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Raw Deal is one of the most exposing and controversial documentaries about rape and fraternity life, a remarkable exposé on the contested rape of 27-year-old Lisa Gier King in Gainesville, Florida. On Friday, February 26, 1999, Delta Chi frat brothers at the University of Florida held a party at their fraternity house and hired exotic dancer Lisa Gier King to perform. The following morning, a half-naked and distraught King ran from the house, claiming that Michael Yarhaus had raped her. Her most startling allegation was that frat brother Tony Marzullo had videotaped the crime. Two days later, King herself was arrested for filing a false police report after authorities claimed the rape showed “clearly willing and consensual sex.”
Filmmaker Billy Corben takes Smith’s challenge and presents the scandalizing, sexually explicit footage alongside interviews of participants involved with the case to conduct an investigation the police never did. The result is a shocking insight on fraternity life and the politically constructed nature of “the truth.”
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