The 18 year old Hofstra University Freshman Recants Her Rape Story After Cell Phone Video Footage Revealed. Charges Dropped Men Released From Jail...

Something isn't right. It smells fishy to me. I would recommend the District Attorney ask Hofstra University to review all surveillance footage entering the dormatory and the hallway leading to the dormatory bathroom. Ask yourselves, why did the fifth young man disappear after the alleged rape? Why did she immediately call the police after the incident. If this was consensual sex with multiple partners, don't you think she would WANT to keep this PRIVATE?! Think about it. I feel that she was strong-armed to recant her story. There is much more to this story than meets the eye!

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The Associated Press
Attorney: Video refutes Hofstra gang-rape claims
written by By FRANK ELTMAN (AP)
Wednesday September 17, 2009 10:51AM

MINEOLA, N.Y. — An attorney for one of the men accused of gang-raping a Hofstra University freshman says the video of the sexual encounter refutes allegations that the victim was tied up and forcibly attacked.

Victor Daly-Rivera, the lawyer for 20-year-old Kevin Taveras, said Thursday that the video resembled a pornographic movie.

He says one of the five accused men shot the video on a cell phone. He would not say which one.

The victim, who has not been identified, changed her story Wednesday night and said the sex was consensual.

Prosecutors are now considering possible criminal charges against the woman.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.

MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — Hofstra University has suspended a college student who recanted claims that she was gang-raped by five men in a dormitory bathroom.

Hofstra spokeswoman Melissa Connolly said Thursday that the school had lifted a suspension against the one student among the five suspects.

Connolly refused to identify the 18-year-old freshman who accused the five men of rape on Tuesday. The student recanted her charges a day later. The four suspects who had been arrested, including Hofstra student Rondell Bedward, were released from jail on Wednesday.