Woman who accused football player Brian Banks of rape ordered to pay $2.6M

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'LONG BEACH, Calif. - The Long Beach woman who falsely accused football player Brian Banks of rape has been ordered to pay $1.6 million in expenses incurred by the school district where the crime supposedly had occurred, plus $1 million in damages, according to a Long Beach Press-Telegram report.

Wanetta Gibson had been paid $750,000 by the Long Beach Unified School District to partly settle her claim that it helped cause the purported rape with poor security at Long Beach Poly High School, the Press-Telegram reported.

The woman did not appear in court to contest the district's lawsuit, and a judge ruled Friday that Gibson must repay her award, plus the district's court costs, plus $1 million in punitive damages for the false claim.'