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Official: Charges 'likely' for Hofstra false rape accuser

A female Hofstra student who lives in this

Photo credit: James Carbone | A female Hofstra student who lives in this Manhattan apartment building on Riverside Drive falsely accused five men of gang raping her after a campus party, the DA said.

The woman who falsely accused four men of gang-raping her in a Hofstra University dormitory bathroom is "likely" to face charges this week, a law enforcement official said, as the case became fodder for Nassau District Attorney Kathleen Rice's election opponent.

The woman, an 18-year-old freshman who has not been identified by authorities, probably will be charged "within days," said the official,...

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