Due process? What due process? Especially if no charges are filed?
So you are saying gossip is good enough? No proof is needed? I can say all kinds of bad things about you then your life is all but ruined even if none of those things are true?
That's a terrible way to live and a terrible precedent. I can understand when there's overwhelming cases like with Weinstein and Spacey but other than that some kind of process should happen so people don't get railroaded by gossip or just some crazy mean-spirited person like those women who cry rape or assault but were never touched. They made it all up.
I think if someone lies like that about someone; they should do the same amount of time in jail the person would have gotten if it were true and proven. It should be that level of a crime IMHO.