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Police: Ex-Neb. hoops star faked anti-gay attack

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A former University of Nebraska women's basketball star faked an attack in which she allegedly carved anti-gay slurs into her skin because she felt it would spark change, police said Tuesday.

Four days before Charlie Rogers crawled naked and bleeding from her Lincoln home, screaming for help, she outlined in a Facebook posting what investigators believe was her motive for faking the July 22 attack, Police Chief Jim Peschong said at a news conference.

"So maybe I am too idealistic, but I believe way deep inside me that we can make things better for everyone. I will be a catalyst. I will do what it takes. I will. Watch me," read the July 18 posting, according to police.

Furthermore, genetic testing on evidence gathered at the crime scene undermines Rogers' account of what happened, Peschong said.

Charlie Rogers, 33, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to making a false police report and was released on her own recognizance. She didn't respond to a message seeking comment left Tuesday at a number listed as hers, but her lawyer, Brett McArthur, said she maintains the attack happened and plans to vigorously defend herself.

"This has been a very traumatic event for her, and having the focus of the investigation turn toward her has been really hard," said McArthur, who described Rogers as reserved and soft-spoken, and not the type to seek attention.

"She has no reason to lie about what happened. She's pretty devastated, when you go to authorities and things kind of get turned around on you," he said.

Rogers, a lesbian who ranks second all-time in blocked shots for the Cornhuskers, reported the attack amid a charged debate in Lincoln over the city's proposed "fairness ordinance," which would ban discrimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. The City Council approved the ordinance in May, 5-0, but two conservative groups gathered enough signatures to force a popular vote on it before it can take effect.

According to police, Rogers said three masked men broke into her home, and that one of them pinned her down while another sliced a cross into her chest, cut the front of her thighs and shins and carved derogatory words in her arms and abdomen. She said they then rolled her onto her stomach and cut her buttocks, the back of her thighs and the back of her right calf. She also said they tried to burn down her house.

Rogers crawled from her home naked, bleeding and screaming for help, a neighbor told police. The community's gay community responded swiftly, and hundreds turned out for a rally that weekend outside the state Capitol.

On Tuesday, four Nebraska gay-rights groups that followed the case released a joint statement crediting police for conducting what they believe was a balanced and thorough investigation.

"It is important not to focus on the actions of any single individual," the groups said in the statement. "As residents of Lincoln we must continue to bring our community together to declare that violence and hate are not the values of our city."

According to Peschong, police found a pile of clothes, white knit gloves and a red box cutter on the living room floor after the alleged attack. Rogers said the gloves didn't belong to her, but investigators determined that a lot of the DNA found inside the glove was Rogers' and that none of it came from a male.

Peschong said investigators discovered that Rogers deleted numerous text messages she had sent the evening of the alleged attack, and that she bought cotton gloves, a box cutter and zip ties from an Ace Hardware Store in Lincoln on July 17. All of the items were later found in her house, he said. When confronted about the evidence weeks later, he said, Rogers admitted to purchasing all of the items except the gloves.

She also sent a photo of a cross-shaped cut on her chest to a friend a few days before the reported attack, Peschong said.

Investigators say they found no apparent sign of a struggle in the living room where Rogers said she was attacked, and no blood on the sheets where the cutting allegedly took place. An FBI forensic pathologist concluded that Rogers either cut herself, or allowed someone else to do it.

Peschong said the department spent thousands of dollars investigating the case, but he stressed that the case will not undermine the department's trust in people who report hate crimes.

"The FBI, the Bureau of Fire Prevention and the Lincoln Police Department have spent an exorbitant amount of time and personnel resources investigating this," he said. "We aggressively investigated this. Every day since this incident has happened, there have been investigators working on trying to identify who these assailants were."

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Peschong said the department spent thousands of dollars investigating the case, but he stressed that the case will not undermine the department's trust in people who report hate crimes.

She needs to pay for all the expenses incurred in the investigation.

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  On 8/22/2012 at 3:41 AM, kennard said:

She needs to pay for all the expenses incurred in the investigation.

Absolutely! Just the "hate crime" angle had the fed involved too.

What kind of sicko cuts themselves up w/ a razor knife?

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  On 8/22/2012 at 12:54 PM, Evylin said:

For every "hate crime that never happened" you should post the ones that do. Otherwise, you look silly. FYI.

Actually in this story lies an actual hate crime.

She falsely accuses Men and Christians of being the perpetrators.... even going so far as to carve a cross onto her chest.

Imagine the outrage if I were to fake a hate crime with the purpose of blaming say Muslims even using islamic symbols. (tsk tsk tsk)

THis woman is a bigot and she is doing the very thing she accused others of.

  On 8/22/2012 at 5:51 AM, Martin Wellbourne said:

Another example of how an extreme individual proves that homophobia is a myth. Seriously, this is a pathetic angle you're exploring here

By and large it is a myth.

How many people do you know who have an "unreasonable and extreme fear of Gay people" and how does it manifest its self?

