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Re:Lawsuit: Sexual harassment ‘victim’ was San Francisco bus... by Vadoff on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @05:02AM (#14854599)
A false accusation is different from an accusation that wasn't provable. There have been many cases of false accusations in which it was proven that the accuser was intentionally lying in order to get revenge or reap some reward. There have even been cases in which the accuser later admits to having lied, but with zero legal consequences.
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Re:Lawsuit: Sexual harassment ‘victim’ was San Francisco bus... by Chris2048 on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @08:00AM (#14855408)
> There have even been cases in which the accuser later admits

"admits" can be a loaded word. The accuser claims. Hopefully, their accusation was not the only evidence in the first place.

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Re:Lawsuit: Sexual harassment ‘victim’ was San Francisco bus... by tajen on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @09:21AM (#14855973)
In France the state's prosecutor is the accusation, and cites the victim as a witness. That allows pursuing the trial if the victim is pressured to remove the complaint.
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Re:Lawsuit: Sexual harassment ‘victim’ was San Francisco bus... by tatersolid on Thursday July 27, 2017 @07:20AM (#14864207)
The same is true in the USA, the district attorney can and often does prosecute crimes on behalf of the state without any victim "pressing charges".
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