2011. >> i betrayed the trust of a lot of other people who believed in me. >> reporter: in 2006, mangum sexually assaulted by three men, collin finnerty, reed, and david evans, in a bathroom at a duke lacrosse team party, where she'd been hired to perform. the blockbuster allegations igniting a national fire storm about race, class, and privilege on college campuses. >> i think they might get away with it just because they have money. >> every member of the duke university lacrosse team is innocent. you have all been told some fantastic lies. >> reporter: the charges were ultimately dropped after no dna, witness, or other evidence was found to back up mangum's story. the players reached an undisclosed settlement with duke university in 2007. >> i hope that they can forgive me. >> reporter: tonight collin finnerty telling nbc news, i hope this time in jail makes her think about what the consequences are for her actions. liz kreutz, nbc news. >>> when we come back in a moment why millions of children have been cut off from their health care insurance, in some cases over paperwork, what fa

mangum said she testified falsely. the interview took place at the north carolina correctional institution for women, where the 46 year old woman is serving time for a 2013 second degree murder conviction for stabbing her boyfriend two years before. this is part of the interview where she asks for forgiveness for lying about what truly happened. let's take a listen i testified falsely against them by saying that they raped me when they didn't, and that was wrong. >> i hope that they can forgive me and i want them to know that i love them and they didn't deserve that. >> david evans collin finnerty and reade seligmann the three then duke university students who were wrongly accused paid a heavy price for mangum's lies. the three were arrested following the woman's allegations of sexual assault at a party. their lacrosse team was forced to cancel his 2006 season, and their coach, mike pressler, lost his job as a result. a year later, in 2007, the state's then attorney general, roy cooper, now north carolina's governor, r

now, mangum says, it was all a lie. in an interview for the web show let's talk with kat, hosted by katerena depasquale, magnum said or mangum, i should say, said she testified falsely. the interview took place at the north carolina correctional institution for women, where the 46 year old woman is serving time for a 2013 second degree murder conviction for stabbing her boyfriend two years before. this is a part of the interview where she asks for forgiveness for lying about what truly happened. let's take a listen. >> i testified falsely against them by saying that they raped me when they didn't, and that was wrong. >> i hope that they can forgive me and i want them to know that i love them and they didn't deserve that. >> they probably remember their names. david evans collin finnerty and reade seligmann. the three then duke university students who were wrongly accused paid a heavy price for mangum's lies. the three were arrested following the woman's allegations of sexual assault at a party. their lacrosse team was f

. >> now, 18 years later, mangum says it was all a lie.terview for the web show let's talk with kat, hosted by katerena depasquale, mangum said she testified falsely. the interview took place at the north carolina correctional institution for women, where the 46 year old woman is serving time for a 2013 second degree murder conviction for stabbing her boyfriend two years before. this is part of the interview where she asks for forgiveness for lying about what truly happened. let's take a listen. >> i testified falsely against them by saying that they raped me when they didn't, and that was wrong. i hope that they can forgive me and i want them to know that i love them and they didn't deserve that. >> david evans collin finnerty and reade seligmann the three then duke university students who were wrongly accused paid a heavy price for mangum's lies. the three were arrested following the woman's allegations of sexual assault at a party. their lacrosse team was forced to cancel its 2006 season, and their coach, mike pressler, lost his job as

now, nearly two decades later, crystal mangum admits it was all a lie. why she's finally coming clean. >> also ahead, better and more accurate weather predictions. how artificial intelligence is shaping the future of forecasts. we are following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. >> a deepening mystery unfolding in the tri-state area today. people in the new york metropolitan area are now reporting a growing number of drone sightings in their communities. this follows a wave of mysterious appearances in the skies over new jersey, sparking major concern among residents as well as among local and state leaders. the white house and fbi say there is no evidence to this point that the drones pose a national security threat or have any kind of foreign connection, but that's only adding to the confusion, because so far there are no explanations as to what they even are, or where they're coming from, or who might be launching them. for weeks now, the drones have been spotted over homes, critical infrastruct

