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THERE’S an intriguing revelation in a recently published YouTube video chat between two Canadian legal experts, speaking about the acquittal of a young male student accused of rape by another student.
As part of their Not on Record series on false allegations [see below], criminal defence lawyer Joseph Neuberger talks with legal researcher Diana Davison about the key motivation for the allegation in this case – namely, “a cringe moment”.
Ms Davison explains that cringe moments are all about embarrassment, when people, usually women, are caught out in humiliating sexual situations.
She reports that a common thread in many false allegations cases is young women realise they are facing a cringe moment but then decide the easiest way to cover themselves is to allege they have been raped…
