I really don't know what could make someone who has been the victim of such a heinous crime not hand over their phone if they are being honest in their accusati

I really don't know what could make someone who has been the victim of such a heinous crime not hand over their phone if they are being honest in their accusations. Not having your phone for a month beats keeping your rapist unpunished in all cases, doesn't it? Maybe I'm missing something here, so I will welcome any comments that could shed some light on that. There may be cases that I'm not contemplating which could prove me wrong. P. S. An anecdote: one of my relatives is an attorney; he had a case which had been resolved as a false rape accusation just because they found evidence in the accuser's WhatsApp chats. It turns out she had been discussing with her mother how they would proceed to incriminate her alleged rapist so they could benefit economically from the trial. She wasn't prosecuted afterwards, which is the norm in my country.