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  On 8/22/2012 at 4:27 PM, Danno said:

By and large it is a myth.

How many people do you know who have an "unreasonable and extreme fear of Gay people" and how does it manifest its self?

The word homophobia is misleading. It's not a fear.

In most cases, it's unreasonable and extreme hatred.

The word could be considered a myth. The attitude isn't, sadly.

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  On 8/22/2012 at 4:29 PM, Evylin said:

The word homophobia is misleading. It's not a fear.

In most cases, it's unreasonable and extreme hatred.

The word could be considered a myth. The attitude isn't, sadly.

YOUR almost there.

How many people do you know who have this "extreme hatred" and how does it manifest its self?

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  On 8/22/2012 at 4:52 PM, Danno said:

YOUR almost there.

How many people do you know who have this "extreme hatred" and how does it manifest its self?

My almost there what?

I, luckily, know none of these people. I've met some, but they aren't in my life because I have no patience for people like that.

How does it manifest itself? Through random acts of violence that I've been unfortunate enough to witness simply by having gay friends. Through harassment for no reason other than the person is gay and the harasser finds it entertaining. Through people calling someone else a faggot, for no reason other than to hurt feelings. It manifests itself whenever someone makes a rude, ignorant, disgusting comment about someone else's sexuality as if that defines them as a person or as if they have the right to judge. It manifests itself whenever people decide to boycott a company because their spokesperson happens to be gay.

I'm not sure what world you live in where acts of hatred or discrimination don't happen, but I'd love to live there.

You're focusing on the word too much. The word may have a wrong meaning, there may not be any true PHOBIA, but sadly .. there's plenty of hatred and ignorance. Call that whatever you want, the word you use doesn't change the actions.

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  On 8/22/2012 at 4:57 PM, Evylin said:

My almost there what?

I, luckily, know none of these people. I've met some, but they aren't in my life because I have no patience for people like that.

How does it manifest itself? Through random acts of violence that I've been unfortunate enough to witness simply by having gay friends. Through harassment for no reason other than the person is gay and the harasser finds it entertaining. Through people calling someone else a faggot, for no reason other than to hurt feelings. It manifests itself whenever someone makes a rude, ignorant, disgusting comment about someone else's sexuality as if that defines them as a person or as if they have the right to judge. It manifests itself whenever people decide to boycott a company because their spokesperson happens to be gay.

I'm not sure what world you live in where acts of hatred or discrimination don't happen, but I'd love to live there.

You're focusing on the word too much. The word may have a wrong meaning, there may not be any true PHOBIA, but sadly .. there's plenty of hatred and ignorance. Call that whatever you want, the word you use doesn't change the actions.

Sis you need to run with a better crowd, the only incidents I have seen was when Gay guy A, touched Straight guy B.

Look I run with the red-blooded American crowd :whistle: why don't I know people who run around targeting Homosexuals?

I suspect there are very few people today who look to harm people who are not bothering them.

Certainly with my open views on the subject I would know.

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  On 8/22/2012 at 4:27 PM, Danno said:

By and large it is a myth.

How many people do you know who have an "unreasonable and extreme fear of Gay people" and how does it manifest its self?

How do you know it is a myth? This article doesn't advance a convincing case for that conclusion. You post a couple of articles about nutty individuals and that's supposed to be proof? Do you really think that this is convincing?

What's convincing to me is that seems clear that you have some personal issue with homosexuality - hence your opposition to gay marriage on spurious grounds of 'nature', the fact that you post numerous articles like this one.

Make an argument that isn't ridiculous, and maybe people will start taking you seriously.

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  On 8/22/2012 at 5:28 PM, Danno said:

Sis you need to run with a better crowd, the only incidents I have seen was when Gay guy A, touched Straight guy B.

Look I run with the red-blooded American crowd :whistle: why don't I know people who run around targeting Homosexuals?

I suspect there are very few people today who look to harm people who are not bothering them.

Certainly with my open views on the subject I would know.

I don't know these people either. They're strangers to me. This was back in high school, where bullies run rampant.

But because you haven't seen it with your own eyes doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

There are news stories every day of people who harm others who were not bothering them.

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  On 8/22/2012 at 5:39 PM, Evylin said:

I don't know these people either. They're strangers to me. This was back in high school, where bullies run rampant.

But because you haven't seen it with your own eyes doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

There are news stories every day of people who harm others who were not bothering them.

Anecdotal evidence has it's place, but I really don't think someone can claim that a major social issue doesn't exist, just because they claim not to have experienced it in their neck of the woods. Arguments like that are simply naive.

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  On 8/22/2012 at 5:42 PM, Martin Wellbourne said:

Anecdotal evidence has it's place, but I really don't think someone can claim that a major social issue doesn't exist, just because they claim not to have experienced it in their neck of the woods. Arguments like that are simply naive.

Exactly. Just like the rape comments from Akin.

 

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