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We do have evidence, her testimony and his. False accusations are rare, so it is more likely that he raped her. That’s how I will personally treat this. On bala
by arrrg 12y ago
We do have evidence, her testimony and his. False accusations are rare, so it is more likely that he raped her. That’s how I will personally treat this. On balance it’s somewhat more likely that he raped her than that he was falsely accused.
Courts can’t and shouldn’t decide that way – but I sure as hell will. I will use all the available evidence to come to a reasonable conclusion.
Since the evidence is not that great (as it nearly always is in cases of rape) I will not instigate others to take action, but I will personally never buy any products from his company and I have no desire to ever met him in whatever setting. That’s about it. I don’t have any power over him (neither do many other people) so this is really quite harmless for him. The supposed grave consequences of these accusations just don’t really exist most of the time.
- tzs 12y ago> False accusations are rare, so it is more likely that he raped her That's not correct. Studies of false accusations have found roughly 5-8% are false. However, most of these studies are looking at accusations that are made to police reasonably soon after the alleged event and are investigated, and to count as "false" there must be strong proof that the accuser is lying or mistaken, not merely a lack of proof that the accusation is true. Note that this means these studies undercount false accusations. I haven't seen any studies on the false rate for accusations years after the alleged event.