Can a cheater report you for throwing a drink in his face?

[preraph]

Who cares? It's worth it. Done it a few times myself. The usual reaction I got was either "I probably deserved that" (the next day) or a full-on food fight, the kind that your roommate walks in in the middle of and just turns on her heel and leaves again.

[jen1447]

I'm pretty sure meeting the standard of assault requires employing the necessary means to cause injury, which soda probably doesn't satisfy. Could be some type of property crime tho maybe. (Damaged shirt.) Or harassment or sth like that.

 

He would have to substantiate it tho like GR says, which would be more difficult than it seems. If you call the police requesting a response bc someone threw soda on you, very likely they wouldn't come, so no timely investigation and witness interviews, etc. That means marching to the police station to file a report himself, and he'd have to bring all his witnesses along and they'd have to fill out witness statements. The idea that anyone (including the 'victim') would find any of that worthwhile is pretty dubious.

 

(Funny this is getting such a deep level of analysis. )

[123321]

Definition

 

1. Intentionally putting another person in reasonable apprehension of an imminent harmful or offensive contact. No intent to cause physical injury needs to exist, and no physical injury needs to result. So defined in tort law and the criminal statutes of some states.

 

IANAL

[jen1447]

Seems like it would more precisely fall under battery (humorously) according to FindLaw.

 

Battery: Act Requirement

 

The criminal act required for battery boils down to an offensive or harmful contact. This can range anywhere from the obvious battery where a physical attack such as a punch or kick is involved, to even minimal contact in some cases. Generally, a victim doesn't need to be injured or harmed for a battery to have occurred, so long as an offensive contact is involved. In a classic example, spitting on an individual doesn't physically injure them, but it nonetheless can constitute offensive contact sufficient for a battery. Whether a particular contact is considered offensive is usually evaluated from the perspective of the "ordinary person".

 

Some jurisdictions have combined assault and battery into a single offense. Because the two offenses are so closely related and often occur together, this should probably come as no surprise. However, the basic concepts underlying the offense remain the same.

 

- See more at: Assault and Battery Overview - FindLaw

 

I think we've finally cracked this case. Cuff her!

[123321]

Seems like it would more precisely fall under battery (humorously) according to FindLaw.

 

 

 

I think we've finally cracked this case. Cuff her!

 

Yes, another definition for assault is "attempted battery".

[PrettyEmily77]

Its the definition of arbitrary.

 

Did NIST come out with a standard that said 'cheating boyfriend = 8.321 ounces of cola to the face' ?

 

She became judge, jury and executioner and threw a drink.

 

It was silly and now an even more ridiculous threat has her on the internet hoping that she's not going to be getting finger prints over it.

 

One offence is a moral one, the other potentially a criminal one - like I say, there's nothing arbitrary there. She became the victim of her own temper, admitted it, nothing more and is now worried about the consequences of her actions, as is standard.

 

We all know two wrongs don't make a right - it's just that it's done now, so I don't really get the point in giving her a moral lesson at this point... It's very unlikely she'll get prosecuted for it anyway realistically, even if he did press charges. She still has to deal with the aftermath of his cheating ways though - that may not be extenuating circumstances in that instance, but it's her reality and, as this very forum often proves, this isn't a nice thing to go through. Not an excuse or a justification in any way, but sthg she'll have to deal witj regardless.

[Miracle90]

I haven't receive any notification so far. Well I'm assuming that loser was just trying to scare me with it.

 

I admit, it was a small lapse of judgment at the moment I threw my drink at him and it's something really out of my character. Very interesting how it's different hearing about someone that cheated (one of my friends cheated on her bf but she's still my friend) or knowing someone that went through it than seeing it done to you and dealing with it at this present moment. I've never had such bad concepts on cheaters that regret it but it's a different feeling with my now ex bf. I feel nothing but anger and disgust towards him.

 

Now I understand why my friend's ex bf didn't want to take her back. When she cheated on him, more than likely he felt that same anger I'm feeling now.

 

When I was calling him all those names it was while stopping by for a brief visit. I wanted to spend a bit more time with him and this is what I get.

Edited November 26, 2015 by Miracle90

[Wewon]

One offence is a moral one, the other potentially a criminal one - like I say, there's nothing arbitrary there. She became the victim of her own temper, admitted it, nothing more and is now worried about the consequences of her actions, as is standard.

 

I'm curious what definition of "arbitrary" that you're working with.

 

There is nothing "standard" here. She lost it, end of story, to later try and make an equivalents is arbitrary, its convenient to reconcile her own actions. It was completely arbitrary.

 

The rest of the sanctimony doesn't really add to the discussion.

[Miracle90]

Yes, I lost it. It's a feeling of emptyness.

 

Now all I can think of in my mind are horrible movies of how they must have spend endless nights at a hotel on those disgusting sheets and laughing at me the whole time.

[mystikmind2005]

Throwing a coke in his face..... can that also include the use of an unopened can of coke and a potato gun??? Nice!

[Samhain]

When did the human race become so p*ssyfied!? There was a time when a drink in the face for being a fool was the norm. And yes I'm all for equal rights and women should be as accountable as men. But I still believe as men we should act like men. It was a drink in the face! Deal with it.

[PrettyEmily77]

I'm curious what definition of "arbitrary" that you're working with.

 

There is nothing "standard" here. She lost it, end of story, to later try and make an equivalents is arbitrary, its convenient to reconcile her own actions. It was completely arbitrary.

 

The rest of the sanctimony doesn't really add to the discussion.

 

I reacted to the sanctimony of your own post, to be truthful. Can't see any point whatsoever in labouring the point that throwing a drink to the guy's face is a silly thing to do. I probably use the same definition of arbitrary as you - no idea what point you were trying to make, aside from acting all moral about what is essentially a pretty trivial crime, as assaults go.

[Lois_Griffin]

Did anyone actually witness you doing it?

 

No?

 

Then it didn't happen.

[sandylee1]

There's nothing that annoys me more than idiots wasting your time cheating...Instead of ending it and moving on. He's lucky you didn't sprinkle not chili on his underwear and put hair removing cream in his shampoo bottle.

 

At least you didn't have a child with him and you'd have to see each other for many years to come.

[NewLeaf512]

It's considered assault. You wouldn't believe what falls in that space.

 

One lowlight of my career was being instructed to bring an action for a "criminal spitting " complaint. That's right. Criminal spitting. My client had words with someone who was chewing gum whilst the "altercation" took place. The gum shot out of the defendants mouth and landed on my clients shin causing him "pain, injury to hurt feeling, and hair loss (after pulling the gum off. I won the case.

 

The parties involved were 82 and 86 at the time, both now deceased.

 

Value of the big legal victory? £100 injury to hurt feeling. Medical bills of £2.20: tube of savalon cream.

 

Madness

[No Limit]

LOL. Sorry but where I live you could have probably kicked him in the groin and still no one would care about your assault (unless he was severely injured, but that's quite rare).