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She Claimed He Raped Her And He Was Arrested. She Was Soon Charged With Filing A False Police Report.

Ashe Schow
She Claimed He Raped Her And He Was Arrested. She Was Soon Charged With Filing A False Police Report.
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A male Coker University student is suing after he was arrested and temporarily suspended from the school after what he says was a false accusation of sexual assault.

The student, Cesar Lopez, filed a lawsuit against the city of Hartsville, South Carolina, the Hartsville police department, and three officers back on April 28. The next day, he filed a lawsuit against the university and multiple individuals. The case was dismissed by Lopez’s attorneys who then filed an amended complaint at the end of June, SC Now reported.

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