said it did.〔 After graduation from high school in 1996, she joined the US Navy. She trained to operate radios and navigation technology. While serving in the navy, she married McNeill. Her marriage quickly broke down. She reported to police that her husband had threatened to kill her, but the charge was dismissed when she failed to appear in court.〔 She served for less than two years in the navy before being discharged from the service after becoming pregnant by a fellow sailor, with whom she went on to have another child.〔 By 2002 Mangum had returned to Durham and was working as an exotic dancer. In 2003, she was arrested on ten charges after stealing the taxicab of a customer to whom she had given a lap dance. This prompted a police pursuit at speeds of up to 70 miles per hour, occasionally in the wrong lane. After being stopped, she nearly ran over a police officer, succeeding only in hitting his patrol vehicle. She was found to have a blood alcohol content of just over twice the legal limit. Ultimately, she pleaded guilty on four counts: assault on a government official, larceny, speeding to elude arrest, and driving while impaired, serving three weekends in jail, paying $4,200 in restitution and fees, and being given two years probation.〔 In 2004 she gained an associate's degree in police psychology from Durham Technical Community College, and subsequently enrolled full-time at North Carolina Central University to study the subject.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Crystal Mangum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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