Student who fabricated UC Santa Cruz rape report charged with misdemeanor

Submitted by Mastodon on Wed, 2013-03-27 04:11

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'SANTA CRUZ -- A 20-year-old UC Santa Barbara student who admitted to making a false report of rape on the UC Santa Cruz campus in February has been charged by prosecutors.

Morgan Triplett, 20, faces a misdemeanor allegation of making a false report, Santa Cruz County assistant district attorney Johanna Schonfield said Thursday.

Triplett is expected to be arraigned next week and faces six months in jail, counseling or restitution if convicted, prosecutors said.
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On Feb. 28, UCSC Police Chief Nader Oweis said the woman admitted to authorities that she "fabricated" the report.

"After an extensive investigation it became apparent that the majority of the information that Ms. Triplett gave the officers was not in fact true," Schonfield said Thursday.'

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