not only as to crystal mangum jason but one step further.the local prosecutor whose face you put on the screen what about the state attorney general in north carolina back in 2006, both of them are equally if not more responsible. why? because local and state prosecutors are the gate keepers for victim, alleged victims like this who come forward and want to ruin the lives of somebody else by say they were sexually assaulted. until we start vetting out these liberal prosecutors that are looking at a case like this saying oh, there are racial overturns let me go after these lacrosse players who are white and elevate my political career. jason we just saw this happen with daniel penny, another renegade liberal prosecutor who wanted to use penny to try to elevate his and her political career and that has to stop. >> jason: so the interview with crystal mangum took place at the north carolina correctional institute for women because she's serving 14-18 years for her 2013 conviction of the 2011 fatal stabbing of her boyfriend and she's eligible to

in 2006, a woman named crystal mangum crystal mangum accused three members of the duke university lacrossem of raping her after she had been hired to dance at a fraternity party or a house party. police charged david evans and collin finnerty and reade seligmann after her accusations, even though there was no dna. dna evidence, and they insisted on their innocence. >> i'm absolutely innocent of all the charges that have been brought against me today that reade seligmann and collin finnerty are innocent of all the charges that were brought against them. >> these allegations are lies and they were they were lies. >> but before the american people and the news media acknowledged that fact, the story was huge, even though it was, it turns out, completely false. the district attorney ultimately resigned, was disbarred, and even for a short time in prison for his unethical conduct. in 2007, north carolina's then attorney general and now governor roy cooper dismissed the charges. but now, nearly 20 years later, crystal mangum just admitted she did indeed lie about the whole thing i testified fals

crystal mangum was an exotic dancer in 2006 when she accused the players david evans, collin finnerty and reade seligmann of rape, igniting a national firestorm. but a lack of evidence and inconsistencies in mangum's account of what happened ultimately led to the charges being dismissed. now, as part of a podcast interview, she's asking for forgiveness in her first public confession. >> i testified falsely against them by saying that they raped me when they didn't, and that was wrong. and i betrayed the trust of a lot of other people who believed in me. um and made up a story that wasn't true because i wanted validation from people and not from god. and that was wrong. when god already loved me for who i was uh, regardless. i didn't need to seek validation from him because i already had validation from him. i just didn't know it um and i heard my brother's um. and i hope that they can forgive me. and i want them to know that i love them, and they didn't deserve that. and i hope they can forgive me um, and that, um, i hope that they can heal and trust god and know that god loves them a

she is the podcaster who interviewed crystal mangum when this admission was was offered up. katerina, i understand you're on the phone with us. tell us a little bit about this interview. yeah. how did this come about well, so i'm a i'm a new yorker who lives in durham, north carolina. >> i have been i started my show, let's talk with cat.com, and i was i was looking for an interesting interview in my circle. um, people have talked about crystal, and there was so much mystery around it for me because it seemed like some people viewed her as a pariah and some people still viewed her as a victim. um, and so i just thought, you know, i want to find out for myself, um, who this person is. and i wanted to see the reasonings behind the decision making. and the, um, you know, just that's that's where i was heading. >> yeah, but but, kat, i mean, tell me about this this admission. i mean, she just blurted it out. did you have to press her? how? how did that go down? >> so my intentions. yeah, my intentions were. had nothing to do with getting any confessions out of crystal. i contact

crystal mangum, an exotic dancer, was hired to perform at a house party. the three players attended. afterwards, she claimed that david evans, collin finnerty and reade seligmann raped her, and the players were arrested and charged with sexual assault. but here's the thing there was no dna evidence. the three men maintained their innocence from the beginning as well. listen i'm absolutely innocent of all the charges that have been brought against me today, that reade seligmann and collin finnerty are innocent of all the charges that were brought against them. >> these allegations are lies. >> apparently, he was telling the truth. the da who brought the charges resigned after it was revealed that he withheld evidence, and he was ultimately disbarred. it wasn't until 2007 that north carolina's then attorney general, now the governor, roy cooper, dismissed those charges, saying there was no credible evidence that an attack even occurred. now, nearly 20 years after her initial accusations, crystal mangum is coming clean and asking for forgiveness. >> i testifi

