My Coworker Filed a False Harassment Claim. HR Believed Her—Until I Presented the Evidence.

peace. “I’m different,” I said honestly. “I’m harder. I trust less. I assume malice more readily. But I’m alive, and I’m employed, and my name doesn’t mean ‘predator’ anymore. So yeah. Eventually, I’ll be okay.”

What I didn’t say—what I wasn’t sure I could articulate even to Laura—was that surviving a false accusation doesn’t just clear your name. It continue reading …