Ali Malik says his life was made a “living hell” after being falsely accused of rape by a former co-worker.
Lucien Harris is a trans man who used to identify as Lottie Harris. Before transitioning, Harris became infatuated with Malik when they worked together at a restaurant in Essex.
When Malik, who is openly gay, turned down Harris’ advances, Harris went awol.
Between September 2016 and July 2017, he made nearly two dozen false allegations against Malik, including accusing him of shoving his penis inside the letterbox of his front door and raping him at knifepoint on two separate occasions.
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Speaking before a Worcester Crown Court last week, Malik said, “I have been arrested twice and I have been interviewed numerous times by the police. In total, I have spent 24 hours in a police cell–24 hours I will never get back.”
He continued, “I feel like I have been living in limbo for the past 18 months. Initially, I did not feel that anyone believed me. I feel like I have been treated like a criminal. Even though I protested my innocence, I was still interviewed on numerous occasions.”
The experience left him feeling “scared and isolated”, even though, he says, “I knew that I had done nothing wrong.”
“I had visions of being sent to prison and no one believing me.”
Yesterday, Harris admitted six counts of perverting the course of justice at Worcester Crown Court on Monday. The judge handed him a two-year suspended prison sentence and ordered to complete 300 hours of community service.
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Harris was also ordered to pay Malik £2,500 ($3,500.00 U.S.) compensation and issued a restraining order preventing him from contacting his victim.
“I only wish that you had shown the smallest respect for Ali Malik, whose life has been made a living hell for months,” the judge said. “The police decided that they would not take any sort of action because by then they knew what they were dealing with–and what they were dealing with was a liar.”
“It’s perfectly obvious that Mr. Malik has done nothing that can explain why you have gone on this campaign against him.”
Afterward, Malik told reporters he doesn’t think Harris will ever pay him the money. He also feels the sentence was “far too lenient” and that the judge was “too soft.”
“I tried to fight for justice but feel I’ve got nothing out of it,” he said. “It feels like nothing can be done no matter how I try or who I go to.”
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jkthsnk
Absent WithOut Leave. Grammar fail.
russdog
Thank you. Is there a writer or editor who actually knows what AWOL means?
Heywood Jablowme
I’m guessing the writer meant “amok” (a Malay word for going berserk, etc.). Although I suppose that nowadays, some would say that’s racist or cultural appropriation or something.
Daniel-Reader
What’s hard to understand about AWOL? The transitioning person left their job without taking time off or giving notice.
JoeyRamone
Actually, AWOL has also come to mean “go crazy,” which is clearly what was intended here. https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=awhol
jkthsnk
There is nothing pretend about a surgically transitioned trans man.
Cylest Brooks
ChrisK’s comment was deleted for violating Queerty’s comment policy.
Heywood Jablowme
“Harris admitted six counts of perverting the course of justice at Worcester Crown Court”
Perverting the course of justice! There’s a bit of British legal lingo we Americans really should have kept. (Also the judges’ wigs, IMO.)
chris33133
I hope that Malik can get his money and then some. This is just horrible.
What is more: Harris’ lying made it that much more difficult for the actual survivors of sexual harassment and abuse to be taken seriously.
Lvng1Tor
His being trans and deadnaming him has nothing to do with any of this. Trans people are no more likely to commit a crime or suffer from psychosis or violence than anyone else and there is absolutely no evidence to suggest otherwise.
uncz1978
Any facts to back your claim up???
mhoffman953
@uncz1978
There have been numerous studies which support what UmmmYeah is saying. Even a top psychiatrist from John Hopkins concurs with him (https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/michael-w-chapman/johns-hopkins-psychiatrist-transgender-mental-disorder-sex-change)
Dr. Paul R. McHugh has found that “the suicide rate among transgendered people who had reassignment surgery is 20 times higher than the suicide rate among non-transgender people. Dr. McHugh further noted studies from Vanderbilt University and London’s Portman Clinic of children who had expressed transgender feelings but for whom, over time, 70%-80% “spontaneously lost those feelings.””
