An Eyewitness Accuses

From the Santa Rosa Press- Democrat: A 24 year old man from Sonoma County has been released from jail and charges of kidnapping and rape dismissed. He was facing a potential life sentence. His cellphone records proved the victim/ accuser made up the story of him raping her. She had actually set up the meeting, apparently with sex in mind. Whether she'll be prosecuted, who knows?

Here's the story of the original arrest with Disqus comments included. There's a few "Oak tree, rope" type comments but most seem pretty mild compared to what I usually see when anyone is arrested on sex related charges.

You have to wonder how many similar situations and accusations have resulted in convictions when the "suspect" either didn't have cellphone records to back up his story, or didn't have the means to have his case investigated thoroughly? If it wasn't for this guy's cellphone records, he probably would have been convicted on the accuser's testimony and the physical evidence.