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A 22-year-old woman, Eleanor Williams, from Barrow-in-Furness, has been sentenced to eight and a half years in prison after being found guilty of lying about being raped and trafficked "by an Asian gang". Now, three of the men who were falsely accused of rape by Williams have spoken out to share what a devastating impact the accusations have had on their lives and mental health.

Note: research from the Crown Prosecution Service shows that false allegations of rape are rare. During an observed 17-month period that saw 5,651 prosecutions for rape, there were just 35 prosecutions for making false allegations of rape (equating to 0.6%).

Here's the full story of Eleanor Williams and the impact of her crimes...

Who is Eleanor Williams?

Eleanor Williams, 22, first made accusations of abuse back in 2017, but her claims didn’t go viral until the pandemic when she shared a series of social media posts in May 2020. Her allegations (details of which we'll go into shortly) spread globally, and a 'Justice for Ellie' campaign garnered over 100,00 Facebook members, with protestors taking to the streets under the the belief that the police weren't adequately handling the case.

Little did protestors know, however, that at the time of her posts, Williams was already suspected of making up falsehoods by the police.

What accusations did Eleanor Williams make?

In a Facebook post shared in May 2020, Williams accused a group of men of attacking her, even claiming that one of them had...

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