TEACH WOMEN NOT TO LIE ABOUT RAPE: Scottsville woman charged with making false sexual assault allegations. “Carlotta Lynn Merchant reported on Oct. 18 that someone wearing a ski mask and clear gloves forced entry into her home on N. 6th Street and sexually assaulted her. On Oct. 23 police say Merchant called the detective assigned to the case and confessed to staging the crime scene and making up the sexual assault so she could get sympathy from an estranged boyfriend.”