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Wyoming Woman Gets 21 Months In Prison For False Accusation of Rape, Attempt To Extort Victim

Ashe Schow
Wyoming Woman Gets 21 Months In Prison For False Accusation of Rape, Attempt To Extort Victim
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A woman in Lander, Wyoming, was actually sentenced to some time in prison for falsely accusing a man of sexual assault and trying to extort money from him.

Rachael Myla Stagner, 36, was sentenced to 21 months in prison, just under two years, for falsely accusing a white man of sexually assaulting her on the Wind River Indian Reservation, local outlet Cowboy State Daily reported. Stagner was indicted in September 2020 but pleaded guilty in January to making false statements to police.

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