{ "document_metadata": { "page_number": "8", "document_number": "424", "date": "11/08/21", "document_type": "court document", "has_handwriting": false, "has_stamps": false }, "full_text": "Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 424 Filed 11/08/21 Page 8 of 41\n\nHe also lists these \"pathways,\" in terms at times \"drawn nearly verbatim\" from a 2012 article in a forensic psychology journal, along with conjectures of ways in which these mental conditions or circumstances could hypothetically lead to false claims of sexual assault, including the following examples:\n\n- \"Lying\": \"Often, humans lie because of what they perceive as the favorable consequences for lying; for sexual assault these consequences could be . . . the severe negative consequences that the alleged perpetrator experiences . . . secondary gain from victim status . . . excusing behaviors or characteristics of the alleged victim (e.g., sexual activity, pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases) [or] financial gain.\" (Ex. A at 7).\n- \"Implied Consent\": \"A false allegation can arise when it was reasonable to believe consent was given but the alleged victim falsely believes that it was not.\" (Id. at 7-8).\n- \"False Memory\": Dr. Dietz cites principally to the work of Dr. Loftus in describing the existence of false memories. (Id. at 8).\n- \"Intoxication\": \"A person who does not accurately recall events that occurred while he or she was under the influence or while experiencing the side effects of withdrawal . . . may confabulate or fill in the memory lapses with events that seem probable or which for some reason they come to believe 'must have' taken place.\" (Id.).\n- \"Antisocial Personality Disorder\": \"If an individual with antisocial personality disorder is likely to lie to achieve power and pleasure, a false allegation of sexual assault might be the means by which he or she attempts to achieve power over the falsely accused.\" (Id.).\n- \"Borderline Personality Disorder\": \"[A]n individual with BPD may use a sexual assault allegation as a way of impacting a third party for some desired outcome.\" (Id. at 8-9).\n- \"Histrionic Personality Disorder\": \"In times when attention is not being received to the desired level, a false allegation of sexual assault may help to pull individuals with histrionic personality disorder out of their depressed state.\" (Id. at 9).\n- \"Delirium\": \"Relevant to this pathway are the perceptual disturbances that may be present, including misinterpretations, illusions, or even hallucinations.\" (Id.).\n- \"Psychotic Disorders\": \"[D]elusions may lead a person to claim adamantly that sexual relations or events occurred that may be impossible or highly improbable.\" (Id. at 9).\n4\nDOJ-OGR-00006219", "text_blocks": [ { "type": "printed", "content": "Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 424 Filed 11/08/21 Page 8 of 41", "position": "header" }, { "type": "printed", "content": "He also lists these \"pathways,\" in terms at times \"drawn nearly verbatim\" from a 2012 article in a forensic psychology journal, along with conjectures of ways in which these mental conditions or circumstances could hypothetically lead to false claims of sexual assault, including the following examples:", "position": "top" }, { "type": "printed", "content": "- \"Lying\": \"Often, humans lie because of what they perceive as the favorable consequences for lying; for sexual assault these consequences could be . . . the severe negative consequences that the alleged perpetrator experiences . . . secondary gain from victim status . . . excusing behaviors or characteristics of the alleged victim (e.g., sexual activity, pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases) [or] financial gain.\" (Ex. A at 7).\n- \"Implied Consent\": \"A false allegation can arise when it was reasonable to believe consent was given but the alleged victim falsely believes that it was not.\" (Id. at 7-8).\n- \"False Memory\": Dr. Dietz cites principally to the work of Dr. Loftus in describing the existence of false memories. (Id. at 8).\n- \"Intoxication\": \"A person who does not accurately recall events that occurred while he or she was under the influence or while experiencing the side effects of withdrawal . . . may confabulate or fill in the memory lapses with events that seem probable or which for some reason they come to believe 'must have' taken place.\" (Id.).\n- \"Antisocial Personality Disorder\": \"If an individual with antisocial personality disorder is likely to lie to achieve power and pleasure, a false allegation of sexual assault might be the means by which he or she attempts to achieve power over the falsely accused.\" (Id.).\n- \"Borderline Personality Disorder\": \"[A]n individual with BPD may use a sexual assault allegation as a way of impacting a third party for some desired outcome.\" (Id. at 8-9).\n- \"Histrionic Personality Disorder\": \"In times when attention is not being received to the desired level, a false allegation of sexual assault may help to pull individuals with histrionic personality disorder out of their depressed state.\" (Id. at 9).\n- \"Delirium\": \"Relevant to this pathway are the perceptual disturbances that may be present, including misinterpretations, illusions, or even hallucinations.\" (Id.).\n- \"Psychotic Disorders\": \"[D]elusions may lead a person to claim adamantly that sexual relations or events occurred that may be impossible or highly improbable.\" (Id. at 9).", "position": "middle" }, { "type": "printed", "content": "4", "position": "bottom" }, { "type": "printed", "content": "DOJ-OGR-00006219", "position": "footer" } ], "entities": { "people": [ "Dr. Dietz", "Dr. Loftus" ], "organizations": [], "locations": [], "dates": [ "2012", "11/08/21" ], "reference_numbers": [ "1:20-cr-00330-PAE", "Document 424", "DOJ-OGR-00006219" ] }, "additional_notes": "The document appears to be a court filing discussing potential reasons for false allegations of sexual assault, citing a 2012 article from a forensic psychology journal. 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