and i hope they can forgive me. >> reporter: mangum says she fabricated the story because she wanted validation from people and not from god. the case got national attention. the three players, all white at an elite institution, were prejudged as guilty by much of the media the chief prosecutor and their own university. >> i am not going to a allow durham's view in the mind of the world to be a bunch of lacrosse players from duke raping a black girl in durham. >> then durham district attorney says there was no doubt a racially motivated sexual assault took place. he was later disbarred from withholding dna evidence that could have exonerated the students. university president richard suspended the three students cancelled the lacrosse season and accepted the coach's resignation. he later said we got it wrong. all three players were found innocent and the charges dismissed. they sued duke and b broadhead settling for an undisclosed amount. one reporter said this story might not be what people say it is. fox's brit hume. >> steve in atlanta thanks. >>> the duke lacrosse and continues m

. >> crystal mangum now admits lying about the encounter. lies that ignited a national firestorm. mangum was an exotic dancer back in 2006, when she claimed that david evans collin finnerty and reade seligmann raped her at a teen party where she'd been hired to perform. the charges were later dropped and the men were exonerated, but got no apology from their accuser. she had stuck by her story until now. >> i testified falsely against them by saying that they raped me when they didn't, and that was wrong. and i betrayed the trust of a lot of other people who believed in me. um. and made up a story that wasn't true because i wanted validation from people and not from god. i hope that they can forgive me, and i want them to know that i love them, and they didn't deserve that. >> cnn's jean casarez reported on this case from the beginning and is with us now. jean, what led to this confession after all these years? >> well, it was a podcast. and she decided that she wanted to say this. but i think, brianna, you said something very important just a minute ago. she has stuck by this sto

crystal mangum. the woman who accused three former duke university lacrosse players of rape in a story that gripped the nation back in 2006, is now admitting she lied. she made this confession on a podcast this week. >> i testified falsely against them by saying that they raped me when they didn't, and that was wrong, and made up a story that wasn't true because i wanted validation from people and not from god. i hope that they can forgive me, and i want them to know that i love them and they didn't deserve that. >> those accusations led to charges, a media frenzy and public outrage. the case later unraveled. the three men were declared innocent. a year later, the state attorney general at the time criticizing, quote, a rush to accuse. we're joined now by casey jordan, criminologist and behavioral analyst, and joey jackson, cnn legal analyst and criminal defense attorney. great to have you both here with us. casey, i want to start first with you. we just listened to that clip of mangum's admission. w

um, crystal mangum circumstances, but there were a lot of unintended consequences of the case., you know, duke lacrosse case still looms over, um, campus. it affects social life. duke durham relations and a lot of things. and so our goal in the story was just to kind of, you know, tell that story for a lot of people who weren't there and contextualize this apology. um, and, and this amir tal in the grander scheme of things, as you point out, i mean, maybe some of our viewers, um, don't, don't remember it or, you know, were really young when this happened. >> i was i remember i was a student at unc chapel hill at the time. i mean, it was such a big deal. these accusations, you know, if you can just bring set the stage for us, for our viewers about the accusations and what followed and why this garnered national attention at the time and how the players were treated at the time. >> yeah. so the accusations, like you mentioned, crystal mangum, um, accused these players of sexual assault and rape at at a team party and for a good portion of the time afterwards. you know, a lot of p

for the first time from jail where she serving prison sentence for murdering her boyfriend crystal mangumd in fact, the rape never happen and a story she made up and offered 18 years later an apology. >> i hope that they can forgive me. and i want them to know that i love them and they didn't deserve that. and i hope they can forgive me. >> this case really created a firestorm of national attention on one side. you had three white students at an elite university. they were prejudged as guilty by the media and by their own university and even by the prosecution, the chief prosecutor was eventually disbarred for withholding dna evidence. the president of duke, richard, said we got it wrong after suspended lacrosse players and cancel lacrosse season. three students were dismissed and eventually settled with duke for undisclosed sound. sandra, back to you. =speetwo steve harrigan on the story, thank you, wow! john. >> john: she recanted so many things she said in so many lives affected by that. she wanted to be recognized by someone other than god? at church service on sunday, they said that

