Alexander Economou and Eleanor de Freitas go on a first date and spend the night together. They have consensual sex.
Alexander finds websites showing that Eleanor is leading a double life as an escort and calls off the relationship.
Eleanor starts spreading rumours to Alexander's friends that he did something nasty to her. Alexander tells her to stop or he will report her for harassment.
Eleanor walks into Chelsea Police Station and falsely accuses Alexander of rape. He is arrested interviewed and bailed. Alexander hires lawyers to collect evidence proving his innocence.
Police tell Alexander that they will not be bringing any charges of rape against him.
Alexander commences a private prosecution against Eleanor for perverting the course of justice.
The case is taken on by the Crown Prosecution Service, who agree that Eleanor has lied and continue the prosecution against her. Her trail is set for 7th April 2014 at Southwark Crown Court.
Eleanor kills herself three days before she was due to stand trial.
Eleanor's father, David de Freitas launches a press campaign, falsely accusing Alexander of raping his daughter.
The Director of Public Prosecutions (Alison Saunders), makes a statement confirming there was strong evidence to show Miss de Freitas was lying. However Mr de Freitas continues to assert that his daughter was raped by Alexander.
Because Mr de Freitas won't stop, Alexander issues defamation proceedings against David de Freitas for making false statements to the press.
A coroner records a verdict of suicide at Ms' de Freitas inquest.
Alexander is charged with alleged harassment of Miss de Freitas’s father David, in relation to setting up a website proving his innocence and thus showing Eleanor was a liar.
The High Court, (in judicial review proceedings made by Mr de Freitas) finds the prosecution of EdF was not to blame for her suicide and there were no arguable failings by the prosecution, i.e. myself or the CPS could not be blamed (and therefore will not open a public enquiry that Mr de Freitas asked for).
Alexander stands trial for the alleged harassment of David de Freitas, at Westminster Magistrates Court.
Alexander is found not guilty of the harassment of David de Freitas. The judge accepts that he genuinely wanted to "set the record straight" and was a man "wrongly accused".
Alexander's defamation proceedings against Mr de Freitas begin at the High Court, London.
Alexander loses his defamation case, even though the judge agrees David de Freitas press campaign was "seriously defamatory" and caused "serious harm" to Alexander's reputation. This is a legal first.
The court of appeal accepts the judge might have got things wrong and Alexander is granted permission to appeal the defamation judgement.
Police Officers to face misconduct hearing for ignoring CCTV and text message evidence which showed Ms de Freitas had lied.
Alexander's appeal of the libel judgement is heard over two days.
Attorney General Jeremy Wright QC MP says it was "right" for the prosecution of Eleanor de Freitas to go ahead.
Alexander loses his defamation case in the Court of Appeal on the basis of Mr de Freitas 'free speech rights', even though the court agree Mr Economou suffered serious harm on the back of five defamatory statements. It is a controversial judgement.
David de Freitas bankrupts Alexander over a demand for £2m.
Metropolitan Police pay Alexander £10,000 in compensation for ignoring vital CCTV and text message evidence that showed he was innocent.
DI Julian King found guilty of misconduct.