Crystal Gale (sic) Mangmum
Durham police arrest Duke lacrosse accuser Crystal Gale Mangum, 33, after she allegedly assaulted her boyfriend, set his clothes on fire in a bathtub and threatened to stab him.
Crystal Mangum speaks publicly for the first time.
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DURHAM (WTVD) — The woman who was the center of the infamous Duke Lacrosse rape case has been arrested and charged with assault.
Durham police say officers responded to a domestic call on Lincoln Street just before midnight Thursday.
According to officers, 32-year-old Crystal Gale Mangum got into an argument with her boyfriend, Milton Walker, which resulted in her assaulting him.
According to the arrest warrant, Mangum scratched, punched and threw objects at Walker before setting his clothes on fire in a bathtub.
Police had to evacuate three children, Mangum and Milton from the apartment. The children are ages 10, 9 and 3. The Durham County magistrate would not confirm if the children are Mangum’s. Firefighters were dispatched to put the fire out and no one was injured.
Mangum is charged with with five counts of arson, simple assault, ID theft, communicating a threat, damage to property and resist, delay and obstruction. She also faces three counts of child endangerment.
The magistrate told Eyewitness News Mangum is also charged with first-degree attempted murder for communicating a threat. She allegedly told Walker in front of officers, “I’m going to stab you [expletive]!”
Nearly four years ago, Mangum, who was an exotic dancer, accused three Duke Lacrosse players of raping her at an off campus party.
The case made international news and the charges against the Duke students were eventually dismissed.
Since the case, Mangum graduated from North Carolina Central University and wrote a book. “The Last Dance for Grace: The Crystal Mangum Story,” which was released in 2008.
She is being held without bond and her first court appearance is scheduled for today.
Right here...This is why I NEVER joined a frat. The simple fear that my frat brothers would gather up some cash a pay something that looks like this to stip at the frat house.