A full-scale inquiry was prompted after reports of a 'serious sexual assault' in Jetty Marsh nature reserve, off Kingsteignton Road, in the early hours of Sunday morning.
But Det Insp Nick Wilden said: "Police are satisfied the alleged incident did not take place."
After the incident was reported, police appealed for witnesses who may have seen three men aged in their 20s with a woman with blonde shoulder length hair in the Balls Corner and Kingsteignton Road area of Newton Abbot at 1am on Sunday.
Officers also made local inquiries and scoured the scene for clues.
DI Wilden said: "The area was cordoned off for 12 hours from the early hours of Sunday through the day so investigations could be made.
"Scenes of crime officers and forensics spent time at the scene and a specialist search unit scoured the area.
"We had 10 detectives working on the case along with a CCTV operator who was looking at identifying potential offenders.
"A lot of resources were involved. I am now satisfied that the alleged incident did not take place."
He said officers had now launched an inquiry into allegations of wasting police time.
DI Wilden moved quickly to quash rumours circulating locally and on internet websites.
He said: "There has been a lot of rumours on social networking websites and through word of mouth that there is a sexual predator on the loose in Newton Abbot. This is categorically not the case and those types of claims are not helpful."
He stressed: "We would not want anyone to be put off reporting a genuine incident to us.
"We would treat any allegation of a sexual offence as very serious and we will put as much resources into it as we can."
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As long as false rape is legal, there will be false accusations.
As long as false rape is legal, young women will continue to lie about rape.
As long as false rape is legal, there will be injustice against innocent men.
As long as false rape is legal, blogs like this one will exist.
Many young women today have a twisted view of rape and the legal system.
False Rape must become a felony!
Welcome to the culture of false rape accusations. Many organizations get to bloat their budgets by fostering and enabling the culture of false rape accusations.
RM: Many young women today have a twisted view of rape and the legal system.
These women do not have a 'twisted' view at all - they have a perfectly CLEAR view and take absolute advantage of the opportunity offered them.
That's like saying young women with sub par grades and wealthy parents have a "twisted view" of the educational system by accepting scholarships when they can easily afford to attend the school and did nothing to earn the scholarship other than having the correct genitalia or surname.
The 'twisted' young women are the ones who foolishly refuse to take advantage of the amazing "opportunities" presented.
"That's like saying young women with sub par grades and wealthy parents have a "twisted view" of the educational system by accepting scholarships when they can easily afford to attend the school and did nothing to earn the scholarship other than having the correct genitalia or surname.
The 'twisted' young women are the ones who foolishly refuse to take advantage of the amazing "opportunities" presented."
It isn't their "view" that is twisted, you are right. It's their morals.One can only hope that there will not come a time when women have cried rape so often that they are NEVER believed, and that at that time young men are similarly "clear-headed" who "take advantage of the amazing "opportunities" presented".
Here's hoping there are enough of the "twisted" ladies who refuse to lie about rape to counteract the influence of all the evil women who do,or women as a whole will be subject to Sharia law in the next generation or so in order to protect men from their evil.
"women as a whole will be subject to Sharia law in the next generation or so in order to protect men from their evil."
Sorry, but extremist comments like that are not helpful.
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