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Falsely accused man: Hofstra rape probe was rushed

Kevin Tavaras is happy to be released from

Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Kevin Tavaras is happy to be released from jail after all rape charges against him were dropped. The accuser, a Hofstra student, recanted her allegations against four men, said Nassau District Attorney Kathleen Rice. (Sept. 16, 2009)

Nassau officials should have been more thorough before they arrested, publicly vilified and locked up four men accused of raping a Hofstra University student who later recanted her story, one of the men said Wednesday.

"I think they should have gathered more evidence . . . looked at camera footage and tried to match up times and things like that before throwing us in and letting the wolves...

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