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    No, I'm Not Worried Someone Will Falsely Accuse My Son of Sexual Assault

    by Audrey Goodson Kingo Oct 01, 2018 4 minutes

    I have a 3-year-old son, so naturally I’m prone to worry. I worry he only consumes protein when it’s shaped like a dinosaur. I worry he’s not getting enough sleep, or time with friends, or time with me. I worry for the future too: whether he’ll enjoy school, how we’ll pay for college, and whether the planet will be habitable by the time he has kids.

    Way, way, way down on the list of things I worry about: that he’ll be falsely accused of sexual assault one day. Apparently, I’m an outlier.

    In the wake of the sexual assault allegations raised by Dr.

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