Mangum and another dancer had been hired to perform at party, thrown by Duke lacrosse players, on March 13, 2006. She claimed that players raped her in blockbuster allegations that touched on hot-button topics such as sex work, race and class.

Nearly 18 years after accusing three Duke University students of raping her, an account she shared in explicit and graphic detail, — Magnum has admitted she lied about the whole thing.

Crystal Mangum says she lied about being raped and sexually assaulted by three former Duke University lacrosse players in 2006.

The woman who in 2006 falsely accused three Duke University lacrosse players of raping her has admitted publicly for the first time that she made up the story.

Fox News correspondent Steve Harrigan reports on the latest developments in the nearly two-decades-old case on ‘Special Report.’

A former exotic dancer, Crystal Mangum, told a podcaster that she made up the accusations that three Duke University lacrosse players raped her at a party in 2006. NBC News' Liz Kreutz reports.

The woman who accused three Duke University lacrosse players of raping her back in 2006 is admitting for the first time that she lied. NBC’s Liz Kreutz reports for TODAY.