# Two men cleared of rape by recording **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-men-cleared-of-rape-by-recording/772930 **Category:** In My Humble Opinion **Created:** [November 24, 2016, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-men-cleared-of-rape-by-recording/772930 "2016-11-24T23:56:04Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 31
### Author: ![Belowjob2.0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Belowjob2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belowjob2.0) #### Post date: [November 26, 2016, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-men-cleared-of-rape-by-recording/772930/31 "2016-11-26T00:19:33Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Many moons ago I started a hypothetical thread wherein someone was accused of rape and saved by his security system having accidentally recorded the sex. The accidental recording was roundly condemned. > > Well, truth is stranger than fiction: the Daily Mail reports that [two men have just been vindicated](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3967686/We-ve-branded-gang-rapists-no-evidence-whatsoever-Two-men-cleared-sex-attack-married-British-woman-Dubai-reveal-relief-case-collapses-free-fly-home.html) after being falsely accused of raping a woman because one of the men recorded it all. > > It seems to me that now any casual sex is going to be recorded for the safety of men. > > And, of course, the false accuser is still granted anonymity. You aren’t going to get much traction on this board for this issue. The official position here is that false accusations almost never happen, and all accusations should be taken as true. /S If some men are hurt by this, well, they were asking for it, weren’t they? If they didn’t want to have their lives destroyed, their academic careers ended and reputation ruined, what were they doing having sex outside of a committed relationship anyway? And even if they were in a committed relationship, what did they do to make the woman angry? After all, that’s what’s really important. A woman is pissed off. Something must be done about it! --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-men-cleared-of-rape-by-recording/772930)._