Welcome, Jack Doe. I think these women (and anyone who gives false testimony) should be severely punished.

My brother was falsely accused of rape. The girl he was sleeping with got caught by her boyfriend and so she said it was rape. He was never charged. I'm not sure of the details. I was dealing with my own Pluto transit at hte time.

@ Jack Doe: A person that's raped gets help, support, sympathy and every attempt by society and those in their lives to get them through it. Well, I don't know about all that.

Well, the problem is, someone that accuses of rape is protected under a law that says they can't be charged for an accusation. Even if it's proven false, or they are caught / admit to lying, it'd be one prosecutor in 1000 that would be willing to put a girl on the stand and try her for lying about a horiffic crime.

Women that lie about rape do two things:

1: Potentially destroy the accuseds life.

2: Reduce the credibility of legitimate rape claims.

Jack Doe, I have no idea what went on with those two, but your story is a very good example why there are laws in place that discourage adults from having sex with minors.

Sadly there are plenty of stories both public and private that prove that the contrary to what you say is true--allegations of rape are often ignored. And conviction rates for sexual crimes the world over are undeniably low.

ETA

Sorry--I just re-read your comment, that this person was of age. I guess you can call me conservative. If I wasn't a teenager, I wouldn't have sex with one. Period.

Trust me. It's a lesson he's learned the hard way. He thought he was in love, lol.

Unfortunately it's a lesson he learned too late. Certain rules exist just as much to protect the older person as the younger person. He should have realized that a person that age that's prefered sexual partner was in their 20s wasn't the most stable person to begin with.

Close. I know someone. He was about 13 at the time, got involved with the wrong crowd, and was convinced that trying to rob a house and steal stuff was a good idea.

The boys broke into the house, and some girls came home and caught them. In court, the girls said the boys tried to rape them (probably wanted the boys to get the maximum punishment possible), and so this boy and his "friends" were accused and spent until age 17 or 18 in juvenile hall, at which point he was released but had a parole officer.

We remained friends during his time in juvy, and he would write me letters about how he didn't even touch the girls, but was convicted anyway. I felt so bad for him, and remained his only friend throughout those years. Even the guys that got him in trouble weren't his friends anymore. He would tell me that when he got out, he wanted to write a book for teenagers on never hanging with the wrong crowd, he wanted to help teens stay out of trouble. But when he got out, he had identity issues, family issues, marital issues later on, and his life just went downhill. He never wrote that book. We lost touch and are no longer friends.

I'm glad that I provided him with support throughout those years when he needed someone, and I do wonder whatever happened to him, and sure hope that he's okay.

Those girls that falsely accused him really messed up his life. But if he hadn't gotten caught, who knows, he might have gone downward anyway. But I know for sure that him being wrongly accused made him lose faith in humanity, and at such a young age too.