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Social worker: False rape accusations just a cry for help

By Ashe Schow
Published March 1, 2016 5:45pm ET
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Social worker: False rape accusations just a cry for help
Certainly, attention and sympathy is the top reason, but there are other reasons as well. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File) | Charlie Neibergall

Women who make false rape and sexual assault accusations are just looking for help, according to a social worker in Boise, Idaho.

Becky Waggaman with Warm Springs Counseling Center told Boise’s CBS affiliate KBOI2 that false accusers are troubled and looking for sympathy.

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