“’Sex change’ is biologically impossible,” said McHugh. “People who undergo sex-reassignment surgery do not change from men to women or vice versa. Rather, they become feminized men or masculinized women. Claiming that this is civil-rights matter and encouraging surgical intervention is in reality to collaborate with and promote a mental disorder.”
There even have been studies from Sweden and Denmark from the National Library of Medicine which shows “90% of transgenders have mental disorders consisting of depression and anxiety–known causes of suicide. These studies provide irrefutable evidence transgenders overwhelmingly suffer from untreated mental disorders. Gender surgery is not the required treatment for depression and anxiety or other transgender mental disorders.”
Are you disagreeing with a psychiatrist from John Hopkins, studies from Vanderbilt University, London’s Portman Clinic of Children, and medical professionals from Sweden and Denmark? If so, please show reputable facts to refute this information.
IJelly
Ignore the religious crackpot talking about this John R. McHugh guy from Johns Hopkins. The “study” he references was not in a peer reviewed scientific journal and has been denounced as non-scientific by most of the faculty at Hopkins.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-lgbtq-hopkins-20160928-story.html
McHugh’s so-called scientific paper is just another hit job funded by a right wing organization so that they can they can suggest their anti LGBT bigotry have a scientific basis.
mhoffman953
@IJelly
Nothing in your link supports anything you said. The link you gave is an opinion piece and does not present any evidence regarding transgenders and science. It does seem to shed light on homosexuality and science, but that’s not what we’re discussing. Your link even has “opinion” in the title and doesn’t provide any counter research.
Also, nothing of what any of the studies I cited uses religion as an argument and the studies are not “ring wing hit jobs” as the same findings have been discovered by Vanderbilt University as well as from medical professionals all around the world.
If you can present an accredited study that shows people can biologically be born the wrong gender and that it has nothing to do with an underlying mental condition but is merely on a cellular level or biological, then I’ll read it.
TristtheTwist
That sentence was far too lenient, if I was the judge, I’d have given him the maximum. Also why would a gay man rape a trans person who is anatomically female? I personally can’t see myself dating a trans man. I feel bad saying it but I just wouldn’t be able to get it out of my head that this man used to be a woman, and thinking of womem turns me off.
That dude should be serving ten years in prison. This kind of thing should be treated much more seriously. What kind of message does it send that you can defame someone, potentially ruin their life just out of revenge, with false allegations and get away with it scot free? So stupid, these light sentences will only lead to more false accusations not deter them.
The perp should also be placed on a sex offender registry, it was a form of sexual abuse after all. He should be required to inform the neighbors and anyone that they date of these crimes, that is if anyone is crazy enough to date that deranged freak. Disgusting piece of crap. Hope he lands in jail one day.
Cylest Brooks
Hello all! Thanks for participating in this important conversation.
As a reminder, language that invalidates or dismisses trans people will be deleted. This including using incorrect pronouns, deadnames, or derogartory terms… as well as mocking or discussing trans people based on their genitalia.
Queerty’s comment policy exists to help all Queerty readers feel safe here, including trans readers. Users who violate this policy will be banned.
mhoffman953
A lot of us were just stating facts. My comment was removed because I said a transgender’s surgically created penis looks nothing like a real penis.
My other comment from the Barbie story was deleted too because I laughed that people now want Muslim Barbie, transgender Barbie, and fat Barbie
If using the wrong pronoun is a bannable offense, then Juanjo should be banned because he calls me Miss Hoffman every time.
Cylest Brooks
Juanjo is definitely on the list of people walking a very thin line toward being permanently banned. Trust me. I notice what he calls you. And I delete his comments all the time.
Frankly, your comment has no place here. Talking about a trans person’s genitals is nonsense, regardless of who that person is.
TristtheTwist
The real irony here is that Cyclone is metaphorically pouring paint thinner on a fire. Instead of light dialogue and the conversatio slowly flaming out, it’s essentially a bonfire that largely is not about thd actual article. This is the stupid bullshit you get when you censor and threaten people with bans when they stray from what is deemed an acceptable stream of semantics. People like Cyclone make poor leaders as they tend to use an overly formulaic form like response. Threatening bans right out of the gate is stupid, wreckless, and counterproductive. Who was the snowflake who hired Cyclonic, or whatever?
