LINCOLN, Neb. — Lancaster County, Neb., District Court Judge Gale Pokorny on Thursday continued until Nov. 19 the case against a Nebraska woman charged with providing false information to police in connection to an alleged anti-gay hate crime that investigators now say was an elaborate hoax.
Charlie Rogers
The case against Charlie Rogers, 33, stemmed from her allegedly filing a false report with Lincoln police on July 22 in which she claimed that three masked attackers invaded her home, painted homophobic slurs on the walls, and carved them into her skin, before attempting to set her house on fire.
Rogers, 33, a former standout basketball player at the University of Nebraska and who is openly lesbian, was charged after investigators determined that her claims of being attacked were fabricated.
Rogers has pleaded not guilty to the misdemeanor of providing false information to police.During the hearing Thursday, Rogers waived her right to a speedy trial and her attorney Brett McArthur said the delay will give him a chance to wade through the forensic evidence, but declined to comment on anything he already may have found to back up his client’s account.
“She’s been incredibly strong. The outpouring of support for Charlie has been incredible,” McArthur said after court.
Police officials said they never ruled out the possibility that the alleged hate crime may have been a hoax, and in fact, one source within the Lincoln police department, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told LGBTQ Nation in August that detectives were suspicious of the Rogers’ claims from the start of the investigation.
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Great, thanks for the negative publicity for us as a whole….
I read “naked lesbian” and got excited
This is really sad and unfortunate…
She needs to be publicly held accontable so no one else thinks this is OK! Nothing should stay in the shadows.. Against us or anything we do…
Yeah, thanks…..
This woman is sick.
@rosalie: well. We re not all saints. Why should we be portrayed as perfect? Gays arent angels. Far from it. Need a reality check dude?
If she is found guilty i hope they throw the book at her but it she is not found guilt i hope they can show how and where the Nebraska police botched the case. I like not questions lingering.
She sounds like she had some underlying mental issues. I hope she receives help for whatever is causing her to act out like this.
Eh, people make mistakes. Through this all, I hope she can just learn from it and grow from the experience.
I hope they frie the bitch. She makes all of us look bad!
good, let her go to trial. we have a difficult time trying to get respect, then to have someone pull such a bone head move.. prosecute them!
Totally makes us look bad. So stupid didn’t help one bit dummy. Sheesh!!!!
I ho;pe she’s not guilty but if she is…she’s obviously sick
Hate crimes are real and should never be faked. She’s mentally sick.
‘ANT NOBODY GOT TIME FOR THIS’