In her acclaimed 1999 memoir Lucky, author Alice Sebold told the story of being raped in 1981 when she was a student at Syracuse University. The case resulted in a Black man named Anthony Broadwater being convicted and sent to prison. Sadly, Broadwater was innocent and wrongfully convicted — and now Sebold is apologizing for her role in the racially charged case and for ultimately destroying the man’s life.
Morgan Sung of NBC News reported that “Sebold apologized Tuesday, Nov. 30, to the man who was exonerated of the 1981 rape featured in her memoir, Lucky, saying she struggled with the role she ‘unwittingly played within a system that sent an innocent man to jail.’”
According to Sung, “Broadwater was convicted in 1982 of raping Sebold and served 16 years in prison. The conviction was overturned last week after authorities found serious flaws in the original arrest and the trial.”
