Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast
False Accusations Destroyed Them - The Duke Lacrosse / Crystal Mangum story
Fri, 28 Feb 2025
The Duke Lacrosse case erupted in 2006 when three members of the Duke University lacrosse team were accused of sexually assaulting an exotic dancer, Crystal Mangum, at a team party. The allegations sparked national outrage, racial tensions, and debates about privilege and justice. However, the case fell apart when inconsistencies in Mangum’s story emerged, and DNA evidence did not implicate the accused players. North Carolina’s Attorney General ultimately declared the players innocent, condemning the prosecutor’s misconduct.
Who is Crystal Mangum and what happened at the Duke Lacrosse party?
So this adult dancer is about to make some false accusations against some guys and essentially try and ruin their lives. Now let's call her Precious because that's her stage name. And Precious is 27, she's a college student, and Precious is also an adult dancer at a local gentleman's club.
And one day in 2006, Precious gets hired to perform at a local college party for a bunch of the school's athletes. And so she gets to the party and there are like 50 college bros there. And Precious, she likes to party herself. In fact, she's already intoxicated by the time she gets there. I guess she was drinking and taking prescription muscle relaxers.
Now, I guess the guys throwing the party had hired two dancers. Because there's also another stripper there. Her name's Kim. And Kim and Precious, they don't know each other. And so anyway, so the guys pay them $400 each, and Kim and Precious start performing for them, like putting on their little show. And so, who are these guys who are throwing this party?
Well, they're the lacrosse team of Duke University. And they're drunk, and they're rowdy, and they're really just out to have a good time. Meanwhile, Precious is so wasted off the alcohol and pills that she falls over in the middle of the performance. And the rowdy college guys are like, boo, that's so lame.
Then one of the guys grabs a broomstick and he holds it up and he's like, one of y'all ladies should use this as a sex toy. And of course the dancers are repulsed by this and they stop dancing. And Kim is like, nah, this show's over. And they walk away and they go into one of the nearby bathrooms. And so the lacrosse guys are like, where did the strippers go?
And they're all angry and they're like, boo, we want our money back. Then a few minutes later, things escalate. And Precious and Kim are yelling at some of the guys to leave them alone. Because at this point, Kim, she just wants to leave. But unfortunately, some of the guys don't want to pay them. They want their money back because the girls didn't finish the show.
And so finally, the guys are like, all right, we'll just pay you $100. Just leave. And so they agree. They agree to that. Then Kim goes out to her car to change her clothes while Precious is still so wasted that she passes out in the house. So then Kim's got to go back in the house to get Precious and she puts her wasted ass in the car.
Then she goes back in the house again to get Precious's bag because I guess she left her bag in there. And when Kim gets back to the car, Precious is now up and awake, walking around, stumbling, topless, yelling at everyone and fighting with a bunch of the guys. But eventually, Kim gets Precious into the car and they leave. But while in the car, Precious's drunk ass passes out again.
And Kim is like, damn it, I don't know where this woman lives. I don't even know her real name. Where do I even take her? Because remember, they didn't know each other before this party. And so Kim has to pull over to a grocery store parking lot and she finds a security guard and she asks her to call the police.
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