"Sociopaths frequently use gaslighting tactics. Sociopaths consistently transgress
social mores, break laws, and exploit others, but are also typically charming and convincing liars who consistently deny wrongdoing. Thus, some who have been victimized by sociopaths may doubt their perceptions."
Profile of the Sociopathic Pathology: How Domestic Violence and Sexual Abusers use False Accusations to Abuse Process in Gaining Total Power and Control Over their Victims Lives, Compounding the Violations and Concealing their Own Crimes: A Victim's Impact Statement on being Falsely Accused, Battered and Traumatized by Domestic Violence, Legal Abuse and Bullying - and Ultimately Forced in Homelessness and Poverty.
Alan Dershowitz on the Falsely Accused
"On an intellectual level, I could understand what it must feel like to have people think that you are guilty of a heinous crime when you know you are innocent. But until it happened to me, I would have no real comprehension of what it actually feels like, on an emotional level. My education is now complete: I understand—really understand—why it is so important to protect the innocent as well as to punish the guilty. Now I feel the need to redouble my efforts on behalf of the falsely accused, as I have been one of them." -Alan Dershowitz, Professor of Law, Harvard University