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New York, NY (AHN) - Four young men accused of gang-raping a Hofstra University freshman in a dorm toilet have been released from jail after their alleged victim recanted her charges against them. Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice told reporters at a news conference Thursday that the 16-year-old student withdrew her story after a lengthy interview with prosecutors late Wednesday. A lawyer of one of the accused also said the accuser's description of the alleged gang rape does not match with the scene shown on a short cell phone video of the incident taken by a fifth man she...

A Hofstra University student who accused a group of men of gang-raping her inside a campus dorm has recanted her tale, sources said. “She admitted it was consenual and the district attorney is dismissing the charges and releasing the suspects,” a law enforcement source told the Post. The accused men — Rondell Bedward, Jesus Ortiz, Kevin Taveras, Stalin Felipe — are expected to be released from custody as soon as tonight. The 18-year-old woman accused Ortiz of taking her cellphone around 3 a.m. Sunday at a frat party at on-campus club Hofstra USA. She claimed that she followed the man...

4 Men Arrested In Hofstra Rape Case HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. - Police say an 18-year-old Hofstra University student was gang-raped by five men on campus early Sunday morning. Police have made four arrests and are looking for the fifth suspect. Cops would not say whether the victim knew any of the men beforehand or where on the sprawling Hempstead campus she was attacked. 19-year-old Jesus Ortiz and 21-year-old Rondell Bedward, both of the Bronx were arraigned on rape charges on Monday. Ortiz also face grand larceny charges for allegedly stealing the woman's mobile phone. 19-year-old Stalin Felipe, of the Bronx, and...