DA: Hofstra accuser lied about rape until video was raised
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)
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DA: Hofstra rape claim was made up
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...
