South Dakota woman pleads guilty after making false rape claim in Hillsborough County (www.fox13news.com)

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TAMPA, Fla. - A South Dakota woman traveled all the way to the Tampa Bay area to cheat on her husband, but she ended up facing criminal charges.

Renee Skoglund filed a false police report that has now landed her in legal hot water.

Prosecutors said Skoglund's trail of lies started on March 8 when she decided to have a one-night stand.

"She had consensual sexual intercourse with an individual in Hillsborough County," prosecutor Jessica Couvertier explained to the court. "Then she felt guilty about it because of her marital status, and she wanted to get checked out for a sexually transmitted disease."

But she wanted to get tested for free. So, she decided to lie again, and called 911.

"I was just raped, like 45 minutes ago," sobbed Skoglund on a recorded call.

Prosecutors said she went on to make up a story about having car trouble on I-75 and pulling over to the side of the road.

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[-] Cruxifux@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

You guys have to pay for STD tests!?!? Wtf kind of idiot logic is that?!

[-] library_napper 5 points 1 year ago

Wait till you hear about condoms, pads, and abortions

[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago

If you make fake rape claims...

Fuck you, you are worse than a rapist yourself. You have no idea what you've done to your victim if you are believed.

Even an accusation proven bullshit can ruin your life and follow you everywhere.

[-] tomi000@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Yeah, not sure if 'worse than a rapist' is accurate, but it is absolutely despicable.

[-] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Someone who falsely accuses someone else of rape just makes it harder for actual rape victims to be believed.

[-] tomi000@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Ofc im aware, I was just referring to the 'worse than actual rape' part.

[-] vlad76@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I guess it could be argued that every false claim increases people's distrust of multiple other legitimate claims. So, by lying she is affecting multiple future victims negatively. I won't say that it's "worse" because that metric is useless, but it's "very very bad".

[-] tomi000@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

No doubt.

[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I will admit that may have been hyperbole on my part

[-] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

In this case she didn't actually accuse anyone of rape, and simply wanted free medical care which is fine, I agree the medical care she wanted should be 100% free. I wouldn't necessarily advocate claiming rape to get it. but in this circumstance it was a victimless crime and this is a sensational headline.

[-] LazyM11@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago

Obviously they are false look at that mug

[+] blaine@kbin.social -7 points 1 year ago

Holy cow. I knew women didn't think twice about making these sorts of accusations when they needed to get out of trouble or wanted to ruin the mans life, but doing it just to save a little money on an STD test?! That's a level of depravity that surprises me.

[-] tomi000@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Please dont generalize women in this context, thanks.

[+] qantravon@lemmy.world -6 points 1 year ago

False sexual assault allegations are incredibly rare. The much bigger issue is the fact that only a tiny percentage of real assaults are reported. Often because of exactly the kind of rhetoric you're showing here.

[-] WidowsFavoriteSon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

No they are not rare. Up to 40% according to one study.

[-] qantravon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

What study might that be? All the data I'm finding puts the estimate between 2-10%.

[-] Letstakealook@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I wouldn't say 10% is rare. Also, that's 10% that were discovered to be false, so I would imagine there's some variation there and these results are probably higher for POC.

[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Bullshit. I've been falsely accused at least three times, one time actually got the police involved. Thankfully they realized what happened before it could go to trial... (Turned out to be a miscommunication. Family member was overheard by a teacher at her school saying she saw me naked... turned out they never asked the context.. as soon as they realized this was just a case of "walked in on someone while in the shower" the investigation was dropped)

I'm not even a guy, but every guy I know has a story about some girl who claimed something "went down" that didn't or some dumbass calling them a pedo when they were in public with an underage relative.

Hell one of my other false accusations was just me with my younger brother in public... dumbass saw me leading him around and assumed I was up to something.. and not just being a responsible older sister.

[-] AdlachGyfiawn@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 year ago

You're either hanging out with the wrong people or leaving out some important details. I don't know a single guy who has ever been charged with rape, though I know a couple who should have been.

[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Maybe you're hanging out with the wrong people, I know a guy who was straight up stabbed by his ex-girlfriend.

Police came by, saw him bleeding, and even with witnesses explaining the situation. HE was still the one getting the domestic violence charge.

We live in a society where regardless of the situation the male is the predator and the woman is the victim.

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