. >> reporter: nearly 30 years of crystal mangum falsely stated she was raped at a party. >> that was wrong. >> reporter: mangum making that admission on the "let's talk with kat" podcast. >> i betrayed the trust of a lot of other people who believed in me. >> reporter: in 2006, mangum said she was sexually assaulted by collin finnerty and reade seligmann and david evans. the blockbuster allegations igniting a national fire storm about race, class and privilege on college campuses. >> i think they might get away with it. just because they have money. >> every member of the duke university lacrosse team is innocent. you have been told fantastic lies. >> reporter: the charges were dropped after no dna, witness or other evidence was found to back up her story. the players reached an undisclosed settlement in 2007 with duke university. >> i hope they can forgive me. >> reporter: collin finnerty telling nbc news, i hope this time in jail makes her think of the consequences of her actions. liz kreutz, nbc news. >> think about the impact. it has been life changing for all of them. >> hard to

the three duke players were all found innocent of the crimes but mangum was not prosecuted for perjuryout her mental health. she could not face perjury charges today due to the statute of limitations in north carolina. well, a drunk venezuelan migrant killing a 7-year-old in a car accident months after he was released from an i.c.e. detainer. joel gonzales shaken was driving in north houston when he struck the vehicle carrying the 7-year-old and her mother. the devastated family released a statement saying why do we have holds in place if they fail to keep dangerous individuals off the streets. he appeared in court on tuesday, he was br previously arrested fr assaulting a family member. warner discovery is planning to restructure the entertainment company led by ceo david zaslov, will split into two separate division. one will focus on the legacy cable tv business, the other will focus on streaming and studios. the companies will merge the unit that houses max and discover roy plus streaming platforms along with hbo, warner brothers movie and television operations. that is the stock to

and i betrayed the trust of a lot of other people who believed in me. >> crystal mangum was speakingre serving 14 year sentence for murder. the case itself 18 years ago got national attention. the three white students are prejudged as guilty by the national median by their own university and by the prosecution. d.a. involved eventually got disbarred for holding crucial dna evidence era to the president of duke, richard broadhead suspended for three students and ended the lacrosse season. eventually after the dismissal, the three students settled a lawsuit with the president and duke for undisclosed amount. back to you periods payment thank you very much for that. this was something that was shocking at the time and obviously accusation of harris, this mass and now part of her explanation she did it because she wanted to feel validated to. this goes back to the idea of victimhood. romances 8 to romanticize station of attacked or hate crime against you. that is why she did it, in prison for 2013 murder of her boyfriend whom she stabbed and he died ten days later. a sentence 13-18 euros

at the time mangum was not prosecuted for pu perjury after questions about her mental health.as convicted of murder for the stabbing death of her boyfriend in 2013. even though she admitted she lied she cannot face charges because of the statute of limitations. >> steve: that is one messed up story. ththank you, chanley. >> brian: you didn't mess it up, chanley. it's just a messed up story: carley has more news. >> carley: we have shocking video out of plano, texas. a 12-year-old girl hurt after a driver in an suv rammed into her and sped right on off. luckily that girl was not seriously injured and was able to make her way to school to report the incident. police have not revealed any suspects yet but believe the person behind the wheel may live nearby. united health group is saying suspected ceo killer luigi mangione was never a united healthcare customer as they continue working closely with law enforcement. this comes as new york democratic congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez is caught comparing denied insurance claims to an act of violence. >> this is not to comment. a

and we know we can't and it's because of women like crystal mangum and many others. a young high school player in southern california who spent six years in prison after being falsely accused of rape. their lives are forever changed. naturally the players get targeted. in this case i think at duke because they were white and it was an elite university and probably she thought she might be able to get money and certainly attention out of this. as you detailed, he thought he could get reelected out of this. but the trajectory of all the three young men's lives not to mention the coach, mike pressler who had to leave the program and went on to a smaller school and ended up having a successful lacrosse coaching career but not at duke. at a small college in rhode island. there were many people affected by this and their lives were forever changed. >> martha: and duke university jumped into the fray right off the bat and rather than say let's let justice take its course and let the facts come out they took dna samples from the entire team and she did not identify anyone on

