Woman who made false rape report no longer a student: Lindenwood University

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153. That kind of shows how damaging these false accusations can be...

Even after the accused is declared Innocent, not 'not guilty' but innocent. People will still look at those young men as if they are guilty.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/04/11/cooper.transcript/index.html?iref=allsearch

"The result of our review and investigation shows clearly that there is insufficient evidence to proceed on any of the charges. Today we are filing notices of dismissal for all charges against Reade Seligmann, Collin Finnerty, and David Evans. The result is that these cases are over, and no more criminal proceedings will occur.

We believe that these cases were the result of a tragic rush to accuse and a failure to verify serious allegations. Based on the significant inconsistencies between the evidence and the various accounts given by the accusing witness, we believe these three individuals are innocent of these charges.

Now, we approached this case with the understanding that rape and sexual assault victims often have some inconsistencies in their account of a traumatic event. However, in this case, the inconsistencies were so significant and so contrary to the evidence that we have no credible evidence that an attack occurred in that house on that night."