Two of the cases included claims of sexual assault: Watson was said in both cases to have pressured women to perform oral sex during massages and was accused in one of also having grabbed a woman’s buttocks and vagina. The civil suits alleged that Watson engaged in a pattern of lewd behavior with women hired to provide personal services, coercing them to touch him in a sexual manner, exposing himself to women he had hired for massages, or moving his body in ways that forced them to touch his penis.
Meredith J. Duncan, who teaches tort law and criminal law at the University of Houston Law Center, defined civil assault as intentionally or knowingly touching someone in a way that a reasonable person would regard as offensive.
“It just so happens in this case, the civil assault involves his genitals,” Duncan said. “But forcing another person to perform a sexual act, that’s a more aggravated form of sexual assault.”
Assault면 형사처벌 받아야 되는거 아닌가요? 왓슨이 현재 민사 소송만 남은걸로 알고있는데 아무리 미국 법시스템이 유전무죄라지만 이건 좀 이해가 안되네요. 예전에 마이크 타이슨도 성폭행으로 3년 가까이 교도소 복역을 했었습니다.
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Updated at 2022-08-02 08:02:05
위의 얘기는 피해자의 주장이지 입증된 사실은 아직 아닙니다. 기사를 보시면 Allegation이라고 되어 있고 드션 왓슨은 결백을 계속 주장하고 있습니다. 이런 사태가 벌어진 것애 사과는 했지만 본인 행동은 사과를 할 게 없다는 게 주장이죠. 검사가 형사 소송을 드랍한 건 결국 입증이 쉽지 않다고 판단해서 일 겁니다. 저 주장이 사실로 밝혀졌는데 기소를 안했다면 직무유기겠죠. 그리고 기소를 하지 않겠다는 최종 결정은 배심원 (grand jury)가 했습니다. 검사가 임의로 한게 아니구요.
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Updated at 2022-08-02 08:00:51
미국 기사들은 언론전의 일부라고 보시면 됩니다. 사실 기사들 중 성적 행위가 매우 적나라하게 묘사된 것들이 있는데 누가 냈겠습니까? 피해자들이 드션 왓슨 계속 흠집내서 빨리 그리고 더 크게 먹으려는 것이지요. 피해자의 의사에 반해서 저런 기사가 나왔을까요? 드션 왓슨도 매우 부도덕할 수 있지만 피해자들 아니 피해자들의 변호사들도 승냥이 떼로 봐야죠. 자동차 사고 피해자에게 접근해서 큰 돈 따주겠다는 미국 변호사 얼마나 많습니까.
https://www.nytimes.com/article/deshaun-watson-sexual-assault-lawsuit.html
Two of the cases included claims of sexual assault: Watson was said in both cases to have pressured women to perform oral sex during massages and was accused in one of also having grabbed a woman’s buttocks and vagina. The civil suits alleged that Watson engaged in a pattern of lewd behavior with women hired to provide personal services, coercing them to touch him in a sexual manner, exposing himself to women he had hired for massages, or moving his body in ways that forced them to touch his penis.
Meredith J. Duncan, who teaches tort law and criminal law at the University of Houston Law Center, defined civil assault as intentionally or knowingly touching someone in a way that a reasonable person would regard as offensive.
“It just so happens in this case, the civil assault involves his genitals,” Duncan said. “But forcing another person to perform a sexual act, that’s a more aggravated form of sexual assault.”
Civil 민사 케이스와 형사 케이스가 assault를 정의하는게 다른가 보네요. 정황상 assault가 맞는거 같구요