A 20-year-old woman claimed that she had been raped by her friend in a toilet at a pub. Now she is being prosecuted for gross defamation, writes Smålandsposten.
It was last winter that the 20-year-old, after a pub crawl in town, went to the emergency department. She initially told the healthcare staff and then a police patrol that rushed to the hospital that she had been subjected to a rape in a toilet at a pub in Växjö.
The 20-year-old pointed out a young man as the one who had raped her, and the police started a comprehensive investigation.
But soon, thanks to surveillance footage from the pub in question, it would turn out that the 20-year-old's claims about what had happened did not match.
The man who was falsely accused and pointed out as the rapist is demanding 20,000 kronor in damages for defamation at the upcoming trial.
