Quoting%20commentary for Yevamot 48:11

ה"ד אי דאיכא עדים כי אתא אחר ואפסקיה לקלא מאי הוי אלא לאו דליכא עדים וטעמא דאתא אחר ואפסקיה לקלא הא לאו הכי מפקינן

is because another man stepped in and checked the rumour, but had that not happened she would have been taken away from him?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' How then could Rab maintain that she is taken away Only where there are witnesses? ');">³⁸</span> — Rab can answer you: The same law, that where witnesses<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra note 3. ');">³⁵</span> are available she is taken away from him and that where no witnesses are available she is not taken away, applies also to the case where no other man stepped in and checked the rumour, but this it is that was meant: 'Even if another man stepped in and checked the rumour it is not proper for him<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The paramour. ');">³⁹</span> to marry her'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Only if he already married her may she in this case remain with him. ');">⁴⁰</span>

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