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Ex-Husker gets probation for faking anti-gay crime
http://www.omaha.com/article/20130418/NEWS/130419673/1718
LINCOLN -- A judge sentenced a former Nebraska women's basketball player to 24 months of probation, including seven days in jail, Thursday morning for faking an anti-gay hate crime.
Charlie Rogers had said she was attacked last July by three men who carved anti-gay slurs into her arms and stomach. She later was charged with filing a false report, a misdemeanor.
Rogers, who played for the Huskers from 1996 through 2000, pleaded no contest to the charge. Her attorney said Rogers maintains her innocence but didn't want a court fight. She was sentenced by Lancaster County Judge Gale Pokorny.
Rogers tearfully hugged family and friends after the sentence. She declined comment, as did her mother.
