false accusation

Maurice Hastings Wins $25M Settlement After 38 Years Wrongfully Imprisoned

Exonerated in 2022 through DNA evidence, Hastings secured the largest wrongful conviction settlement in California history, closing a decades-long fight for justice.
09/24/2025

Anthony Broadwater Cries As Accuser Apologizes For False Rape Conviction

The Syracuse man was exonorated in the 1981 rape of author Alice Sebold.
12/01/2021

‘Walmart Karen’ Falsely Accuses Black Man Of Stealing Her Son’s Phone

The incident was captured on video.
07/15/2021
Restaurant check on BET Buzz 2021.
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Steakhouse Apologizes to Black Couple in New Orleans For Automatically Adding Tip And Lying

They were falsely told it was restaurant policy.
03/05/2021

Daughter Says She Falsely Accused Her Father of Rape

Chaneya Kelly, 24, made the accusation at 9 years old.
08/20/2013
Brian Banks

Brian Banks’ Accuser Ordered to Pay $2.6 Million

Banks was released from jail in 2007 and exonerated in 2012.
06/17/2013

Commentary: Prison for a Woman Who Lied About Black Kidnapper

A century ago, her charges would have spawned a lynch mob.
01/30/2012