If not a false accusation, it’s certainly a false assumption.  Worse, that the authorities would contend that taking pictures of children sitting with Santa Claus and a choir at a local mall was suspicious enough to warrant “an investigation” or questioning by police should be of concern to all.
This story is about an award-winning photo [...]

Sandra Howard was arrested. When she learned she would likely be facing charges for her criminal behavior, she pulled out the card that is so often used to give woman an upper-hand in such matters - a false allegation of sexual abuse.
However, this time, her target was the officer investigating the earlier case. [...]

Karen Kristine Sudderth, today a 52-year old woman, kidnapped her child 12-years ago and fled the United States to Senegal in West Africa, and later to Thailand.
Back in 1996, Karen Kristine Sudderth had custody of the child (then 5-years old), with the father, David Calhoun, having visitation rights every other weekend under a court-approved plan. [...]

A 50-year old Naperville, Illinois woman terrorized a community by sending repeated, anonymous false accusations against several school district employees in a Naperville School District.  Her bizarre letters included:

False allegations that a school student was being sexually abused by her father.  The target, a teacher in the school district.
Sending packages containing human excrement and used [...]

In what could best be described as a disappointing delay regarding the reunification of Ricky Chekevdia with his father, Michael Chekevdia - Franklin County Circuit Judge Kyle Vantrease denied Mr. Chekevdia’s request to take immediate custody of his son.
From the article:
Vantrease scheduled a Nov. 23 hearing to resolve the custody issue, suggesting that by [...]

In what will surely be a heap of trouble for Louisville College Basketball Coach, Rick Pitino, comes another high-profile target of an apparent false rape allegation coming from a criminal desperate to wiggle out of her own mess.
The details that are known are sordid and bizarre all at once.  Apparently, Rick Pitino picked up Karen [...]

Ben Roethlisberger, famous quarterback for the World Champions of the NFL - the Pittsburgh Steelers, is another in a long line of famous people that sometimes get caught in the cross-hairs of a false-accuser.
The public doesn’t know the name of this alleged false-accuser because rape shield laws protect both criminals (the false rape accuser) and [...]

44-year old William Dunn was put in a position many fathers are too often put in - being accused of sexually molesting his own child.  In what appears to be yet another case of either an overzealous child welfare agency or mother coaching (parental alienation), perhaps both, a father has been exonerated after being ripped [...]

There is nothing worse than opening your door to find a CPS worker after someone has made a false allegation of abuse against you, oh, unless an ex CPS worker actually makes the false allegations.
Grizelda Lopez-Hess made an anonymous call to the Texas Family and Protective Services claiming Ricardo Jimenez was molesting the daughter of [...]