I find it interesting that the Patch elected to identify the 18 year old as a "girl" in the article title, while contemporary journalists often refer to 18 year olds as "women" and "men."

I also have other words to call her, A woman not being one of them. A woman would not MAKE UP a story resulting in such awful consequences for an innocent man.

From a friend of mine in GA:

"Wow!! Happened to my old trainers son. Girl lied he went through hell and finally told the truth. She wasn't punished!!!!"

So you see...This isn't an isolated incident.

Why is it that the legal system is out to put men's head on a pike, but when falsely accused, nothing seems to happen to the person that made their life a living hell?

It needs to change!

How could this be? Because three girls fabricated a story, this boy spent time in jail and house arrest? Would the authorities also have made the boy register as a sex offender through this process? All of these girls need some mental help, primarily the one that committed perjury and fabricated this story.

Why can't everyone just mind their own business? I feel terrible for the boy, yes! This is a terrible situation, but hasn't everyone done something wrong? Maybe not to this extent. Just let it go. Her and her family are gonna go through enough problems. Who are we to judge? Only God should judge her. Also, don't attack her family! They weren't in on it with her! Yes, it's wrong, but JUST LET IT GO!

obviously 3 of the people, including myself, have had a personal connection to this story... I'm sorry if its a little difficult to just "let it go" but I think your missing the big picture. This innocent man lost valuable time with his family. yes, he was on house arrest, but he was forced to stay in Allegheny county with his two elderly grandparents, instead of his own home in washington county. how you feel not being able to go to your own home for 9 months? how would you feel not having any contact with friends for 9 months? how would you feel having to prepare yourself for a 5 year jail sentencing for something you didn't even do? please try to look at the bigger picture of things before you tell people to just "let it go". I'm sure if this were your son, brother, or friend you would have a little more understanding. so maybe it would be best if you took your own advice and minded your own business.

Yes, god will judge her, but as of right now, the courts were judging an innocent man, along with the public eye and his peers because of Kate's lies. therefore, the courts will be judging Kate as well, ALONG WITH the public eye and her peers because of her own lies. she brought this upon herself. therefore, she deserves the scrutiny she's receiving due to her actions and breaking the law. And yes, some people do wrong things, such as tell little white lies, this is not a simple slip up. She had full intents on putting an innocent man in jail because of her own selfishness.

Hey, lets face it, both of these kids have fallen victim to the "world." Yeah, maybe from the human standpoint this young man was falsely accused and unjustly treated, and now, this young lady will be put through an even worse situation. However, from God's standpoint, what both individuals are facing is the consequences of their sin. I feel for both of these individuals because somewhere along the line they were mislead to believe that pre-marital sexual relations is ok. This kind of stuff doesn't happen when sex is contained within the marriage relationship. However, I think moving beyond the blame game is necessary at this point. We obviosuly have two young adults going through something that many of us find unimaginable and the last thing they need to see is hateful speech directed at one another. Again, my heart goes out to both individuals involved in this matter and I pray that in these weeks leading up to Easter many of you would choose to show the same Grace that God gave to you when he allowed His son to die on the Cross for your sins.

your comment is invalid because the entire story was MADE UP. Folino and Webster were never together that day.

It's fustrating when people who are unaware of a situation try to add their two sense.. Websters story was exactly that: a STORY! The only victim here is Folino. I'm interested as to where you see Webster as a victim? Or where your compassion for her is coming from, because I know I surely don't have any! Just as she didn't have any as she sat in the courtroom and testified against Folino knowing it was all a lie. And continued to live her life happy as can be without a care in the world that Folino had lost his freedom for no reason.

Stephen never said that day they were together. They were together before that though. There have been many people who are unjustly accused in the world so we do know the feeling. I do feel terrible for him though. Who are you to judge?

