Finally: Student who lied about rape is charged

[Brent]

I'm just glad she didn't manage to find some poor guy to blame this on- he'd probably be in jail right now. False accusations or fake rape reports should be prosecuted to the maximum extent of the law.

Student who lied about rape is charged
   
Associated Press
March 9, 2005

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- A woman who told police she was raped and beaten in a restroom at Assembly Hall but later said she made up the story has been charged with false informing, authorities said.

IU student Mary E. Bray, 19, reported the assault to staff members at Bloomington Hospital, where she was taken after IU police cited her for illegal possession of alcohol during an IU-Purdue basketball game on Feb. 22.

Authorities on Tuesday included a charge of misdemeanor false informing, court documents said. A police investigation into the reported rape revealed a "time line which does not offer the opportunity for this crime to have occurred," court documents said.

IU police had said they believe the woman made up the story because she was drunk.

She told police that after she entered a restroom, a man approached her from behind, struck her several times and raped her.

IU police said then that an IU police cadet noticed the woman was vomiting on herself and appeared to be very intoxicated when she left the restroom. She was taken to the first-aid room in Assembly Hall, and then to the hospital because of her drunken state.

The victim did not mention to police or initial first-aid technicians that she had been sexually assaulted, but she told a nurse while at the hospital, police said.

No telephone listing was available for Bray in the student directory.

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