content: The emotional devastation, the interruption to his life, the fact that some will always suspect him, the financial cost to him, the fact that when an employer does a search on him being accused of rape, even of proven innocent, is still a black mark, the fact that his private life has now been opened up to the public by the media. All of those things. Edit: I can't even find any information on what the accusers punishment is for making the false charge.