First hand account of a "rape"

Been through too much already writes "Monday 4th August was a memorable day for me; it was the day that three policemen walked into my place of work and escorted me outside, before telling me I was under arrest for rape.

(Before I go on, I should make clear that I am from England, but I have read your site for some time, and it seems that you have to put up with the same injustices that we do. Strangely I have found no English equivalent of your board.)

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The weekend prior to this I had been at a nightclub looking to meet some girls, as I am single. I met a girl named Chloe, and as time went on we decided to go to my place. You're probably thinking that the evening's looking good so far, and so was I - but that's not how it turned out.

When we got back to my house in Sheffield, I opened a very expensive bottle of wine, which we drank together, all the time her legs crossed towards me, playing with her hair and laughing at my jokes - giving me all the right signals. I'm sure you all know what I mean. Well after the wine, some cleverly chosen music and a few brandies, we started touching each other and went to my room.

I don't want to go into personal details, but things were progressing very pleasantly right until I started to penetrate her. Suddenly she froze up and told me "no", like she was just after some free drinks and attention or something. I carried on despite her, and while she was telling me "no", it was obvious that she wanted it.

Which brings me back to Monday. Suddenly I'm not the nice generous guy I used to be, I'm a rapist. It's taken me this long to actually hear what I'm supposed to have done, spend long hours being interrogated, and finally get bail for far more than my mother could afford (but bless her she paid the police anyway) and I can finally post my story here. My friends are avoiding me, thinking I'm a monster, and my employers have fired me because I've not been able to work for a month. I'm a pariah.

My court date is not set, but my lawyer thinks it will be within a couple of months. I hope he's right. Once that's over with I'll tell you how it went, but until then I want you all to know how it feels to be on the receiving end of a false accusation from an unstable woman.

I apologise for not giving more details, but I have been advised not to talk about my case. I've left out anything too identifying, but I felt you all deserved to know about what women can put you through with a single phone call."

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