I AM SO FUCKING ANGERY.

This is absolutely heartbreaking. There is nothing you can do to make this right. Your son has been abandoned and rejected by everyone he has known and loved over something HE DID NOT DO.

His life is ruined. He is an accused rapist. That will never go away. You can't fix that or make that right. He will carry this for the rest of his life. If anyone he meets in the future finds out he was accused (falsely accused is still accused) of raping a minor, they would abandon him just like everyone did has now. Would you make friends with an accused rapist? I am a college student, if I found out someone I knew in one of my classes was an accused rapist, (without knowing their backstory) I would not befriend them. This is the treatment your son will have to face for the REST OF HIS LIFE.

Since no one has seemed to have touched on this. As angry as I am with both you and your lying bitch step-daughter. I'm just as angry with your son's childhood friends. Friends who abandoned him to false accusations. If one of my long-time friends, someone who I grew up with and have known for many years was accused of raping his sister I would definitely question it. How could I not? I wouldn't assume or believe that someone I had known since I was a child was capable of such a horrendous act. I can't accept that one of my friends would hurt a family member like that, especially if they were as you described your son,

quoted text outgoing, funny, intelligent and the kindest person I know Your son has no friends. If your son was my friend I would reach out to him, and try to make things right with him once I heard the charges were indeed false. In my eyes his friends are just as despicable as you, your wife and your horrid step-daughter. But at least you are making an effort…

Does your son even want to go back to that University? Have you asked him? If I was him, I would steer clear way from that place and start somewhere new and fresh where no one knows me. Maybe then he can have some semblance of normalcy and maybe eventually get on with his life. Maybe.

I can't even fathom what your son is going through. It is going to be a long up-hill battle for him. I hope that one day he is able to find some sense of peace, and rebuild whatever's left of that person you helped destroy. I truly hope and wish your son has the strength to overcome this.

He did not deserve this. He is innocent. He is a victim.

Instead of trying to assuage your guilt find out what your son needs not what you think he needs, and commit yourself to making things better for him. You need to accept that things will never be the same. Your son will never be the same. Make your efforts about him, not your guilt.

If your son ends up reading this, I want him to know that he's not alone. He can overcome this. 20 years ago my uncle was falsely accused of raping a women. I can say with full honesty that he is now happy, and has found meaning and joy in his life. It won't be easy but it also won't be impossible.

I hope this TIFU is fake, because I am truly heartbroken.