Crystal Gail Mangum was born on July 18,1978 and is an American former stripper from Durham, North Carolina who has been incarcerated for murder since 2013.
36 Facts About Crystal Mangum
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Crystal Mangum argued that she acted in self-defense, saying that she feared Daye would kill her.
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Crystal Mangum was sentenced to 14 to 18 years in prison.
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Crystal Mangum was born and grew up in Durham, North Carolina, the daughter of Travis Crystal Mangum, a truck driver, and his wife Mary.
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Crystal Mangum subsequently backed away from the charges, a move relatives claimed was motivated by fear for her life.
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Crystal Mangum thinks it is more likely to have happened when Crystal was 17 or 18 years old, shortly before she made the police report.
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Crystal Mangum reported to police that her husband had threatened to kill her, but the charge was dismissed when she failed to appear in court.
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Crystal Mangum served for less than two years in the Navy before being discharged after becoming pregnant by a fellow sailor, with whom she went on to have another child.
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Crystal Mangum was found to have a blood alcohol content of over twice the legal limit.
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Ultimately, Crystal Mangum pleaded guilty to four counts: assault on a government official, larceny, speeding to elude arrest, and driving while impaired.
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Crystal Mangum served three weekends in jail, paid $4,200 in restitution and fees, and was given two years' probation.
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In 2004, Crystal Mangum earned an associate degree from Durham Technical Community College, and subsequently enrolled full-time at North Carolina Central University.
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In March 2006, Crystal Mangum was hired as an exotic dancer at a party organized by members of the Duke University men's lacrosse team.
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Crystal Mangum then became involved in an altercation with her fellow dancer that necessitated police assistance.
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In 2008, Mangum published a memoir, The Last Dance for Grace: The Crystal Mangum Story, written with Vincent Clark.
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Crystal Mangum claimed that the dropping of the case was politically motivated.
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Crystal Mangum reportedly set fire to some of his clothing in a bathtub in their presence.
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Crystal Mangum was ordered to remain in jail on $1 million bond.
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Crystal Mangum was required to wear an electronic monitoring device.
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On July 12,2010, Crystal Mangum was released from house arrest and required to move in with her mother.
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Crystal Mangum was allowed to visit her three children but only under supervision of social services.
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Crystal Mangum was arrested again on August 25,2010, and held on $150,000 bond for failure to comply with the restrictions on her child visitation order.
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On December 17,2010, Crystal Mangum was convicted of contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile, injury to personal property and resisting a public officer.
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Crystal Mangum was arrested on April 3,2011, following accusations that she repeatedly stabbed and seriously injured a boyfriend, Reginald Daye.
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Crystal Mangum was charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill or inflicting serious bodily injury, a class C felony in North Carolina.
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Ten days later, Daye died in the hospital, and Crystal Mangum was indicted on a murder charge.
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Crystal Mangum was held in jail under a $300,000 secured bail bond, which was set prior to her boyfriend's death.
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On November 1,2011, Crystal Mangum was deemed competent to stand trial for murder.
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On May 1,2012, Crystal Mangum's attorney withdrew, citing the release by Crystal Mangum of confidential information regarding her case to her supporters.
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On February 20,2013, Crystal Mangum was released on bail until trial.
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At the trial, Crystal Mangum argued that she stabbed Daye in self-defense, as she was being assaulted by him.
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In 2015, Crystal Mangum filed for an appeal of her 2013 conviction due to testimony allowed during trial related to an argument with a man in 2010.
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Crystal Mangum later filed grievances with the North Carolina Bar Association against the attorney that filed the appeal and her attorneys from the 2013 murder trial.
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In 2018, Mangum appeared before Superior Court Judge Carolyn J Thompson in Durham County on motions Mangum filed against the Durham County Police Department, the Durham County District Attorney's Office and Police Officer Marianne Bond for malicious prosecution related to 2011 larceny charges.
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Crystal Mangum stated that the money orders were given to her by Daye to pay rent and that Daye, prior to his death, had confirmed this to Bond.
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Crystal Mangum appeared in the episode, having given a jailhouse interview to the show's producers in the summer of 2012.