Teen charged w/ lying about being raped by college football players - gets 1 year in jail

I am very pleased to see this, it's not the 1st time young men have had their lives ruined by a spiteful and vindictive woman lying

I DO want real rapes prosecuted, but there is zero excuse to make this type of false allegation

Teen charged with lying about being raped by college football players

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Two college football players who were suspended from their team last year and saw their scholarships revoked after rape accusations have been cleared by police after authorities say their accuser recanted her story.

Nikki Yovino, 18, of South Setauket, NY, has been charged with second-degree falsely reporting an incident and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence in connection to an incident at a Sacred Heart University football party in October, the Connecticut Post reports.

When pressed about inconsistencies in her original statement, Yovino admitted that she made up the rape allegations against the two football players in hopes of gaining sympathy from another man — a prospective boyfriend, according to an arrest warrant affidavit.

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eta - update on sentencing:

Connecticut college student gets 1 year in prison for false rape accusation

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BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut (WABC) -- A Long Island woman who falsely accused two Sacred Heart University football players of rape was sentenced in a Connecticut court Thursday.

Nikki Yovino, of South Setauket, pleaded guilty to making up the allegations and was sentenced to three years in prison. She will only serve one year, though, with the other two suspended as part of the plea agreement.

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