If there is reason to believe that's what they're doing, then yeah sure. If not, it should not be presented as an issue and it should go to trial, where if there is no evidence it won't hold up.
I don't think people try to minimise this. I feel like it's a question that plenty of people ask in cases like this, they question the validity of the supposed victims claims, they ask why it has taken them so long to come forward, and they ask whether they are not just making it up for financial gain. My point is that if someone believes the accused should be innocent until proven guilty, could you not apply the same logic to the alleged victim?
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