And, pray tell, the reason her so called false accusation kept him from promotion? Could it bee that a walk back through his personnel record indicated where there was smoke there was fire? Get with it, y’all, read between the lines.
I also have my own experience with the military "justice" system. A person accused is treated by the hierarchy as guilty until proven innocent.
The scandal surrounding a falsely accused officer would be more than sufficient to derail a promotion to general. There are simply too many candidates with flawless records to bother with those that have an uncertain background.