There was a similar case a few years ago in Toronto.
The accused was Gian Ghomeshi, a TV talk show guy who was charged with several cases of sexual assault and choking.
This dude was bad, the case was strong, and the trial outcome seemed quite straightforward, except two things happened.
He hired a first-class female lawyer and his not so bright victims embellished their accusations with quite a few lies, and a lot of conspiring phone calls and emails. As a result of their lies, he was fully acquitted.
For the non Canadians, below is a wikipedia link describing this case.
So if any lessons can be drawn from this case, it would be that there are some men guilty of such predatory behaviour, but also willing women to be attracted by such men, and some of those women lie more than the accused men.
In late 2014, Canadian radio host Jian Ghomeshi was arrested and charged with four counts of sexual assault, and one count of overcoming resistance by choking, in relation to three complainants. He was charged with three additional counts related to three more women on January 8, 2015. On October 1, 2015, Ghomeshi pleaded not guilty to one count of choking and four counts of sexual assault. The trial began on February 1, 2016. He was acquitted of all five charges on March 24, 2016.
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Immediately after the verdict, supporters of the women expressed their disdain for the judge's ruling. They argued he was blaming the victims for not conforming to stereotypes of how women should behave, and that this could dissuade other women from coming forward in the future. Tom Mulcair, then head of the NDP party, tweeted that he believed the alleged survivors and critiqued the Canadian legal system. Other Canadian celebrities and activists voiced similar opinions. Andrew Burke, an associate professor of cultural studies at the University of Winnipeg, wrote "That was a total masterclass in misogynist, arrogant windbaggery just now from Judge Horkins." Outside the courtroom, "dozens" of protesters voiced their support for the women, shouting "Ghomeshi guilty". Ghomeshi's sister also read a short statement expressing relief about the verdict and criticizing the lack of "due process" up to this point.
Toronto lawyer Jonathan Rosenthal, however, stated: "It's a very bad case for the victims' rights movement to be jumping up and screaming about. It's atypical: This is a case where, bottom line, the complainants all lied." The case was also atypical in that the police solicited victims to come forward, and some were very active with media interviews (DeCoutere conducted 19 herself) which were used against them in cross examination. The complainants were also in an environment with supporters saying victims must be believed. This perceived solidarity led to two of the complainants exchanging more than 5,000 messages before the trial. The potential for this to be seen as collusion led to the Crown abandoning an application to make "similar fact" case which tied the three complaints together.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Jian_Ghomeshi
