Would a woman ever falsely accuse somebody of rape?

[Zorra]

27. I know of one case where a person with malicious vindictive intentions

definitely falsely accused another person of rape.

Proving that a person is falsely accusing another person of rape is tricky, and prosecutors are reluctant to charge anyone with this crime unless there is enough tangible evidence to prove false accusation. And courts don't like these types of cases because they can act as a deterrent to people who genuinely were raped from coming forward with the allegations.

Being raped is often devastating.

The mere accusation of rape is often devastating to any innocent individual who is falsely accused of rape as well.

The individual I know who was falsely accused or rape had their life and everything completely ripped away from them. The accused person was never charged, there was no evidence except the accusers word, and in deposition the accuser proved to be a liar (which is something I already knew about this person) and the judge at the dismissal hearing sternly warned the accuser to cease and desist or they would be prosecuted. The accuser didn't give a shit, they had already gotten everything they wanted out of their dirty deed.

The accused tried to file charges and was talked out of it by deputies, who basically told the person what I wrote in the first paragraph above. The accused did not pursue the matter any further, because they were literally already too completely shattered to even function.

I know all this because I helped the accused with legal work. (No, I'm not an attorney or paralegal, just someone who is reasonably literate, and fairly decent at researching, and the accused was my friend, and I knew the accuser as well, and I knew what was going on).

That said, I'm very sure that the overwhelming majority of rape allegations are genuine in fact.