Crystal Mangum who in 2006 falsely accused three Duke University lacrosse players of raping her — making national headlines that stirred tensions about race, class and the privilege of college athletes — has admitted publicly for the first time that she made up the story.Mangum said in an interview with the “Let’s Talk with Kat” podcast that she “made up a story that wasn’t true” about the white players who attended a party where she was hired to perform as a stripper “because I wanted validation from people and not from God.”“I testified falsely against them by saying that they...
Fiji Court Finds Memphis Man Guilty Of Murdering His Wife during Their Honeymoon
The prosecutor’s office revealed Bradley Robert Dawson from Memphis, Tennessee has been found guilty by a judge in Fiji of murdering his wife during their honeymoon in 2022.Dawson killed his wife, Christe Chen, who was 36, at the exclusive Turtle Island resort in the Yasawa archipelago two days after the newlyweds arrived in Fiji, then fled by kayak to a nearby island.Chen was discovered in the couple’s room by resort staff with multiple blunt trauma wounds to her head after the couple was heard arguing and did not appear at breakfast or lunch the next day.The 40-year-old has defended the charge, however...
Iraq Could Violate Children’s’ Rights If It Allows Marriage for Girls as Young as Nine Years
She was just 11 when she was sold into wedlock with a man 36 years her senior. In the nine years since, she said, she has been raped, beaten, divorced and returned to her family, who hid her away out of shame and forced her into servitude. Today she is a sex worker in the Iraqi city of Erbil, having moved there recently from the capital, Baghdad. Batta said her husband raped her on their wedding night and regularly beat her before he sent her back to her family three years after they were married. Instead of offering sympathy, they treated her...
Mayotte Authorities Fear Thousands of People Possibly Died In Cyclone Chide As France Rushes In To Give Aid
France was rushing help by ship and military aircraft to its poor overseas territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean on Monday after the island was shattered by its worst storm in nearly a century.Authorities in Mayotte fear hundreds and possibly thousands of people have died in Cyclone Chido, although the official death toll on Monday morning stood at 14.Rescue teams and medical personnel have been sent to the island off the east coast of Africa from France and from the nearby French territory of Reunion, as well as tons of supplies.French television station TF1 reported Monday morning that Interior Minister...
Southampton Sacks First-Team Manager Russell Martin after Poor Start to Premier League Season.
Russell Martin has been sacked as Southampton’s first-team manager after a dismal start to the Premier League season. Martin leaves Southampton rock bottom of the Premier League, with only one win in 16 Premier League matches, losing 13 and drawing twice. The sacking of Russell Martin came after the 5-0 loss to Tottenham Hotspur, a game in which fans left the ground before the end of the first half, venting their frustrations. The fans who stayed behind booed Russell Martin off the pitch after full time. Apart from Southampton’s poor run of results, there were concerns about sloppy decisions being...
Twitter: The Narratives Some of Nigerians’ Unpalatable Police Experiences
“I used to run a kitchen in Yesufu Abiodun, Oniru, where I supplied food to banks and offices in Victoria Island, Lagos. My 15-year-old son often helped with deliveries, as he had just completed his WAEC exams in 2018.“On one particular day, we had a delivery close to our house. Since it was nearby, he went without the driver, carrying the food and our POS machine. Tragically, the Nigerian police abducted him, confiscated his phone, and took him to the anti-cultism unit in Gbagada. We searched everywhere in Victoria Island, unaware that he had been taken so far away.“Eventually, they...