TristtheTwist
Sorry meant to say *Just stating that a person is anatomically male or to claim that it doesn’t make sense to believe the PERPETRATOR’S story regarding their own story of being trans, or to question whether an individual is truly transgendered and just using trans people as a cover to try to explain away the absurdness of why a gay jan would rape an anatomical female…*
Goku Black
WTF is a dead name? Does that mean a ban will be imposed if anyone brings up JFK, MLK, or Hitler? This place is weird.
NateOcean
The very first line of this article mentions both Lucien Harris and also Lottie Harris.
Haven’t you violated your own policy?
Cylest Brooks
@Ummmm Yeah, wow. It sounds like you have a lot of issues with Queerty.
Hard to understand since you spend so much time here.
Cylest Brooks
There are many ways to discuss your frustration with this person without directly attacking them for being trans or suggesting that you “don’t believe them”. That, frankly, has nothing to do with this story.
And when you focus on that issue, you create a space here where trans readers feel unwelcome and invalidated, which is what Queerty is trying to move away from. Trans people are people. Trans women are women. Trans men are men. Period, end of sentence.
In direct reply to @Goku Black, “deadnaming” is the act of purposely using a transperson’s birth name instead of their real name as an act of emotional violence against them. This article clearly states that Lucien is a trans man, but because it also provides his previous (or “dead”) name… some folks here feel like it’s okay for them to call him by the old name.
Anti-trans people seem to think that its some kind of act of power to refuse to use a transperson’s correct name. They know that using the “dead name” of a transperson is violent and hurtful, but they do it anyhow. That is mean-spirited, which is a violation of Queerty’s comment policy.
These comments will continue to be deleted, even if the trans person in question is a shit person who did terrible things. Not to protect that particular transperson, but to protect all of the transfolks who are reading this comment thread and feeling bullied and unwelcome.
There are plenty of ways to talk about the terrible things this man did without undermining his gender. Let’s stick to those.
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In a similar vein, any comments that refer to another commenter (myself included) by an incorrect name for the purpose of being shitty will also be removed.
Cylest Brooks
Also… anyone who looks at me and thinks that I have the appropriate contouring skills to be a drag queen needs to adjust their computer screen. I am nowhere near as fabulous as most of the queens I know. <3 <3 <3
Cylest Brooks
Guidelines have been laid out. Everyone can access them and read them. If you choose to violate them, your comment will be removed. Continued violations can lead to being permanently banned.
That’s not what bullying is. You’re welcome to share your opinions in ways that do not violate our comment policy. If you’re unable to voice your opinions without creating a hostile environment for others, then you shouldn’t comment it here. Regardless of whether or not it is valid.
DCguy
1. This is England, so you don’t know the laws there.
2. They CAN bring somebody in if they have been accused. They can question them etc…
3. He had accused Malik on 12 different occasions, so even if he was only bought in for 2 hours each time, that would cover the 24 hours he said he spent in police custody.
DCguy
So according to the judge, you can ruin somebody’s life for nearly 2 years and not get punished for it.
Malik should bring a civil suit for $250,000 pounds and keep them in court for a year, take anything the other person has and let them see what it’s like to be hounded by the law.
TristtheTwist
I’m just waiting for the fringe pansexual, cis hating, etc. element to come out of the wood work to defend that criminal Harris, and to personally attack the victim, accusing the victim of bigotry for turning down a trans man and twist it around so that Harris, the individual who made these false allegations, is the real victim here and that Harris deserves some sort of an award and recognition for his courage and for standing up to tue cruel cis masses, as well as an apology from the victim, for being so bigoted for refusing to go out with the perp.
