In People v. Mandel (48 NY2d 952, 401 NE2d 185, 425 NYS2d 63 (1979), cert denied 446 US 949, 100 S Ct 2913, 64 L Ed 2d 805 1980), the Court held "that there was no abuse of the discretion vested in the trial court" when the court refused to permit impeachment of the victim's testimony with previous, allegedly false, rape complaints (48 NY2d at 954). The Court did not hold the evidence inadmissible as a matter of law.