Looking at the history here on HN, it seems he’s been accused by multiple women. Regardless of him winning this case, as a woman I’d avoid being alone with this guy at all costs and warn other women to do the same.
I wouldn't want to be alone with you either, in that case, and I'd warn other men to do the same, given that they may evidently be accused for... having previously been accused?
I'm the last person to defend anyone who has laid a finger on or harassed anyone without their consent. But I also believe that anyone can accuse anyone of anything, since that's quite literally what rumors are.
Many people accused women in Salem of being witches. Literally zero of them were guilty. But they were made pariahs, ostracized, and then killed, nonetheless.
As a private individual you can do anything you’d like; but that doesn’t mean anything you’d like to do will be fair or right.
People of all genders do this all the time, group up and rat-fuck the reputation of someone they don't like for all sorts of reasons, not all of them particularly good.
Throw in a bit of bandwagoning during the height of #metoo when we decided that having a bad date where the wrong kind of wine was ordered with Asis Ansari or having a jokey boob photo from 30 years ago with Al Franken was somehow worthy of Thou Shalt Never Work Again, and I can totally understand how all this went down.