Woman's False Rape Claim Led To Man's Death

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'The false report of a brutal sexual assault set off a bizarre chain of events that ended last week with the self-defense killing of a Florida man, according to police.

The fatal set of circumstances began when Brittany Sorey, a 30-year-old mother of five, last month contacted police to report that she had been sexually assaulted in her apartment in Largo, a town outside Tampa.

Sorey, pictured at right, alleged that a Hispanic man forced his way into her residence and “battered her and vaginally penetrated her with a broken broom handle and a box cutter.” She repeated this claim when later re-interviewed by detectives.

At the time of the purported attack, Sorey and her husband Gerald, 25, were living in the Largo home and were behind on the rent (which eventually precipitated an eviction action). According to her Facebook page, Sorey is the mother of six children.
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It was only after the neighbor’s death that Sorey admitted to police that she “fabricated the entire report of sexual battery and that it never happened.”

Sorey was arrested Friday afternoon on a single misdemeanor count of falsely reporting a crime. Seen in the mug shot at left, she was released from the county jail late last night after posting $150 bond.'