Brittany, I am not going to try to make an argument as to why you shouldn't be upset because you have evey right to be if you were directly involved. My compassion for her, as well as for Matt, come from the fact that I live by a different standard than most. I think think one of biggest challenges we face today is the inability of people to forigve others, whether it's now or 10 years down the road. It's so easy to show hate to a person for their wrongdoings; the challenge to the human mind is showing love and compassion for those who have done both right and wrong- this is a true relevation of one's character and maturity.

This "girl" should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. She has shown no remorse for what she put the Folino family through. In fact, just the opposite. Read her facebook account. Anyone who frequents Club Zoo should be on the lookout for Kate, it would appear she has cried "rape" more than once and men should beware.

Ms. Webster (I am glad they printed her name, many times they do not, yet still list the falsely accused person's name.) should be prosecuted with more than just perjury. She broke more laws than that, I didn't see them pulling charges when they were charging the falsely accused. She obstructed justice for she kept officers from investigating other complaints. She abused the court's time by letting the lie perpetuate for months. If her sentence is any less than the 9 months that the falsely accused was kept away from his family and his home will be a disgrace to the prosecutors office and the judicial system as a whole.

I do wish they would have posted her picture as they do every single accused person of a sex offense. This woman is a danger to men and boys of all ages, we should know what she looks like so that we may choose to avoid contact with a predator such as her.

I was going to post a link to her twitter page, just so everyone could see how much fun she's been having, but ironicly, the page hage been shut down...

Well it would appear that she has some more time to think of what her story will be at her next appearance in front of the Magistrate, since her preliminary hearing was continued to April 8. I can't imagine what the Magistrate is going to be thinking when he hears her testimony in a few weeks versus what he heard her say in "great detail" last year. Shameful.

oh! and another point to make! the sucker bites that were on her neck, were not even from this kid matt, they were from some random guy she met at club zoo

but she chose to blame them on matt even thought he never touch her forcefully

Why are you so obsessed with this girl? Unless you are related to the two kids involved, this is no one's business! So many people in this township act like vigilantes. Get a life off the Internet and mind your own business! Let the court do their job!

stephen said: Yeah, maybe from the human standpoint this young man was falsely accused and unjustly treated, and now, this young lady will be put through an even worse situation. However, from God's standpoint, what both individuals are facing is the consequences of their sin.>>>>

What is HIS sin? He was falsely accused.
And, since you're so sure about other people's "sins", are you without sin? Remember what Jesus said, "Let he who is WITHOUT sin cast the first stone."

objective look, what is up with Matt's lawyer, who let this go on for so long? 9 months later and this comes to be a complete untrue crime. I think a refund is needed here. how incompetnt or is it how a lawyer makes money,
And what is up with the DA's office, again no one does anything for 9 months and poof!!, it never happened. there is something not right with the people involved who are policing society or representing people. they need to be held accountable, for not looking into this mess from the get go.
fyi to all: keep your personnal religion to yourself.

Folks, I deleted several comments because they contained personal attacks and veiled profanity (which go against our terms of service). I understand that this is an extremely sensitive issue - but I just ask that we all follow the terms of service for commenting. Thank you, and if you should have any questions for concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me at amanda.gillooly@patch.com.

This article doesn't even begin to scratch the surface of what this young woman did. I wonder how bad her home life must be to weave such a wicked story just to hide from her parents where her "sucker bites" came from.

Within mere hours of her going to the police and fabricating her story, the police swarmed like angry hornets around the neighborhood looking for Matthew. Seven hours later around one or two in the morning while Matthew was playing video games, the police parked a block away and eight (8)
police came to the Folino residence to arrest Matthew with their weapons drawn as they were searching for a fugitive wanted for armed robbery.

I can't even begin to imagine the nightmare that followed...

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It took the police only four hours based on a fictitious statement backed up by absolutely ZERO evidence to be on the hunt for Matthew and arrest him a few hours after that.

FACT: The "noticeable marks" on her neck & back were from a bra strap! There were NO other scratches or bruises.

On top of that she got two of her friends in on the lie and tweeted to them about sticking to the story they talked about.

