content: A tutor over on mensrights describes how he was fired due to a false accusation which was later recanted Originally posted on /r/mensrights by a throwaway. Reposted with permission. edit: student's *sister Short post, more of a rant.  When I was a senior in high school, I would tutor middle school students for language skills (reading, writing). One student, let's call him Kyle, was a 5th grader and had a sister two years below me. Since it was a small school, we knew each other, but weren't exactly friendly. We knew the other, but hardly ever talked outside of group social settings.  Anyway, I would go to their house twice per week for 1-2 hour sessions and tutor the younger kid. We aren't talking advanced stuff here, so it was mostly me showing him basic grammatical tricks and helping with his sentence structure. I was always professional: never looked at my phone, always kept us focused on the lesson, and definitely, definitely did not talk to his sister during (or even after) our sessions.  Well one day, I get a text message from the kids' mother saying that my services are no longer needed and that Kyle has made the progress they wanted. Great! I like to hear that from my students' parents. But the next week, I find out that a different tutor (small town, really) is now working with him. Okay, maybe my services weren't that great, but I can understand why the mother lied.  So everything has been going well since then. I've graduated college, have a stable job, and every once in a while help out family friends with their college application essays. Sometimes I'm referred from the high school I went to. Well it just so happens that Kyle needs help with his college essays, and our school counselor referred him to me. He sent a nice "remember me?" email asking how I was and if I'd be willing to do Skype sessions with him 1 hr. per week. I initially said sure, since he was a good student, but I then remembered how we'd parted ways, so we had an exchange similar to this one: Me: "Hey, I'd love to help you out. Quick question though -- would you be paying me, or would your mother? Because I don't think she was happy with me last time." Kyle: "Oh, that wasn't because you did anything wrong." Me: "Um, okay. So can I ask why she fired me?" Kyle: "Well, (sister's name) told her that you would give her weird looks and try to flirt with her when you were tutoring me. She even said that you once tried to kiss her in the hallway [complete, complete, bullshit], so my mother said she didn't want you in the house and threatened to call the school. But (sister's name) begged her not to, saying it would embarrass her." Me: "Wow. Well, I never --" Kyle: "Right. She admitted she made it up after Mrs. Guidance Counselor referred me to you."  I was floored. Though I was just a kid, I spent a lot of time trying to make my clients happy and act in a professional manner. And when this happened, I got no apology, nothing. I'm just expected to take these false accusations and roll with them because why? Anyone else had a similar experience?  TL;DR: Fired from tutoring job because client's sister made up sexual harassment allegations.