Airline fake rape crisis
Bettina Arndt takes apart claims of an airline rape crisis and the activist campaign driving the story.
7 October 2024
False rape allegations
21 stories
False rape allegations aren’t so rare
The much-quoted 5 per cent figure comes from a meta-analysis that excluded whole categories of cases. Two Australian researchers put the real rate above 10 per cent.
21 October 2023
Eleanor Williams jailed for eight and a half years after rape and trafficking lies
Eleanor Williams is jailed for eight and a half years for lying about being raped and trafficked by a grooming gang.
14 March 2023
Why did Eleanor Williams frame innocent men for rape and trafficking?
Why did Eleanor Williams frame innocent men for rape and trafficking? Helen Pidd examines what drove her lies.
14 March 2023
6 September 2022
Man wrongfully convicted of New Orleans rape as a teen is exonerated decades later
Sullivan Walter, 53, with, left to right, his brothers Joseph Walter and Byron Walter Sr, and Innocence Project New Orleans legal director Richard Davis…
26 August 2022
Amber Heard, Michele Dauber, Emily Doe & #MeToo
Recent tweets by Stanford Law Professor and Amber Heard supporter, Michele Dauber, have viciously attacked Johnny Depp’s attorney Camille Vasquez. Dauber…
3 July 2022
The Supreme Court Ruling on The New Rules of Evidence In Sexual Assault Trials
Admin: A must-read from Joseph A. Neuberger & Diana Davison on alarming developments in Canadian law (Neuberger & Partners LLP, Toronto Criminal Lawyers)
1 July 2022
Public are losing faith in police watchdog following wave of scandals including the disastrous VIP child sex abuse inquiry, MPs say
Speaking out: Lady Brittan is seeking justice over the treatment of her husband, the former Home Secretary Leon Brittan, after false allegations were made…
1 March 2022
They Were Accused Of Rape And Had Their Names Printed In The School Paper. The School Just Paid Them $450,000.
Three UMBC students falsely accused of rape received a $450,000 defamation settlement after the student newspaper printed their names and the allegations.
8 December 2021
Innocent: Redcar man accused of sex attacks on two young girls unanimously cleared by jury
A jury unanimously found Richard Gidney 'not guilty' to every charge he faced
23 November 2021
Presumption of guilt unshackles society’s bigotries
For those committed to preserving a society worth living in, few sights could be more dispiriting than that of mass rallies undermining the presumption of…
19 March 2021
Long Island woman who made false rape claims denied probation reduction
A Connecticut judge denied a request to cut short probation for a Long Island woman convicted of falsely accusing two former Sacred Heart University football…
26 August 2020
Outcry, the most surprising docuseries of the summer
Greg Kelley, the subject of Outcry, which shows a surprising, thorny, hyper-local yet deeply concerning saga. Photograph: Jim Redman/Courtesy of Showtime.
7 July 2020
Defendant collapsed in the dock before being jailed for telling "pack of lies" about her ex-partner
THERE were dramatic scenes at Worcester Crown Court as a defendant, who went on to be jailed on four counts of perverting the course of justice, collapsed in…
25 June 2020
Police in England and Wales dropping rape inquiries when victims refuse to hand in phones
Rape investigations in England and Wales are being dropped when complainants refuse to hand over their mobile phones.
17 June 2020
‘Chronic liar’ charged with perverting the course of justice over false allegations
A serial liar who made false allegations of historical abuse lead to the wrongful imprisonment of a firefighter with an unblemished record of public service…
15 May 2020
Man sues over false rape charges by his ex
A Sydney man sues his former wife, NSW Police and a crown prosecutor for malicious prosecution over false rape charges.
1 May 2020
Motives for Filing a False Allegation of Rape
A study proposing a new list of motives for filing a false allegation of rape, with gain as the predominant factor.
17 February 2017
On the trail of the IICSAthon
On the trail of the IICSAthon Part 2: Still waters running deep and the trigger that opened the floodgates
22 September 2016
The myth of rape myths
Diana Davison on Helen Reece's challenge to the claim that 'rape myths' disable the public from judging rape cases.
31 December 2013