she lied and charges are being considered. I think they should throw the book at her. Thank someones lucky stars she didn't name anyone or that persons life could have been ruined. A little lie and look at all the trouble it caused.

Yes, throw her in jail.

While I doubt she will get much for this,they are right to proceed with charges.
Hopefully she will get enough to make her remember her stupidity for long time!

why did she lie? Did she in fact lie or recant? Victims of abuse often get cold feet due to fear of threats for speaking up.
People, especially youth, don't just make this stuff up. Sounds to me like she needs a counsellor...not jail.

She probably does need counseling for some kind of emotional disorder, but it is not true that young people do not make this kind of thing up. Sometimes they do. There was that case at CNC a long time ago, when an instructor was accused by a student, later determined to have damaged herself, probably by hitting her face with the door of a lavatory stall.

Emotionally sick people sometimes do strange things.

This isnt a victim of abuse. This is a victim of an assault. Two VERY different things. She lied. Obviously the police have very good reason to believe that she made it up or they would never issue this type of statement. She needs to know that what she did was wrong. Picking garbage off of the side of the highway for community service sounds about right.

A student attending a college is not a youth. So comparing the two is like comparing apples and oranges. The young mind has not fully matured and therefore does not have the full ability of an adult.

However, yes, emotionally sick people do behave very differently. I do agree with ammonra on that. However, this was a youth and I hope that the time is taken to assess what is really going on. Youth will fabricate a story out of fear/avoidance of consequences/situations. You are right there, ammonra. The legal system does not always discover truth of a situation. An abused person will cave if made to feel revictimized.

Matt:
While the person she may have accused is not the one, obviously there is more to this story for this female. It is often "easier" to tell about the abuse by blaming an innocent party because of the fear factor of having to accuse the actual perpetrator...especially, if that person is a friend or family member, or other position of trust. Takes lots of courage for a person to come forward. Victims often blame themselves.

Well she admitted she lied which is a step in the right direction. Something isn't going right in her life so talking to a counselor then maybe an apology to the community seems fair. Kids do make things up. Hopefully she'll get some help and this story will come and go so she can get on with her life. Also hoping the parents/guardians take this very seriously.

the problem is that a lot of kids these days are not taught right from wrong. My boys knew what was right and what was wrong by the time they were seven and it did not take any beating to teach them that. They did get the backside warmed up a time or two but all in all they grew up as well adjusted adults who do not lie cheat or steal.

types of abuse btw: sexual, physical, mental and emotional

so yes this was a victim of abuse!

types of assault: sexual, physical, mental and emotional

It's the way they were raised. If indeed it was an out right lie, then she needs a good ole woodshed whoopin!

A good example of poor parenting!

Give me a break! She was probably in trouble for being late coming home or something and made up a BS story. She does not need therapy or councelling...she needs to be held accountable for her actions! My kids all have to take respondsibility for choices they make good or bad. She knows right from wrong..she made a choice to lie...and about a horrific thing too...so she needs to take the punishment. I agree with getajob...and I have a woodshed I can provide free of charge! I also think the parents need to get a bill from the R.C.M.P and others affiliated for their waste of time. Maybe then the parents would put more effort into their parenting

Ya don't take yer kid to the woodshed anymore. It is now called the attitude adjustment centre.

Those of you that blame the parents for everything a kid does wrong in this world are the ones that need councilling.

No lostfaith that is not true. If you have a toddler and take him into a fine china store and that child has a temper tantrum and ends up breaking something do you pay for it? I certainly would. My job as a parent is to raise my children to be respectful to peers and adults and good upstanding members of our community. I know where my kids are all the time. I keep track of their school life. My kids have freedoms but if they break rules the freedoms are taken away. There are alot of parents that do not supervise nor punish for breaking rules. They blame tv or video games. They take the respondibility off the kid and blame environment. Parents by law are respondsible for their kids until they hit 18. If my 17 year old daughter had lied about something like this not only would her butt be whooped but she would lose all privilidges she had earned in her 17 years on this earth. I would also be mortified that my kid caused this kind of disruption and would offer to pay for the expense of investigating a lie. (my daughter would have to work until she was 40 to pay it off though) By the way..this is just an opinion..I do not think you need councilling for your opinion.

No lostfaith that is not true. If you have a toddler and take him into a fine china store and that child has a temper tantrum and ends up breaking something do you pay for it? I certainly would. My job as a parent is to raise my children to be respectful to peers and adults and good upstanding members of our community. I know where my kids are all the time. I keep track of their school life. My kids have freedoms but if they break rules the freedoms are taken away. There are alot of parents that do not supervise nor punish for breaking rules. They blame tv or video games. They take the respondibility off the kid and blame environment. Parents by law are respondsible for their kids until they hit 18. If my 17 year old daughter had lied about something like this not only would her butt be whooped but she would lose all privilidges she had earned in her 17 years on this earth. I would also be mortified that my kid caused this kind of disruption and would offer to pay for the expense of investigating a lie. (my daughter would have to work until she was 40 to pay it off though) By the way..this is just an opinion..I do not think you need councilling for your opinion.

IBCDNCHK
So you are talking toddlers? It wasn't a toddler that made a false complaint.
If my "toddler" broke something yes I am responsible. If my 17-18 year old does the same thing then they are responsible.

Judging by your response how in the world could your child ever do anything wrong? Are you a so called "perfect parent?"
Do your children hate you? Thats what I would be wondering after what you're saying here.

If your children break rules then you take away their freedoms. Shame on you for being a bad irresponsible parent for allowing your children to break the rules.

According to your statement, ("They take the respondibility off the kid and blame environment.") you are saying the responsibility is the kids, not the parents.
Do you really know what your saying?

Like I said above, anyone that blames the parents for children that have gone bad, needs councilling.

No lostfaith I am not talking toddlers. I am talking about a learned behavior of respect and obeying rules that starts as infants and toddlers. I am not a perfect parent by any means but I am have faith in the way I have raised my children. I teach my children from an early age that they break the rules they suffer the consequences. My 17 year old daughter (who loves me by the way) would never make up a lie like this girl did because she knows that there are consequences for her actions, this was learned at an early age. Some parents, NOT ALL, will be confronted with something their kid did at school and instead of making the kid take respondsibility for what they did they will say "oh it's cause he saw it in a movie" or "my kid wouldn't do that". The parents do not make the kid accountable for his or her actions. When kids are not held accountable for their actions from a young age they grow up to be kids who make bad choices. That is what I think is the parents fault.
By the way...I didn't post this in order to start a battle...I was just voicing my opinion about the news article.

IBCDNCHK

Well you said everything that my family and friends do and practice...so once again it proves that parents like us pay for the lack of good parenting of those that don't!
Head shaker they are...sounds like someone is feeling a bit guilty.