RALEIGH, NC--the woman who falsely accused three Duke lacrosse players of raping her was charged Monday with murder in the death of her friend.

Crystal Mangum was indicted on charges of first-degree murder and two counts of theft. She has been in prison since April 3, when the police her with stabbing attack in the 46-year-old Reginald Daye. He died after almost two weeks in a hospital.

A lawyer for Mangum and officials in the district attorney's office did not immediately return calls seeking comment.

Mangum, accused lacrosse players of raping her in a 2006 Party complained against, she was hired to perform as a stripper. The case heightened long-standing tensions in Durham about race, class and the privileged status of college athletes.

Prosecutors declined to charge for the false accusations, but Mangum bizarre legal problems have continued.

Last year, she was convicted of felony charges after her house with her three children within a fire setting that almost were torched. In a videotaped police interrogation she told officers she got into a confrontation with her boyfriend at the time--not Daye--and burned his clothes, the windshield of his car destroyed and threatened to cross him.

Friends said Mangum has never recovered from the stigma placed by the case lacrosse and has been involved in a series of questionable relationships in an effort to ensure stability for her children. Vincent Clark, a friend who co-authored Mangum of self-published memoir, said that he hopes that people won't rush to judgment--echoing one of the lessons the oft-quoted from the lacrosse case itself.

Clark said that Mangum realizes that she has mental problems.

"I'm sorry for her. I hope that people realize how difficult it is to her, "said Clark.

When the Daye cousin spoke to a 911 dispatcher after the stabbing, he referred the Mangum still wearing fame.

"It is Crystal Mangum. The Crystal Mangum, "said the cousin, whose name was removed from a publicly released version of the emergency call. "I told him they damn problems from the beginning."

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