Let’s not make up for the deficit by casually dismissing ruining innocent people’s lives or saying that doing so is not a big deal. What if I tried to justify saying rape is only a tiny percentage of all consensual sexual encounters? If only one is reported and it’s your innocent life that ends up being entirely smeared and ruined, how bitter do you feel about it? How empathetic are you to someone that comes forward with allegations in the future?

In support of real victims, I strongly believe that charging the accuser of allegations that end up being without a doubt (only as clear as in this case) proven false, only strongly increases the credibility of real victims who come forward with true accusations. Because it has the power to shut down the evil and toxic attack on the motivations of the people who do come forward. Nobody would speculate someone ever risking prison for “fame and attention” or “revenge on an ex” unless they knew what happened was real and an investigation would not immediately turn up a huge pile of bullshit like it did here. They would be always seen as only just seeking help and support and justice.

If we want to increase the reports of actual assault, we have better ways of empowering victims. We need more robust ways of documenting and investigating true consent. We need law enforcement to protect and stop stigmatizing free, independent sex workers who are the most vulnerable of the whole population to assault than anyone else. We need to encourage people to speak up when it’s true and an investigation would very much support that. But you are evil if you think this psychopathic liar of a woman doesn’t deserve a long stay in a prison cell.