Tawana Brawley claimed that Steven Pagones and others raped her in 1987 . Brawley , who is black , said the white men wrote racial slurs on her body . After 26 years , Tawana Brawley has finally begun paying damages to Steven Pagones , a man she falsely accused of being among a group of men who raped her in 1987 . The case was settled out of court for an undisclosed sum. Brawley started paying Pagones monies owed from a defamation lawsuit .
Tawana Brawley claimed that Steven Pagones and others raped her in 1987 . Brawley , who is black , said the white men wrote racial slurs on her body . The case was settled out of court for an undisclosed sum. Brawley started paying Pagones monies owed from a defamation lawsuit .