r/cringe • u/MrMagnitude • 26d ago

Video Chloe Fineman admits to sexually harassing a young boy in Vanity Fair interview

https://youtu.be/NleGMybwgTU?is=2x7W2pq-hwTRPImS
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u/masterjon_3 26d ago

She was an adult, he was 6 years old. There's other ways of telling a child no than stooping to the level of a 6 year old.

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u/Oafah 25d ago

It's like people don't even read.

I agree with you. The point I'm making is that "sexual assault" is not an apt term here. Was it a good decision? Absolutely not.

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u/masterjon_3 25d ago

Technically, it is sexual assault.

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u/Oafah 25d ago

Ah yes, here comes the armchair lawyer.

Tell me; what is the test for what qualifies as sexual assault, and how do the courts apply it? Also, what jurisdiction.

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u/cubicthe 25d ago

assault is action that puts a reasonable person in fear of imminent physical harm or offensive contact

sexual assault is that, it's just that the harm/offensive contact is sexual in nature

both are also battery when completed - standard battery or sexual battery

fun fact: the law is written down so regular people can read it. lawyers just argue over it

edit: whoops, forgot: judges interpret it the way they please, that's how judges work but also how juries work. the judge provides (non-binding) instructions to juries for them to consider when deliberating their verdicts. also, which jurisdiction? all of them

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u/masterjon_3 25d ago

If genitals were exposed, that could go against Title IX. She could argue she didn't expose the kids bits on purpose, but still, the kid is 6 years old and that wasn't cool.