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Tawana Brawley Finally Made to Pay and Other News
It looks like time has run out for Tawana Brawley. I recall living in New York state at the time of this huge hoax and it never set well with most of us at the time. Initially, it appeared as though Tawana had been kidnapped, raped, and generally treated horribly by New York police officers who – it was alleged – were white. Passions were inflamed and it was not long before a much larger-than-life “Rev.” Al Sharpton rolled onto the scene to side with the alleged victim. His accusations are noteworthy, which became the subject of a number of defamation of character lawsuits later on. The fines levied against him totaled $66,000, which was ultimately paid “by O.J. Simpson lawyer Johnnie Cochran and others.”
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