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

notes without expression, then asked the question that would determine everything: “Why do you believe she filed the complaint?”

I looked at Laura, who sat in the observer chair behind me, her presence a reminder that I wasn’t fighting alone. Then I looked back at Ms. Ellison.

“Because I was an obstacle to what she wanted,” I said simply. “And she’d continue reading …