There’s a certain level of entitlement to many in that crowd, there are people out there who actually think like that.
mhoffman953
@DCguy
(my previous comment says waiting in moderation – I guess I used a “bad” word)
Even if Malik did and won a financial judgement, it doesn’t mean the other guy would actually pay it. Just because someone wins a financial judgement, that doesn’t guarantee them any money. Some people have to keep fighting people for years just to see $1 of their court judgement, which then creates more costs in legal and lawyer fees
TristtheTwist
It would still tie that person up, taking up their time, and possibly place them in financial ruin through court and legal fees, not to memtion missed work andvsuch. You can destroy a person’s lite through litigation. If he wants he can take up a lot of Harris’s time as Harris stole time from him. If I were the victim’s boyfriend, I would be encouraging him to do just that. Harris deserves a taste of their own medicine.
TristtheTwist
I’m just waiting for the fringe pansexual, cis hating, etc. element to come out of the wood work to defend that criminal Harris, and to personally attack the victim, accusing the victim of bigotry for turning down a trans man and twist it around so that Harris, the individual who made these false allegations, is the real victim here and that Harris deserves some sort of an award and recognition for his courage and for standing up to the cruel cis masses, as well as an apology from the victim, for being so bigoted for refusing to go out with the perp.
There’s a certain level of entitlement to many in that crowd, there are people out there who actually think like that. It’s the pansexual, there are no sexes or races, furry crowd is largely to blame for this type of thinking, they just want to drag everyone down with them. Our proper reaction should be laughter like Joe and Mika when they first learned what furry is.
https://youtu.be/Tp76cHN2FDU
TristtheTwist
Just for clarification, what if someone doesn’t believe in using he or she, because they don’t believe in gendered pronouns or nouns, would it be acceptable to refer to a person as it?
What if ay, hypothetically there is an article about Christianity, and a discussion about religion and the gay community? Would a user be warned or banned if they use the pronouns she or her when talking of God or Jesus. Clearly “both” prefer the male pronouns as indicated in the Bible, so referring to him as a woman would be distespecting him and his own gender expression?
And what of drag queens, what pronoun are we to use for them.
See this is the kind of unnecessary shit that occurs from safe spaces and trigger warnings, where the subject at hand is lost and an argument over “proper” semantics takes its place instead. It’s ridiculous bullshit that deters actual real debate and solves nothing. It is bullshit, and I say if this crap persists a competiting website that doesn’t censor dialgoue but rather encourages it should rise up.
kille31
Why was my commented deleted?
I just said that ppl that make this kind of accusations should have the same treatment a rapist would have in terms of the legal ramifications. That way it would discourage the horrible persons that use the pain of others to get revenge.
TristtheTwist
Because the victim is on trial, here on Queerty and not the perpetrator, just because the criminal is trans. I guarantee you that mod Cylist or whatever, would be attacking the gay man, if Harris had not admitted guilt. Cylist is the truly prejudiced one. It’s sickening really.
If someone defended Harris claiming the victim was a bigot for turning Harris down, I guarantee you that comment would stay. #FireCylest, that person is corrupt and is abusing their power with wanton threats of bans right out the gate.If I could block people on this site, that failure of a mod Cylest would be the one and only on my list. I hate juvenile censors like. Cylist. I have absolutely no respect for old blue hair.
Hussain-TheCanadian
I’m not sure I understand why so many has taken the opportunity to turn this thread into an open season on Trans people; this particular person is deranged, cant we leave it at that? Or do we have to imitate our haters by painting an entire community as insane?
TristtheTwist
The problem is Cycle is defending this Harris person, a criminal and not the victim, and is deleted more than half of the comment section and threatening bans. You apparently have not read all of what was deleted.
Hussain-TheCanadian
She’s been deleting my posts too, I’m not sure why, its not like I cuss (yeah I do) – I don’t know, we are adults, and some people need to post their ridiculous opinions so they can be shot down, not censor it.
As long as the person is not inciting violence, or spreading hatred .
@ Ummmmm
Come on man what are you doing, these are some examples true but….. i’m sure someone who hates us can bringing up cases of gay men/women dishing out violence on each other – These are the outliers.
TristtheTwist
Here is a more accurate article on the crime that was committed. It also rightfully displays a picture of Harris, the perpetrator rather than bringing more unwanted attention to the victim.
