Alton H. Maddox is a lawyer who was disbarred following his involvement in the Tawana Brawley alleged hoax. Maddox, C. Vernon Mason and the Reverand Al Sharpton were successfully sued over the matter and ordered to pay damages to Steven Pagones, the assistant district attorney he defamed. In the United States, a lawyer is a person licensed by the state to advise clients in legal matters and represent them in courts of law and in other forms of dispute resolution. ... Tawana Brawley (born 1972?), known after her notoriety subsided as Maryam Muhammad, was an African-American 15-year-old who created a national stir when she claimed she was raped by six white men, some of them police officers, on November 28, 1987 in the town of Wappingers Falls, New... C. Vernon Mason is a lawyer who was disbarred following his involvement in the Tawana Brawley hoax. ... Reverend Al Sharpton The Reverend Alfred Charles Al Sharpton Jr. ... Steven Pagones was an Assistant District Attorney in New York who was falsely accused by Tawana Brawley and Al Sharpton of raping Brawley. ...

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• THE COMMITTEE TO REINSTATE ALTON H. MADDOX, JR.
• "I’m not a liar" (Tawana Brawley)