False Allegations

FALSE ALLEGATIONS

• Surveys in eight countries reveal men experience a majority of false allegations of abuse.
• Reports:
  • Incentives to Make False Allegations of Domestic Violence
  • How False Allegations of Domestic Violence Harm Families and Children

Strategies and Solutions:

• Participate in the International Falsely Accused Day, observed each year on September 9.
• Press Releases:
  • May 21, 2024: False Allegations are a Global Threat to Justice and to Real Victims
  • March 16, 2023: Survey: False Allegations of Abuse Are a Global Problem, Women Most Often the Accusers
• Policies:
  • Require that domestic violence training programs be factual, balanced, and evidence-based.
  • Limit definitions of domestic violence to physical “violence.”
  • Require that accusers provide objective evidence (visible injury, medical record, police report, cell phone recording) of violence or harm before they can qualify for services and benefits.
  • Respect defendants’ constitutionally-protected due process rights.
  • Assure that the accused are provided with legal assistance to assure equal treatment under the law.
  • Educate prosecutors about the prevalence of false accusations and the need to exercise prosecutorial discretion. Remove no-drop prosecution policies.
  • Require prosecution of persons who file false statements and engage in perjury.
  • Increase penalties for false allegations. Examples from the United States:
    • Alabama: HB 52
    • Iowa: HF 821
    • New York: “Anti-Karen” law SB 8492
    • California State University: Article VI, Notice of Allegations, I
• Video:  Odette von Rensburg: False Accusations don’t always get Reported to Authorities

PARENTAL ALIENATION

“It wasn’t my parents’ divorce that damaged me. It was the severe child psychological abuse my mom put me through thereafter that damaged me long-term and caused the most pain in my life.” — Madie

• Research: “It is no longer tenable to dismiss the field as lacking in scientific status. Only by recognizing the legitimacy of PA scholarship will developmental psychology sustain and enhance understanding of how and why parent–child relationships break down in the wake of interparental conflict, separation, and divorce.”
• Video:
  • Five Factor Model to Diagnose Parental Alienation
• News: Brad Pitt ‘aware and upset’ That Daughter Shiloh Dropped His Last Name
• Press Release:
  • New Study Reveals Parental Alienation is a Common Form of Child Abuse, Debunking Activist Claims
  • Groups Come Together to Support Families, Observe International Parental Alienation Awareness Day

Strategies and Solutions:

• Participate in Parental Alienation Awareness Day, observed each year on April 25.
• Speak out to expose parental alienation myths,