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Re:Microsoft Intern’s Rape Claim Highlights Struggle to Comb... by abiox on Saturday December 16, 2017 @06:41PM (#15942954)
as far as i know, the state pursues criminal cases while a civil case generally requires paying for a prosecuting attorney. so...unlikely to be possible for the average person.

also, i think that in the US a defamation suit requires some sort of assessment the claim being actually true or false (as you can't defame with demonstrable truth), or at least some strong sense of merit, as well as some assessment of malice or bad-faith actions on the accuser/defamer end.

not to mention that there appears to be little enthusiasm for helping falsely accused, or those claiming to be such. there are fears that aggressively pursuing false accusers risks dissuading actual victims. bad situation all around.

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Re:Microsoft Intern’s Rape Claim Highlights Struggle to Comb... by nradov on Saturday December 16, 2017 @09:07PM (#15943549)
In the US a plaintiff with a strong civil case against a wealthy defendant can usually find an attorney to take the case on a contingency basis in exchange for about 30 - 50% of final recovery.
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