LogFAQs > #979048766

In this case, anger should be directed at the police and prosecution.

A 16 year old manufactured a false fantasy about her life with a celebrity she was obsessed with. That's disturbing behaviour.

A relative saw the material, had no reason to think it was false, and referred the matter to the police. This seems reasonable to me. The relative isn't in a position to investigate.

The police and prosecution did not do their job properly, and failed to establish that it was all lies. They could, and should, have carried out the same tests on the 'evidence' that the defence did, and it should not have gone to court.

This isn't someone going to the police or the media with an accusation they know to be false. This is incompetent police and prosecutors not bothering to establish the facts of the case before ruining the man's career. Once the ball started rolling on this, the disturbed 16 year old would have been in a position where they would have been too frightened to back down. It is the experienced investigators who should have taken the lead and the responsibility.