But other options include: Mallard thinking a hug was akin to rape; a complainant who didn't want to be targeted by Soper and tories so did not want to take their complaint further, and Mallard is taking a hit for summarising the complaint accurately but prematurely in public; the initial confidential findings getting a massive backtrack when employment and more serious options started being pursued Mallard completely misread and conflated the allegations into something that nobody had described; maybe some other possibility that hasn't occurred to me If I were offered a million dollars if I could pick the correct scenario, I wouldn't be picking that Mallard thought an innocent but unwelcome hug was a serious sexual assault akin to rape.