Thought you'd guys might be interested in this. Looks like ol' girl was lying after all.
Source: Hofstra student lied about gang rape
September 16, 2009 By ANN GIVENS
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Photo credit: Karen Wiles Stabile | A female student's claim that men lured her away from a party at Hofstra U.S.A. and raped her wasproven false, a source said Thursday.
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Hofstra University student who told police that she had beentied up in a college dormitory stall Sunday and brutally gang raped by five men - one of them a student - told prosecutors late Wednesday that she lied aboutthe incident, a law enforcement source said.
After hearing the news, prosecutors convened a late night court hearing at First District Court in
Hempstead where Judge Robert Bruno signed an order dismissing the charges against the four men in thecase.
The four men who had been arrested are expected to be released later Wednesday night, a law enforcement source said. The search for the fifth man has beendropped, the source said.
The source said the 18-year-old woman made a "full recantation" in an interview with two prosecutors Wednesday evening.
Prosecutors have not decided yet whether to pursue charges against the woman, the source said.
The men arrested on the rape charges were Hofstra student Rondell Bedward, 21, Stalin Felipe, 19, and Jesus L. Ortiz, 19, all of the
Bronx; and Kevin R. Taveras, 20, of
Brentwood. Allhad been charged with five counts of first-degree rape.
Officials said the woman had immediately reported the alleged assault to campus police, who notified
Nassau police right away. Within hours, the four men were arrested, including Bedward, who is a Hofstrastudent, officials said.
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