Defendants in sexual assault cases are just as likely to misremember the event as alleged victims—new study

Psychologists have intensively studied the factors that make both eyewitnesses and victims more or less susceptible to memory distortion. But to date there has been no experimental evidence comparing memory suggestibility between the complainants and accused in sexual assault cases.

source https://phys.org/news/2025-08-defendants-sexual-assault-cases-misremember.html