Comment: Another case that illustrates a point we frequently make: for what other alleged crime can a woman have an innocent man arrested based on nothing more than her say so? The fact of the matter is, police need no evidence aside from the lie to deprive a man of his liberty, and it happens with alarming frequency. Given the prevalence of false rape claims, there is something very wrong with a system that allows that.
Rape lies land woman in hot water
A 30-year-old woman was arrested in Reiger Park, east of Johannesburg for lying about being raped, police said on Sunday.
The woman allegedly told police she was walking to Reiger Park from a tavern in the Ramaphosa informal settlement when two men raped her in an open veld on Sunday morning, said Constable Tsietsi Lamola.
She later changed her tune, saying the men had only robbed her of her cellphone.
"She said three men grabbed her and demanded a cellphone. Afterwards, two of the men took turns raping her while the third tried to stop them from doing so," he said.
The woman also told police that after the alleged rape, men in a VW Golf stopped for her and drove her to the Reiger Park police station where a charge of rape was laid at 1am.
"Police then drove with her to the scene of the crime where her underwear and shoes were found. They then drove along the Archie Jonas Street towards Ramaphosa where a group of people was seen leaving a tavern. The woman pointed [out] one of them as one of her rapists," said Lamola.
The 26-year-old man was arrested and detained at the Reiger Park police station.
Several hours later, police went to the woman's house "to take her to a doctor for a medical check-up".
"But on arrival, she told them she had never been raped, only robbed of her cellphone."
Police arrested her for perjury and released the man they had arrested.
The woman was expected to appear in the Boksburg Magistrate's Court on charges of perjury on Monday.
"We appeal to the community not go give false information, otherwise they will be prosecuted," said Lamola. - Sapa
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" what other alleged crime can a woman have an innocent man arrested based on nothing more than her say so? " Here in the chivalrous southern U.S. and other places in the U.S., there is hardly anything that a woman can accuse a man of that will not result in his arrest. Here in Nashville a woman's word is considered the gospel.
thanks for the warning, I was thinking of moving back to South Carolina.
We need to kiss chivalry goodbye. No more just taking her word for it!
hey wait..I thought women never, ever, ever, lie about rape. why would they lie about something like that????
Scott,
Because they can. Because there are little/no consequences for lying. And in those situations where there is some form of consequence, it is usually in the form of a slap on the wrist.
Some experts claim that at least 50% of rape accusations are false, and I believe it. Why shouldn't a scumbag lie when there's no downside? These sociopathic women want to feel power so they use the system to rape innocent men.
The girl that falsely accused me of a rape, that simply never happened, should have been charged, but was not.
When did false rape accusations become legal??
When were false rape and sexual assault accusations not considered illegal? When have any false accusations made by women not considered illegal?
Anonymous,
When were false rape and sexual assault accusations not considered illegal? When have any false accusations made by women not considered illegal?
Keep in mind, that historically, men (spouse/family member) were held accountable for the misdeeds of women, not the women themselves.
Primarily, starting with the sexual revolution in the 70's, while those same men, generally, are no longer held accountable, the shift to holding the women accountable still hasn't happened.
We are seeing more and more women being given custodial sentences recently, which may start the trend to accountability for the crimes. It will likely be a slow process, such as anything else the government/legal system is involved with. But it's a start.
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