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|occupation = Nurse | |occupation = Nurse | ||
|goals = Convince a court she had been raped by Steven Pagones (failed) | |goals = Convince a court she had been raped by Steven Pagones (failed) | ||
|crimes = [[Defamation]]<br>Contempt of court | |crimes = [[Defamation]]<br>Contempt of court<br>[[Caucasiophobia]] | ||
|type of villain = False accuser | |type of villain = False accuser | ||
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'''Tawana Vicenia Brawley''' (December 15<sup>th</sup>, 1971) is an African-American woman who [[False rape allegations|falsely claimed]] that she had been gang-raped by a group of white men in what is now considered to be a [[Racial Hoax]]. | '''Tawana Vicenia Brawley''' (December 15<sup>th</sup>, 1971) is an African-American woman who [[False rape allegations|falsely claimed]] that she had been gang-raped by a group of white men in what is now considered to be a [[Racial Hoax]]. | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
On November 28<sup>th</sup>, 1987, Brawley was found unresponsive in a garbage bag with her clothing charred, her body covered in faeces and with the words "bitch", "nigger" and "[[Ku Klux Klan|KKK]]" written on her torso in charcoal. During interrogation, she indicated that she had been abducted and held captive for several days in the woods by four white men, who she claimed had sexually abused her. | On November 28<sup>th</sup>, 1987, Brawley was found unresponsive in a garbage bag with her clothing charred, her body covered in faeces and with the words "bitch", "nigger" and "[[Ku Klux Klan|KKK]]" written on her torso in charcoal. During interrogation, she indicated that she had been abducted and held captive for several days in the woods by four white men, who she claimed had sexually abused her. | ||