. >> it was a huge national story back in 2006 when crystal mangum acutz could you seed the players oftripping her while performing as a stripper at a team party in march of that year. now more than 18 years later she is finally admitting that she lied about it all saying this, quote: i testified falsely against them by saying that they raped me when they didn't. and that was wrong. and i betrayed the trust of a lot of other people who believed in me. i made up a story that wasn't true because i wanted validation from people and from god. the 46-year-old also apologized to the three duke players who were all found innocent of the crime then later sued the university after their case was dismissed in 2007 reaching an undisclosed settlement. and the prosecutor on the case was later disbarred for lying in court and withholding d.n.a. evidence which ultimately absolved the young men and at the time magnum was not prosecuted for perjury due to questions about her mental health. she is currently behind bars serving time after a jury convicted her of second degree murder in the stabbing death

. >> a stunning admission from crystal mangum telling a podcaster that she lied when she accused three duke men's lacrosse players of rape back in 2006. >> i testified falsely against them by saying that they raped me when they didn't, and that was wrong. >> in 2006, mangum claimed the three players raped her at a team party where she'd been hired as a stripper. her story captured the attention of the nation. >> arrests have been made in what is already a notorious case. >> the three duke players were arrested, their lives upended. >> you have all been told, some fantastic lies. >> all rape has got to go. >> hey, hey. >> protests erupted on campus, one of the largest outside the house where the party took place. >> a complete abandonment of any pretense of objectivity, of any interest in the truth. >> the players were charged with first degree rape, first degree sexual offense, and kidnaping. despite the fact that there was no dna evidence connecting them to the woman. >> it doesn't mean nothing happened. it just means nothing was left behind during a lineup, district attorney mike nif

. >> a stunning admission from crystal mangum telling a podcaster that she lied when she accused three duke men's lacrosse players of rape back in 2006. >> i testified falsely against them by saying that they raped me when they didn't, and that was wrong. >> in 2006, mangum claimed the three players raped her at a team party where she'd been hired as a stripper. her story captured the attention of the nation. >> arrests have been made in what is already a notorious case. >> the three duke players were arrested. their lives upended. >> you have all been told, some fantastic lies. all rape has got to go. >> hey, hey. >> protests erupted on campus. one of the largest outside the house where the party took place. >> a complete abandonment of any pretense of objectivity, of any interest in the truth. >> the players were charged with first degree rape, first degree sexual offense, and kidnaping. despite the fact that there was no dna evidence connecting them to the woman. >> it doesn't mean nothing happened. it just means nothing was left behind during a lineup, district attorney mike nifong

mangum made her confession during an interview on the podcast let's talk with kat. spoke from a north carolina prison where she is serving time for an unrelated second degree murder conviction. >> the three players arrested following her accusations have not commented on her admission. their charges were dismissed in 2007. the district attorney on the case was convicted of criminal contempt and disbarred. >> all right, first of all, what victor blackwell is next? what do you have coming up, a packed show. >> so the president elect's border czar says that trump's mass deportation plan will start in chicago. and if the mayor stands in his way, the border czar says he will prosecute the mayor. well, the mayor of chicago, brandon johnson, is here to respond to that threat. first on our show. plus, why was the broward county sheriff's office in florida making crack cocaine? it happened real thing decades ago. i'm going to speak with the new state attorney there, who's now trying to help people who were caught up in the legal system because of it. and later, the biden adm

mangum was never prosecuted for perjury because the statute of limitations had run out years ago, and because of her mental state. she is now, by the way, in prison, serving time for the second degree murder of her boyfriend in 2013. >> jon, i covered that 20 years ago. the da who brought the charges against the duke lacrosse players was also disbarred. so really, so much went wrong in that case over such a long period of time. all right. this morning, two new court dates set for the man accused of killing unitedhealthcare ceo brian thompson. new developments overnight. we now know neither the suspect, luigi mangione nor his mother had insurance through unitedhealth. and abc news reports that prosecutors in new york have begun showing evidence to a grand jury. police say as many as three search warrants have been executed. cnn chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst john miller, who has been way out ahead on so much of this story, is with us. so what does this all mean, john, about what happens now in next well, the fact that he's not a customer of united, nor was his mother is

