DGS49
Diamond Member
Theoretical legal question:
A "Hollywood Mogul" meets an aspiring actress. She perceives - correctly or not - that he has the power to grant her a successful career, or on the other hand, to torpedo her aspirations. He requests sexual favors and she grants them, based on her perceptions and ambitions. He "gropes" her, and she politely indicates her unwillingness to be groped.
Crime? Rape? Sexual assault?
I don't think so. There was no force or coercion, except in her mind. Can she retroactively revoke her consent? Can she prove that she was coerced based on her own narrative? Not without lying her ass off.
He is a dirtbag, she is a fool. But no harm, no foul.
Sorry.
A "Hollywood Mogul" meets an aspiring actress. She perceives - correctly or not - that he has the power to grant her a successful career, or on the other hand, to torpedo her aspirations. He requests sexual favors and she grants them, based on her perceptions and ambitions. He "gropes" her, and she politely indicates her unwillingness to be groped.
Crime? Rape? Sexual assault?
I don't think so. There was no force or coercion, except in her mind. Can she retroactively revoke her consent? Can she prove that she was coerced based on her own narrative? Not without lying her ass off.
He is a dirtbag, she is a fool. But no harm, no foul.
Sorry.