Rape Accuser Arested For Lying (NOW Activist)

[DanT]

We had a bogus rape report on the UC-Davis campus in late 2002:

http://www-dateline.ucdavis.edu/120602/dl_safety.html

December 6, 2002
Safety measures eyed, despite false report

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The UC Davis student who said she was sexually assaulted on campus Nov. 26 has retracted her claim. However, increased safety measures and the investigation into an earlier assault of another student are continuing, and administrators and police continue to urge the campus community to take common sense precautions to ensure their safety.

The false report was made Nov. 26, with the student asserting she was awakened in the early morning by a man with a knife who forced her from her off-campus residence to a balcony of the Social Sciences and Humanities Building where she said she was sexually assaulted.

UC Davis Police Chief Calvin Handy would not speculate on the woman’s motivation for fabricating an assault. But since there was no malicious intent on the part of the woman, he said, no charges will be filed against her.

At a news conference Monday evening, Handy reiterated that the sexual assault and attempted rape that was reported on Nov. 19 is still an on-going investigation. As a result, the UC Davis Police Department will continue to increase its patrols of the Social Sciences and Humanities Building – site of the Nov. 19 sexual assault and attempted rape that remains under investigation – the residence halls and the core campus area.

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