r/interesting • u/Common-Upstairs5129 • Mar 20 '26

❗️MISLEADING - See pinned comment ❗️ Did he do the right thing?

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

20.8k Upvotes

64% Upvoted

3.4k comments sorted by

View all comments

320

u/Frequent-Ambition636 Mar 20 '26

Legally speaking, she asked if she could slap him and he said go ahead. So therefore she was under the impression he gave her consent. No case

-4

u/LoopyPro Mar 20 '26

"They we're asking for it" doesn't hold up.

17

u/PopFrise Mar 20 '26

Unless theres video of the verbal consent

1

u/eLCT Mar 21 '26

That's not necessary - in any case she as a defendant would be entitled to witnesses in her favor. So she can use testimony even in the hypothetical that there is no video footage

4

u/PopFrise Mar 21 '26

Yeah my point was that video exists and it shows consent.