Court documents reveal 13 alleged rape victims might have colluded with each other and falsified their stories to police investigators.

Ugh, that's awful. Side-note, I really hope OneY doesn't simply become an anti-feminist/anti-"rape culture" sub--there's a lot more to being male than worrying about false rape allegations. That said, it's obviously horrible when it happens and needs to be called out.

Side-side-note: With the ubiquity of texts/emails/social media postings, it's now a common thing for both accuser and defendant's communications to be examined after an accusation is made. Something that drives me crazy is there's always someone rationalizing an alleged victim's communications as proof that a sexual assault occurred regardless of what those communications say.

For instance, if there's an email chain between two people, and they make plans to see each other at a party, and then the next morning, one of them emails, "Hey, what happened last night was not ok..." then that, rightly, could be seen as a piece of important evidence showing the timeline and the fact that something bad possibly occurred at the party. If that person then accuses the other person of rape or sexual assault, the email makes sense.

But, if the person instead emailed, "Hey, so awesome to see you last night! You're the best. Love you xxoo" then, to some people, that somehow isn't evidence that no sexual assault occurred. If that person then accuses the other of rape, and then that email chain comes out, you'll invariably have people rationalizing it like, "Well, victims of sexual assault don't always behave in ways that you or I might expect them to." Which, fine, yes that's possible, but how can some communications be used as damning evidence that an assault happened, but the opposite kind of communications are somehow not exculpatory evidence? Makes my head spin.

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