World wide there appears a whole lot of accusations are leveled in the media, certainly not through the legal process that result in untold damage to the accused without even a modicum of process involved
Have no opinion on the MSP incident but certainly in the U.K. the authorities have not starred recently, e.g:
Redditch forklift truck driver took own life after fake rape claim | Daily Mail Online
.. And I have absolutely no idea what the solution is.