that david evans, collin finnerty and reade seligmann were all exonerated of the charges in 2007. >> mangum was never prosecuted, though, for perjury because of her mental health, and the statute of limitations ran out years ago. she is now, by the way, in prison, serving time for the second degree murder of her boyfriend in 2013. kate. wow. >> there's a lot there. a new cnn report out this morning. defense attorneys for january 6th. rioters. they're right now trying to figure out who's going to get pardoned when donald trump returns to the white house next month. the president elect has repeatedly promised on the campaign trail all along the way that he is going to pardon rioters on day one, but it's not clear who he's talking about. one defense attorney right now is saying this, quote, the statements change every day. the latest is everybody's nonviolent. but who knows what that means? this comes after a new interview with the president elect telling time magazine. it came out just yesterday morning that he will begin handing out the pardons to to january 6th. rioters in the starting in t

sean: along 18 years after she falsely accused member of the duke lacrosse team of rape, crystal mangumrrently in prison for second-degree murder finally admitted she made it all up. take a look. >> i testified falsely against them by saying that they raped me when they didn't. and that was wrong. and i betrayed the trust of a lot of other people who believed in me. and made up a story that wasn't true because i wanted validation from people and not from god. >> sean: i'm glad she finally admitted to it. but 18 years? this is been hanging over the lives of these kids that whole time? now let me tie this to the media. the reason legacy media is dead, in part, is because they are wrong again and again and again. i learned this lesson early in my career. i was on the air and it came out in atlanta, georgia,, that richard you will fit the profile of a lone bomber because he lives with his mother. and i said on the air, i didn't know he was listening at the time, i found out later, he was listening and he said you were the only one who stood up for me. if you live with your mother, that does

years of former stripper and the duke lacrosse scandal admits she made it all up back in 2006 crystal mangumed three duke university lacrosse players of raping her at a team party where she performed. to date she said she lied about it. as a case that captivated the nation. the three students were charged with multiple counts despite the evidence of absence of concrete evidence. they were eventually exonerated but their lives were forever changed. robert is a defense attorney and former prosecutor. let's walk through this with me. so she is currently in prison for second-degree murder of her boyfriend. but could she faced any new charges connected to the fall so negations? >> unfortunately don't think she can. the statute of limitations for perjury has run for purposes of the estate. even though she admitted that she lied and ruined the lives of three college kids i don't see any possible criminal charges coming her way. similarly the three gentlemen had a lawsuit against duke university that was settled for an undisclosed amount and they have moved on with their lives are not going to bring

. >> reporter: mangum is currently serving a 14-year prison sentence after stabbing a boyfriend, ande met with the podcaster and admitted all these years later that she was never raped by the college athletes. >> i testified falsely against them by saying that they raped me when they didn't, and that was wrong, and i betrayed the trust of a lot of other people who believed in me. >> reporter: it was north carolina's current governor who was then the state's top prosecutor who stepped in, took over the case from the local district attorney, and refused to prosecute the young men. this morning, he says his decision has aged well. >> as attorney general, it was important for me to take that case from the local prosecutor, do an investigation to find the real truth. it is why i dismissed the charges. >> reporter: the three men have all moved on with their lives. one is a lawyer, and another works in finance. for "good morning america," steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. >> janai: incredible story from steve. our thanks to him. >>> now to the agreement between federal prosecutors and the

and he found in a small paragraph that the dna that was taken from crystal mangum did not match, was inconsistent with the three duke lacrosse players charged. that's exoneration right there. that is brady evidence. and that is why that the attorney general found that also. and that's what led to them being proclaimed innocent. >> all right. jean casarez reporting for us. jean, thank you very much. finally, tonight, the wall street journal reporter evan gershkovich just published his first story since he was freed from russian captivity this summer. gershkovich investigating the shadowy agency behind his own imprisonment. and he writes this, and i'm quoting him now. when i was arrested by russia's security forces in 2023, the first foreign correspondent charged with espionage since the cold war, i never stopped reporting on my release. i set out to identify the man who had taken me and to learn more about the spy unit that had carried out his orders. i encourage everyone to read evan's truly excellent report in the wall street journal. we're so glad he's home and so glad he's back on