Yet, when the police were made aware that this false rape accusation was completely fabricated it took several WEEKS for Matthew to get his ankle bracelet removed...

It seemed as if no one cared and just dragged their feet. The paperwork just sat waiting to be signed…Where was the sense of urgency to right a wrong for the real victim of this crime?

It was only after repeated calls by the Folino's to the prosecutor’s office that Matthew was told to cut off his ankle bracelet off with scissors just days before his last birthday...What a present!

It's a real shame the police NEVER apologized to Matthew for the way this was handled, especially after it came to light that this was made up.

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The system appears to be stacked against men, just hearing from the Folino's personal experience. Put yourself in their shoes and imagine being told by someone that runs in the legal circle that deals with this court that it's referred to as "castration court."

This young woman and her family need to know what they put the Folino's through. I don’t think until they feel the financial squeeze of retaining a lawyer, the legal fees and court costs associated with mounting a legal defense will they truly understand what the Folino’s went through. All of the heartache, the pain & suffering the Folino's have had to endure fighting to save their son from a potential FIVE YEAR jail sentence.

Matthew’s crime? Playing video games in his house the night he was picked up by police, all because of a selfish woman's lie. Not a little white lie, a lie that was going to ruin the rest of this man's life.

I have no sympathy for this woman, and can only hope that she enjoys the same hospitality the system showed to the Folino's.

Matthew IS the victim of a horrible crime that had the potential to ruin the REST of his life. He would have gone to jail, had to register as a sex offender and had that black mark on his record for the REST of his life!

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Karma - The name you are using itself has veiled profanity. And your revised comments still constitute name calling. If you'd like to write a signed letter to the editor, please send it to me at amanda.gillooly@patch.com.

The system appears to be stacked against men, just hearing from the Folino's personal experience. Put yourself in their shoes and imagine being told
by someone that runs in the legal circle that deals with this court that it's referred to as "castration court."

I don’t think until they feel the financial squeeze of retaining a lawyer, the legal fees and court costs associated with mounting a legal defense will they truly understand what the Folino’s went through. All of the heartache, the pain & suffering the Folino's have had to endure fighting to save their son from a potential FIVE YEAR jail sentence.

Matthew’s crime? Playing video games in his house the night he was picked up by police, all because of a lie. Not a little white lie, a lie that was going to ruin the rest of this man's life.

Maybe she will get to enjoy the same hospitality the system showed to the Folino's.

Matthew IS the victim of a horrible crime that had the potential to ruin the REST of his life. He would have gone to jail, had to register as a sex offender and had that black mark on his record for the REST of his life!

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What a scary world we live in where your life can be destroyed so easily by a lie. She needs to be punished to the FULLEST extent that the law will allow and made an example of.

Maybe she will do actual jail time, vs. just having house arrest...Nine months would be a good start, that's what the Folino’s lost and will never get back.

Not only did she almost ruin an innocent man’s life, she is wasting your tax dollars by filing a false report. She took police (a finite resource) away from dealing with actual crimes. More of your tax dollars will be spent prosecuting her now. In addition, gumming up the already overburdened legal system with a bogus case…Although not bogus anymore…Now she is the one being charged with a real crime.
How many other innocent men are in jail because of similar circumstances?

Lastly, this type of thing does not help the cause of people that actually were raped, if anything it has the potential to make it more difficult for actual rape victims.

This is absolutely ridiculous!!!! Katelyn Webster should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law and be made an example out of. It’s a shame that a person can be put through so much on a simple accusation and some self-inflicted marks. I guess since there was no mention of the rape kit results that it was inconclusive? What a shame. I hope Mr. Folino sues Ms. Webster for whatever she’s worth, which unfortunately is probably not that much. There needs to be some reform regarding these types of accusations or at least a more detailed investigation by the police. Maybe if the investigators pressed Webster a little further during the investigation, the truth might have come out. Somebody really dropped the ball on this one.

Not everyone hates her! That's a terrible thing to say!