Falsely accused man: Hofstra rape probe was rushed
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)
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Rape charges dismissed; four released from jail.
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DA: Hofstra rape claim was made up
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...
