I know the people involved in one case, very close with the family we grew up together. The case went to court, the woman had made previous false claims which were brought up in court. She also admitted she falsely accused him when presented with evidence. She did it out of spite because he had cheated on her. The knock on effect to him his family, who found out he was sexually abused as a child in court, his children, pregnant serving police officer sister, his job, it was horrible. I don’t believe he ever got over it.
Another case I was casually seeing a guy when he was arrested, he was really good friends with my TL at the time, I as part of a wider group of friends/ acquaintances that hung out, it was the 90s lots of clubbing and hooking up amongst the group. I’d been on the night out in question and was interviewed. Obviously none of us knew what happened when they went home together but the police told us charges were dropped we wouldn’t be needed. One of her friends told us it wasn’t the first time she’d “cried rape” and the police were charging her, not sure what with. I hooked up with him a couple more times after but never asked him. He was always nice, respectful and on one occasion I was so wasted he tucked me up in his bed and slept on the couch. I know that dosnt prove anything but it fitted with everything everyone in our group thought about him.
Final one irl I know was my DBs friend, he was a complete slut, would sleep with any woman he could, there was absolutely no denying he was not someone you’d want to be in a relationship with. I don’t know the ins and outs, I wasn’t living in the same country at the time so I only know what my sil and parents told me. He lived with my parents for a while afterwards because he struggled ( grew up in foster care). They all told me the accuser changed her story and agreed the sex was consensual after. I’ve no idea if there was a history on her side. I know him and in his youth he was very messed up, but his reputation with his friends was he’d usually pass out before being able to do anything with a girl.
i also worked in an industry where a lot of my wider colleagues were ex police officers, they told me many stories of false claims.
My experiences span 30 years, 2 countries and 3 major cities.
It’s very sad, but there are women out there that do make false accusations which makes it harder for real victims to come forward.