Most sexual complaints are truthful complaints, and the enforcement system is obligated to treat every complaint with full seriousness.
The Complex Reality
Most sexual complaints are truthful complaints, and the enforcement system is obligated to treat every complaint with full seriousness. But false complaints also exist, and they are devastating: an innocent person finds themselves overnight stigmatized, investigated, removed from their home and workplace, and sometimes arrested. False complaints in sex offenses often arise against the background of painful separations, divorce and custody disputes, revenge, or a need to explain a relationship that has been exposed.
Why Is a Sexual Complaint Different from Any Other Complaint?
In sex offenses, it is possible to convict on the basis of the sole testimony of the complainant, without external evidence. The meaning is that the entire trial stands on credibility. Therefore, every small detail matters: contradictions in versions, correspondence from before and after the alleged incident, the conduct of the parties, a possible motive, and the timing of the complaint. Professional defense work in these cases is the systematic collection of every objective piece of evidence: messages, locations, witnesses, documentation.
Being investigated following a complaint that you claim is false?
Three rules: Do not contact the complainant, ever, not even "just to understand why"; any approach will become evidence and may even constitute the offense of obstruction. Do not delete anything from your phone; the correspondence is your line of defense. And do not give a statement before your attorney has gone over the full picture with you. A case handled properly from the very first hour can be closed for lack of guilt, and later open the door to proceedings against the complainant: a complaint for delivering false information and a defamation claim.
Legal representation
Israel Arama, formerly of the Tel Aviv District Attorney's Office, knows from both sides of the divide how sex offense complaints are examined, and knows how to identify and prove the hallmarks of a false complaint. Contact us for an initial consultation without obligation as soon as you receive the summons for questioning.
The complex reality — what is important to know?
Most sexual complaints are truthful complaints, and the enforcement system is obligated to treat every complaint with full seriousness. But false complaints also exist, and they are devastating: an innocent person finds themselves overnight stigmatized, investigated, removed from their home and workplace, and sometimes arrested. False complaints in sex offenses often arise against the background of painful separations, divorce and custody disputes, revenge, or a need to explain a relationship that has been exposed.
Why Is a Sexual Complaint Different from Any Other Complaint?
In sex offenses, it is possible to convict on the basis of the sole testimony of the complainant, without external evidence. The meaning is that the entire trial stands on credibility. Therefore, every small detail matters: contradictions in versions, correspondence from before and after the alleged incident, the conduct of the parties, a possible motive, and the timing of the complaint. Professional defense work in these cases is the systematic collection of every objective piece of evidence: messages, locations, witnesses, documentation.
Being investigated following a complaint that you claim is false?
Three rules: Do not contact the complainant, ever, not even "just to understand why"; any approach will become evidence and may even constitute the offense of obstruction. Do not delete anything from your phone; the correspondence is your line of defense. And do not give a statement before your attorney has gone over the full picture with you. A case handled properly from the very first hour can be closed for lack of guilt, and later open the door to proceedings against the complainant: a complaint for delivering false information and a defamation claim.
This information is for initial orientation about the service and contact process. It is not individual legal advice.
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