The guy who made up the story is getting off with no consequences.

Dave Huber writes at the College Fix.

Another hate crime accusation bites the dust

After a month-long investigation, authorities have concluded that a gay man “invented the story and actually instigated the fight” which had led to accusations of a hate crime at North Dakota University.

Police wanted to charge Haakon Gisvold, who’s not a UND student, with “providing false information to police,” but prosecutors passed.

ABC News reports:

Gisvold told police in early September that he was the victim of homophobic taunting and an assault at the Lambda Chi Alpha house. He said he was called anti-gay slurs, choked and stripped of his clothes while attending a party. The fraternity chapter was placed on limited operations while the UND and Grand Forks police departments investigated.

Authorities said their monthlong investigation, including interviewing 150 witnesses, concluded there was no evidence of a hate crime, and that Gisvold instigated a fight.

“Throughout the investigation we looked at many different angles and many different things, and we uncovered some of those details,” university Police Sgt. Dan Weigel said.