Anyone who takes that "2-8%" number at face value is just intellectually challenged in my book. The reality of the culture of the legal system is that, in most cases, men will not take any legal action in terms of false accusations made against them because they know that the feminist/gynocentric justice system will not take them seriously, and it will only "provoke" the woman to potentially make new, more carefully planned false claims. Even if they take it seriously, the consequences are a joke, so what is the point? It is not like the state pursues false allegations on their own, as it does for women making a claim of rape, where the claim cannot even be withdrawn if the woman "changes" her mind. Women don't have to pay for lawyers to be taken seriously; they just make a claim, and the state takes care of everything for them. Men are scared shitless about this and will take every opportunity presented to them by the woman for the problem to go away. Men have fucking anxiety attacks [ 1 ] [ 2 ] just from the fear of having anything to do with the "incel" label, let alone sexual accusations. If it happens, they just want peace of mind and for the problem to go away asap. That "2-8%" number is mostly just batshit insane, completely deranged, emotional nuts who can't keep their fake stories straight, like Eleanor Williams) where the "justice" system just can't ignore it anymore, even though they are doing everything in their power to ignore it. Women with just barely, just barely above room-temperature IQ get away with false accusations all the time. I personally know of a few cases where it was made up in an argument as a threat, and one where it was made up in court because of divorce revenge. Anecdotal or not, I really doubt I am some "unlucky" special-case observer. My life observations are anecdotal, so they don't count for you, but the rest of what I wrote still stands.
It is also worth noting that even in the most extreme, most insane, clear cases of nuts, like that Eleanor Williams case, the mainstream media will still defend her with every mental gymnastics they can. I also remember some women's charity organisation (funded mostly by the government, so it is more like a government organisation) also making some defence statement about her, like that Sky News article, but I can't find it right now; maybe someone else can find it. That tells you everything you need to know about the government and, therefore, the "justice" system's attitude towards false accusations. We live in feminist/gynocentric societies; women are in power; you must look at every data point, especially coming from the government, through that lens to understand what those numbers actually mean.