| MrBubbles said: yes, that was assault. based on your initial account, a reasonable person would have realized that touching her like that was unwanted. you also sound like youve been stalking her. |
She accused me of civil assault and civil battery but I did nothing bad. I did not intend to do anything bad. Not even minimal intent. All I did was hug her but I did stop after realizing she really wanted me to. I honestly thought that she would've hugged me back eventually and comfort me.
Civil assault: "An intentional act which causes a reasonable and imminent apprehension of a harmful or offensive contact which is unconsented."
Civil battery: "An intentional act which causes harmful or offensive contact which is unconsented."
Proof: http://bikerlawblog.com/2006/10/09/civil-assault-and-battery-in-plain-langu/?doing_wp_cron=1362348609.9029219150543212890625
#1. It only would've been unconsented had I persisted after realizing you really wanted me to stop.
#2. There was no harmful or offensive contact nor was there a reasonable and imminent apprehension of harmful or offensive contact.
#3. Even if I did all of the above, it was not intentional and that's another valid defense.
Proof: http://www.shouselaw.com/nevada/battery-defenses.html
How did I assault her? I may have chosen an unreasonable tactic that I thought would've worked but I didn't assault her. I suppose I did stalk her by following her but she did that to me too a long time ago. I live in Vancouver.
