Posted on 02/22/2017 2:53:58 PM PST by markomalley
Two college football players who were suspended from their team last year and saw their scholarships revoked after rape accusations have been cleared by police after authorities say their accuser recanted her story.
Nikki Yovino, 18, of South Setauket, NY, has been charged with second-degree falsely reporting an incident and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence in connection to an incident at a Sacred Heart University football party in October, the Connecticut Post reports.
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She admitted that she made up the allegation of sexual assault against (the football players) because it was the first thing that came to mind and she didnt want to lose (another male student) as a friend and potential boyfriend. She stated that she believed when (the other male student) heard the allegation it would make him angry and sympathetic to her, according to the affidavit.
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I know that...I was talking about the accusations!!!!!!
“...I dont think men who behave this way deserve a free ride in the first place.”
Right. They should save that behavior for when they’re professional athletes.
“The two men admitted to having sex with her, both at the same time, so I dont think they have to worry about reputations.”
I bet their mothers are so proud.
Does she get the obligatory ‘slap on the wrist’ before being let go??
How long did it take the Duke lax team to receive justice (not that their reputations/education can ever be recovered)?
That’s a great line. True. Succinct. Easy to remember.
Nikki Yovino: How I falsely accused two college football players of rape
February 22, 2017 By Christopher Koulouris
Awful.
She harmed these two kids and women who are actually raped.
5 years would make a point...
She should be forced to register as a sex offender too.
They aren’t at Brigham Young where they have to sing a morals oath....
I cannot tell you how angry this makes me.
Any woman who makes false accusations of rape should be severely punished-——and publicly shamed.
There will be people who will always remember these young men as accused rapists.
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No, not even close. None of them even touched the accuser, much less had consensual sex with her.
Speaking of which, here is an article written for the tenth anniversary of the Duke case.
It's very sympathetic to the accuser (Crystal Mangum), and somewhat sympathetic to the prosecutor in the case (Michael Nifong).
Ms. Mangum was convicted of second-degree murder in 2013, for which she was sentenced to at least 14 years in prison. She says she's innocent of this crime, and says the reason her boyfriend Reginald Daye is dead is because he was abusive toward her.
She was also convicted of "misdemeanor child abuse" and destruction of property in 2010.
According to Crystal Mangum, she is innocent of everything, and is a victim of "the system," and because she "defended herself against an abuser."
She still insists that she was "abused" by the Duke Lacrosse Team.
Michael Nifong was removed from his job as Durham County Prosecutor in 2007; he was also disbarred in that year.
Interestingly, his successor was also removed from office, although for different reasons.
Nifong declared bankruptcy in 2008, listing assets of $240,000 and liabilities of $180 million; most of his liabilities accrued from six $30 million judgments against him, one for each of the six Duke LAX team members he maliciously and unfairly prosecuted.
Many of the convictions Nifong won against other defendants have been thrown out in the years since the Duke LAX case.
Maybe a scarlet "L" for LIAR?
“Maybe a scarlet “L” for LIAR? “
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Works for me—:-)—— but just spreading her name all over the news would be fine.
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The penalty for this should be equal to the penalty for the accusation.
About 3 years ago...
We were in a bar. YES a bar... Everyone is ‘suppose’ to be carded at the door so the assumption is EVERYONE is over 21. The younger guy of the group, early 20s, was an IT goon for a colleague. He goes off in the corner and starts kissing on some cute girl who is all over him. We think nothing of him and congratulate him when she finally leaves.
A few days later. He comes in panicked. He finds out she’s only 17 and cuts off all communication. 17 year old girl gets ticked off that he won’t call her and calls the cops. He’s arrested and thrown in jail for 30 days. Doesn’t matter that we all witness nothing more than him kissing her, they didn’t go home together, AND we were in a bar under the assumption that EVERYONE is over 21. He now has to register as a sex offender and has that on his record forever.
AND we were in a bar under the assumption that EVERYONE is over 21. He now has to register as a sex offender and has that on his record forever.
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Have seen this sort of thing. wrong and unfair.
IIRC, most Freepers called this one cortrectly right off the bat.
This kids’ lives were still wrecked by her allegations. She should pay...
They don’t. Sigh.
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