The woman who made up rape allegations against two Sacred Heart University football players pleaded guilty on Tuesday to lying to police.

Nikki Yovino, 19, of South Setauket, N.Y., reportedly made up the allegations in order to gain the sympathy of another student she wanted to date. As part of a plea bargain, the young woman will be sentenced on Aug. 23 to “three years, suspended after she serves one year in prison and followed by three years’ probation,” the CT Post reported.

A jury was about to be selected, but Yovino instead agreed to take the plea deal.

“We were prepared to go to trial on the original felony charge, but after lengthy discussions with all parties involved and considering all outside factors, this was an appropriate disposition that will hopefully set a precedent about how serious the state takes this conduct,” Senior Assistant State’s Attorney Tatiana Messina told the judge.

In October, Yovino, a student at the university located in Fairfield, Conn., reported to police that she had been raped by the two football players in the bathroom at an off-campus party in Bridgeport. Police have not released the football players’ names.


The two men admitted to having sex with Yovino, but claimed it was consensual.

Authorities said she later admitted that she had consensual sex with the players and told them her motive. She was charged with evidence tampering, a felony, and falsely reporting an incident, a misdemeanor.

“She admitted that she made up the allegation of sexual assault against [the football players] because it was the first thing that came to mind and she didn’t want to lose [another male student] as a friend and potential boyfriend,” the arrest warrant affidavit stated. “She stated that she believed when [the other male student] heard the allegation it would make him angry and sympathetic to her.”

The players’ lawyer, Frank Riccio II, told the CT Post the two men were considering suing Yovino.

“While this disposition does not replace that which the boys lost, it does send a powerful message that lying about a serious incident carries serious consequences,” Riccio said.

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So you want to date a guy.

So you bang two football players (consensually) and then claim it was rape to garner that guy's attention.

I think she should have just banged the original guy in the first place - that usually get's guys attention rather than a rape story.

Maybe it just me, though.

Her sentence should have been the time the two players would have served if they'd been convicted.

That will cut down on weird girl thoughts that only make sense in Bizarroland.

The false allegations in this case are like a similar case of false accusations at that school.

in 2009 there were accusations against three young men, all lacrosse players.

All three men were charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree sexual assault.

Sacred Heart University suspended all three from school.

Months later their accuser recanted, and the prosecution Nolle prosequi'd the case, but not before their names were besmirched by the media.

Orginal story

HuffPo hit piece

CT Post story about dropped charges

Since this happened at this school before, Yovino should have gotten life and SHU should settle for a few hundred million or be sued into insolvency..

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Originally posted by RHINOWSO:
So you want to date a guy.

So you bang two football players (consensually) and then claim it was rape to garner that guy's attention.

I think she should have just banged the original guy in the first place - that usually get's guys attention rather than a rape story.

Maybe it just me, though.

WAPCE

Her; "two guys raped me". Him; "Hey you wanna go out"?

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Nikki Yovino

So she's not on American Modern Family any more??

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"To every survivor of sexual assault...You have the right to be heard. You have the right to be believed. We're with you." —Hillary
12:24 PM · Sep 14, 2015

Makes me wonder how many men are sitting in jail because a young chick yelled rape following a sweaty night of consensual sex.

quote:

Originally posted by RHINOWSO:
So you want to date a guy.

So you bang two football players (consensually) and then claim it was rape to garner that guy's attention.

I think she should have just banged the original guy in the first place - that usually get's guys attention rather than a rape story.

Maybe it just me, though.

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I like the way you think!

Sounds like she wanted to achieve sjw "victim" status

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Originally posted by Cousin Vinnie:

quote:

Originally posted by RHINOWSO:
So you want to date a guy.

So you bang two football players (consensually) and then claim it was rape to garner that guy's attention.

I think she should have just banged the original guy in the first place - that usually get's guys attention rather than a rape story.

Maybe it just me, though.

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I like the way you think!

With the seemingly increasing number of wackjob snowflakes out there I'm extremely glad to be my age and beyond any of this crap.

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Originally posted by Flashlightboy:
Her sentence should have been the time the two players would have served if they'd been convicted.

That will cut down on weird girl thoughts that only make sense in Bizarroland.

Agreed on that one. And make the sentences consecutive instead of concurrent.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by lkdr1989:
Sounds like she wanted to achieve sjw "victim" status [QUOTE]

She will be serving 1 year in prison, so the chances are pretty good that there will be some unwanted loving going on and she'll "actually" be able to receive her "VICTIM" merit badge.

And all of this could have been avoided with a single aspirin tablet.

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Originally posted by parabellum:
And all of this could have been avoided with a single aspirin tablet.

That took me a couple seconds.

she got very lucky

she should have gotten the combined sentences of the two players and them probation if she survived prison

Bet her parents are proud of her. A real genius, right there.