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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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