False Accusers / Wrongly Accused

A YOUNG Wigan man has been sent to jail for crying rape. Robert O'Brien falsely claimed that he had been sexually assaulted by a man who gave him a lift home from a bar in Appley Bridge. Sentencing him to detention Judge David Aubrey, QC pointed out how

At 37, Meredith Maran made one of the toughest decisions of her life, one that would result in her biggest mea culpa: She accused her father of molesting her as a child. Her new memoir, "My Lie: A True Story of False Memory," chronicles her experiences with repressed memories and what ultimately led Maran to recant her claim. In an equally candid interview, the journalist discusses her saga, which unfolded at a time when the entire country was embroiled in a now controversial, Salem Witch Trials-like panic over sexual abuse.