Dad freed after spending 9 years in jail on daughter’s false rape allegation

Article here. Excerpt:

'(Longview, Washington) In 2001, a disgruntled daughter, upset over her parents’ divorce and mad at her dad, told Washington State Police that her father raped her on several occasions back when she was 11-years-old. The dad, Thomas Edward Kennedy (now 43), denied the allegation at the time, but was convicted by a Washington jury and sentenced to more than 15 years in the slammer. Now 23-years-old, the daughter, Cassandra Ann Kennedy recanted her 2001 rape allegation – after her father spent more than 9 years behind bars.

According to tdn.com in Washington: “ … she made it all up. So after serving more than nine years in prison, her father was released last week and the charges against him were dismissed.”'

Ed. note: According to this article reporting the same, the daughter will not be charged with any crime - for the usual excuse that to do so might scare others away from making similar reports.