Crystal Mangum today: Woman admits during podcast interview to falsely accusing Duke lacrosse players of rape in 2006 [Video]

DURHAM, N.C. — A Durham, North Carolina woman, who falsely claimed three Duke men’s lacrosse team members raped her in 2006, is now admitting she made it up.

Crystal Mangum, made her confession at the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women during a podcast interview with “Let’s Talk with Kat.”

Mangum said she “made up a story that wasn’t true” about the 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 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,” Mangum told host Katerena DePasquale during the interview.

In 2006, Mangum’s false claims against the Duke players made national headlines, but the players were declared innocent after Mangum’s story crumbled, and her mental stability was questioned.

The case sparked …