@esmeralda wrote:
A friend’s husband ran a hosepipe into his car and killed himself after being falsely accused of rape and enduring a campaign of abuse and vilification.
Another friend threw herself in front of a train after being raped and disbelieved.
Human beings are ghastly creations either way.
That’s just it, for those who are wrongly accused, and for those who have been assaulted, no-one knows of the real damage it can cause! Not just to them, but to the immediate families too.
Pb made a valid point/suggestion, regarding anonimity, until proven guilty, but then like someone else pointed out, it’s the newspapers too, and don’t they just love it when a story like this comes up regarding someone famous!
I heard about a young female who was raped by a man, and after the attack she changed completely. She was never the same again! She was so scared that he would come back, and either do the same thing again, or punish her for reporting him, that she took her own life!