FULL TEXT: Shalimar – In an unusual twist, three Florida Panhandle women have been charged with filing false rape complaints.
“It’s a real switch for us to arrest women who said they
were victims,” says Deputy Shirley Boles, a rape investigator for the Okaloosa
County [population 110,000] authorities. But sheriff’s agents say four of the complaints were phony.
“We’ve arrested two women on charges of filing false reports
to law enforcement officers,” Ms. Boles said. “We’ve charged a third woman and
we’re working on the papers in the fourth case.”
Filing a false complaint is a misdemeanor, the deputy said.
Ms. Boles and her partner, anti-rape specialist Jo Hunter, said women who
falsely accuse men of rape should be punished.
“This type of thing isn’t only a crime, it sets women back
light years in their attempts to bring the real rapists to justice,” said Ms.
Hunter, also a deputy.
“It not only hurts the men who are falsely blamed and face
life prison sentences, but it hurts all women everywhere. It’s like the boy who
cried ‘wolf.’”
Motivations for filing false rape complaints vary, but the
investigators said some women are misusing rape laws because they feel upset
about sex or are just spiteful.
In one case, a young woman was miffed because she thought
her boyfriend had a date with another woman, deputies said. She accused the
boyfriend of rape.
Another case involved a woman who performed a sex act after
she was offered money. When the man refused to pay, she accused him of rape,
Ms. Boles said.
[“3 Women Facing Charges In False Rape Accusations,” The
Post (Palm Beach, Fl.), Jun. 12, 1981, p. C5]
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