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DA: Hofstra accuser lied about rape until video was raised

Nassau District Attorney Kathleen Rice announces that a

Photo credit: Mahala Gaylord | Nassau District Attorney Kathleen Rice announces that a Hofstra student made up allegations that she was tied up and gang raped by five men. (Sept. 17, 2009)

The inconsistencies had begun to build up Wednesday night as prosecutors interviewed the Hofstra student who said she had been brutally gang-raped in a dormitory men's room last weekend.

It was time to bring up the video.

"I said, 'If there is a video, and I get that video, it's going to show me that what you're saying is true?' " asked Madeline Singas, the county's chief sex crimes...

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