Comment by fighterpilot

People believe all sorts of things on the basis of false memories.

You know there's a fairly large community of people that are convinced that they were abducted by aliens?

There's also a community of people that are convinced they have had a past life and know the intimate details of it. They don't suffer from schizophrenia, they literally just have false memories.

In the end it shouldn't be about what party X subjectively felt or what they felt afterwards. It should be about what party X actually portrayed and communicated at the time of the encounter. If they legitimately consented and weren't intoxicated but deep down were thinking "I don't want this", then that sucks for them but no crime was committed and the counterparty isn't culpable.

I'm talking generally, not about the specific allegation in question.