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Some folks brainstormed solutions for this raging epidemic, posting, “Whites need a mafia … so if you want to rape a white girl like Breana Talbott the white mafia finds you and your family and puts you down.”

As police investigated, they wondered why Harmon’s bruises were not consistent with being in a violent knife attack. Even more curiously, a nurse who examined Harmon said that there was no physical evidence of sexual assault, and did not think that she had been assaulted.

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After police questioned black men in the area and were unable to find the three-man white-girl rape team, Harmon eventually confessed that she might have made up the part about the black men. And the part about being kidnapped. And the part about being raped.

Harmon admitted that she had cut herself and her jeans because she was upset about possibly breaking up with her boyfriend. When she realized that her mom might be upset about the jeans, Harmon said, she just made up the stuff about the group of masked rapists because ... well ... you know—they’re black. I’m sure everyone can understand that siccing the police on black men is less stressful than having Mommy yell for a few minutes about ripping a perfectly good pair of Old Navy dungarees.

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On Thursday, Harmon pleaded guilty to two third-degree felony counts of tampering with physical evidence, a third-degree felony count of tampering with a government record and a state-jail felony count of tampering with a government record. The charges meant that Harmon faced 30 years in prison and tens of thousands of dollars in fines.

“She’s very remorseful for what she did and what she said, and that’s why she decided to plead guilty,” Harmon’s attorney, Bob Jarvis, explained, noting that the plea deal means that Harmon will not serve a day behind bars. “The cap is either regular probation or deferred adjudication,” he said. “Of course, we’ll be asking for deferred and they’ll be asking for regular probation.”

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In Texas, deferred adjudication means that Harmon will enter a guilty plea, but it will not be listed as a conviction. Upon successful completion of a period of community supervision, the charges against Harmon will be technically dismissed. Furthermore, Harmon will be able to file for nondisclosure after her period of supervision that “essentially seals the criminal record of the offense from private entities,” legal advocate website Avvo states. “This keeps potential employers, apartment complexes, and many others from knowing about the offense.”

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Before deciding whether or not Harmon receives probation or deferred adjudication, her lawyer plans to present the extenuating circumstances of the case, including some of the things she was going through at the time.

As of the date of publication, The Root was unable to reach a representative from the mythical masked black rape clique running around Denison, Texas, searching for blondes to desecrate. However, when asked for comment, Emmett Till, the Scottsboro Boys, the Central Park Five and the entire population of Tulsa, Okla.’s Black Wall Street responded:

“We told y’all.”