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

to her. “But defamation is notoriously difficult to prove. You’d need to demonstrate that the statements were false, that the accuser knew they were false, and that they acted with malice or reckless disregard for the truth. In he-said-she-said situations, that’s an uphill battle.”

“I barely even interacted with her,” I said, and even as the words came continue reading …