Op-ed: "Sometimes, those accused of crimes are actually victims"

Article here. Excerpt:

'To that end, when a crime is reported in which the name of the accuser is not revealed, such as sexual assault, I believe it is only equitable that the accused also be allowed to remain anonymous until they are proven guilty.

It is certainly understandable why the names of alleged sex crime victims are not reported. After all, these victims may decide to forgo filing a police report — allowing their perverse perpetrators to escape justice — if they believe a result of informing authorities about the crime will be the surrendering of their privacy. However, it is sometimes the accused in these cases who turn out to be the real victims. Should these individuals not be allowed the same treatment in regard to an unproven crime as their accusers?

Take the story of the then-unnamed University of Hofstra student who accused five men of raping her last month. Four of the men were immediately arrested and jailed before the woman confessed that she’d lied.'