Quasi-indecent assault2026.02.20
"Too drunk to remember": chats and payment records at the time won a quasi-indecent-assault acquittal
Against a claim of heavy intoxication, chats and payment records from that hour showed the complainant could express intent; the court acquitted.
- Charge
- Quasi-indecent assault
- Result
- Acquitted
- Date
- 2026.02.20
- Authority
- Seoul OO District Court
- Case no.
- 2026고단OOOO
- Stage
- Trial
- Attorney
- Lee Jae-Seung
쟁점
준강제추행은 항거불능 상태가 전제입니다. 고소인은 만취로 기억이 없다고 진술했습니다.
변호인의 대응
문제 된 시각 전후의 메신저 대화, 상대방이 직접 한 결제 기록, 이동 경로를 시간순으로 정리해 당시 의사 표현과 판단이 가능했던 상태였음을 소명했습니다.
결과
법원은 항거불능 상태를 인정할 수 없다고 보아 무죄를 선고했습니다.
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