Rape Accuser Charged with Attempted Murder, Arson

Remem­ber the name Crys­tal Gale Mangum?  If not, surely you remem­ber the 2006 Duke Lacrosse rape scan­dal.  She’s the one that accused three mem­bers of the Duke lacrosse team of lock­ing her in a bath­room, sex­u­ally assault­ing and rap­ing her.

Reade Selig­mann, Collin Finnerty, and David Evans were indicted on charges, thrown off the lacrosse team and wrongly con­victed in the court of pub­lic opin­ion.  Now it appears that she is get­ting her come­up­pance:

Durham police arrested Duke lacrosse accuser Crys­tal Gale Mangum, 33, late Wednes­day after she allegedly assaulted her boyfriend, set his clothes on fire in a bath­tub and threat­ened to stab him.

Author­i­ties charged her with attempted first-degree mur­der, five counts of arson, assault and bat­tery, com­mu­ni­cat­ing threats, three counts of mis­de­meanor child abuse, injury to per­sonal prop­erty, iden­tity theft and resist­ing a pub­lic officer.

Lock her up and throw away the key.  “Good rid­dance to bad rubbish.”