Harris made a total of 23 TWENTY THREE false accusations against the innocent gay man. But apparently queert cares more about the crminal just because how they self identify. I personally beloeve its a lie to make Harris’s own story more convincing as to why a gay man would want or rape Harris.
It shows a picture of the perp Harris, who is still very much anatomically female, leaving the courthouse in tears, despite being jailed. But here on Queert Harris is treated like a victim instead of the actual vile perp Harris truly is.
Take a look and a good read of a more accurate account of the story, and you tell me what you believe…
http://metro.co.uk/2018/03/27/trans-waiter-spared-jail-lying-raped-gay-co-worker-7420269/
TristtheTwist
Meant to say spared from jail, yet Harris is still blubbering like a baby, instead of profusely apologizing to Harris’s victim, or getting on their knees and thanking the heavens for not being sentenced to jail though they deserve. Harris is a liar and an unrepentant bastard. If there is a hell, Harris deserves to be there.
kille31
i Just read the article, so at that time she still identified as a woman and it was then that she claimed this gay guy rapped her. Did she transition because of that ?!
And then there is this
“‘This case is highly exceptional, but the message should go out loud and clear that in other cases which do not carry the exceptional circumstances as in this case, those who falsely complain of rape will go to prison.’ Mark Savage, defending, said: ‘It’s clear that Mr Harris is not a young person actuated by malice, but one who is struggling with identity.’”
Basically he avoided jail time because he is trans now.
Hussain-TheCanadian
The article was hard to read, oh my god what a nightmare; but i’m just thinking, it comes off as Harris being crazy and delusional than anything else. I’m not even sure why the lawyer brought up “identity”.
Also how is Harris a man, I can clearly see breasts?
Why a picture (of Harris) wasnt included in this story Queerty?????????????????????
kille31
Yeah, weird, all the newspapers were trying to protect the identity of the victim but queerty did the opposite….
TristtheTwist
My guess is that Queert knew if they posted Harris’s pictured the readers would be like “lulz… what? What part of the word gay don’t they get?”. They probably feared making a trans person look bad, even though Harris is doing a cracker jack job of that himself all on his own.
So what do they do? They divert attention from Harris the trans man, by throwing the gay man under the proverbial bus.
Another well done job on the part of queerty for consistently standing up for gay men everwhere. /sarcasm This place could give two shits about gay men, they just want to indoctrinate us with a political worldview that has nothing to do with us, thus the censorship and victim blaming.
Hussain-TheCanadian
@Kille
Thank you for the clarification, I was getting confused as to whether Harris is a man or a woman now, because in the picture in the link, I see a woman.
Magnus
I think it was flat out wrong and irresponsible of queerty to include a picture of the victim, he has been through more than enough and to me is showing some signs of PTSD, which is understandable. Queerty left out pertinent details while including unnecessary ones that only further broach the victim’s privacy. The person who included a picture of the victim, ought to be ashamed. Also, the moderation of this thread has been stupid and misguided.
Cylest Brooks
The comments policy does not discourage dialogue. It discourages dialogue that punches down instead of punching up… and it’s part of a larger plan to change the atmosphere of the site.
I have nothing to do with content development and cannot speak to that end… I’m only involved in one leg of this business plan, so to speak. I am merely doing what I was hired to do.
I would like to point out, however, that there is a very big difference between discouraging conversation and disallowing negativity.
If you are only able to engage in online conversations using abusive language, bullying and name-calling, and purposeful disobedience of the comments policy… that is a YOU issue and not a ME issue.
There are a lot of conversations to be had here on Queerty… including conversations that aren’t always happy and positive and rainbows and butterflies. There are even conversations that can be had that are very very hard and difficult to navigate. The comment policy is actually quite simple to mind and, honestly, far more lenient than it would be if I were solely in charge of the decision-making.
I’m sorry that you don’t like the changes. I’ll let the big bosses know. <3
Kevan1
AWOL Military definition Absence Without Leave. Probably meant went missing.