The Latest: Police: Student fabricated assault report
BATON ROUGE, La. — The Latest on reports of students being attacked on or near two college campuses (all times local):
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Police say a Louisiana college student has acknowledged she fabricated her report that she was assaulted and robbed of her wallet and Muslim headscarf by two men, one of whom she described as wearing a white “Trump” hat.
The Lafayette Police Department said in a statement Thursday that it is no longer investigating the 18-year-old woman’s claims.