New York: An undercover sex sting that used Miss America as bait appeared to be in trouble until the beauty queen said she had changed her mind and agreed to testify against the men she helped arrest.
Lauren Nelson, 20, worked with police in suburban New York to target would-be Internet sexual predators, taped for an episode of the TV show America's Most Wanted.
She posed as a teenager and lured men into chatting online and meeting her at a Long Island home, where police and crews were waiting. Eleven men were arrested in the sting.
Suffolk District Attorney Thomas Spota had said on Monday that Nelson, who is from Oklahoma, had told prosecutors she did not plan to return to Long Island to testify.
On Tuesday, the Miss America Organisation said Nelson is "fully cooperating with the law enforcement officials."
Spokeswoman Sharon Pearce said that included the district attorney's office.
America's Most Wanted denied that Nelson or anyone connected to her had ever said she would not take the stand.
Nelson herself was traveling and unavailable for comment, Miss America spokeswoman Sharon Pearce said.
District Attorney Thomas Spota released his own statement on Tuesday, calling on the 20-year-old to "meet her civic responsibility and testify as a witness to a crime". He later said the Miss America organisation contacted his office and assured him that Nelson had no problems testifying.
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