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Man Awarded $150,000 After False Rape Allegation
posted by Nightmist on Thursday November 15, @06:27AM
from the false-accusations dept.
False Accusations Here's a refreshing tale from law.com. A man falsely accused of rape by a co-worker was branded a rapist without due process, prodded and invaded by his employer, and subjected to all kinds of humiliation. Subsequently, a jury has awarded him $150,000 in damages.

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All the best on his appeal
by frank h on Thursday November 15, @08:05AM EST (#1)
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I hope his appeal succeeds and the female judge's prohibition of punitive damages is set aside. IMHO, the woman in this case is more culpible than the Company.
Re:All the best on his appeal
by Thomas on Thursday November 15, @01:13PM EST (#2)
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I agree Frank. She should be arrested, tried and, if convicted, sentenced to several decades hard time. Unfortunately, her actions may have been perfectly legal.

About five years ago in Colorado, a bill went before the legislature to make such false accusation illegal. Feminists organizations managed to get it defeated. One of the legislators who led the fight to squash the bill said after its defeat that it would have been a bad law because it would have had a "chilling effect" on women who have been assaulted and might not come forward if the law were on the books.

How can we blame them? Destroying the lives of perfectly innocent men may not always be the best thing in the world, but we don't want the little darlings to get a chill, now do we?
Re:All the best on his appeal
by fritzc77 on Friday November 16, @12:00AM EST (#3)
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"The jury also found that the woman had defamed the man by making false accusations, but awarded him no money on that claim."

    Why not? It is bad enough she doesn't have to go to jail for destroying his life, and now it seems she doesn't have to cough up any punitive damages, either.
      But even if she did pay, how much is a man's reputation worth?
      Disgusting.
fritzc77
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