Again I agree, but the fact remains that sometimes all there is is belief. Requiring proof means some rapes will go unpunished. Although there's no excuse for trying people in the media.

I actually went to college with a guy who was accused of rape. He was fired from his job, banned from the campus, kicked out of his apartment, inundated with death threats. It was a top news story that he was accused of rape, but then it turns out she lied, and that was a minor correction in the paper weeks later nobody saw. It was fucked.