Young people are immature and whites must still be racist because of their skin color

The article is actually about the new problem of viral Internet videos messing with young people's lives. And of course the experts have concluded after extensive reflection and research that it may be because young people are still immature. But that's not what caught my attention. I'll tackle that issue some other time. What caught me was this:

"Duke graduate Karen Owen compiled a list of 13 young men she slept with -- most from the lacrosse team, which is still tainted by a 2006 scandal that saw a stripper falsely accuse team members of raping her -- and created a bar graph ranking their sexual prowess (or lack thereof). She detailed sex in the university library during finals week, sex in cars and sex while drunk."

Could someone tell me why they are still tainted? I thought in our country if someone accuses you of something, and it turns out to be a false accusation, you are innocent. Why would this story say they are tainted? Could it be because the MSM and 'intellectuals' in our universities ran to the microphones in 2006 to assure us that all white American men are racists, rapists, and violent Neanderthals; that it is in their genes and to be expected? Could it be that they invoked the 'you can tell a racist by the color of his skin' racism that is all the rage among our modern elites, media celebs, and pundits? Makes me wonder. Just askin'.