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Two friends who falsely claimed they were raped were jailed yesterday because the suspect had photos of them all having a threesome.

An Oregon law, designed to promote shared custody, accomplished the opposite. That’s one of the many findings of a recently published analysis of custody outcomes in Oregon following the passage of custody legislation in 1997.

Statistics show that women can be just as violent as men, but while there millions of dollars provided for shelters for abused women, you don’t any resources for abused men.

In a recent discussion with my law partner, we discussed how frequently we hear parties in child custody matters make the same complaints regarding their former partner’s parental skills.

A recent case in England highlighted the dangers of turning bad teenage sex into a criminal matter.

UK: Hundreds of men will face false allegations of domestic violence and child abuse because of legal aid reforms, barristers warned today. Under cuts announced by Justice Secretary Ken Clarke, aid for divorce cases will be withdrawn with the exception of those involving accusations of violence and abuse.

Australian Federal Police officers concealed evidence and submitted false documents in the prosecution of an Australian pilot on child sex charges, resulting in his wrongful conviction, the man’s lawyers claim. Fred Martens, who spent 940 days in a Queensland prison after being convicted of the rape of a 14-year-old Papua New Guinea girl in Port Moresby, is suing the federal government for $45 million.

These are just ordinary men, fathers, grandfathers, brothers, uncles, who have been made to feel like criminals around children. In the same way, you can understand why men using the change rooms at a public swimming pool might be concerned about the presence of unsupervised young boys undressing nearby. Afraid of being falsely accused of being paedophiles in an increasingly febrile atmosphere in which even the mildest accusation of sexual impropriety can be ruinous.

KEN THOMPSON did not see his son for 2½ years. Now he sees him three times a week but he really wants to see him in Australia. Andrew Thompson was three when his mother, Melinda Stratton, took him overseas from Sydney after a custody battle in 2008. More than a month after his son was found in the Netherlands, Mr Thompson is still fighting to have him brought home.

Australian Rugby League poster boy Brett Stewart is in negotiations to sell his story after spending his lifesavings on defending sexual assault allegations in court.