A Denver radio host and Taylor Swift are suing each other after Swift made allegations that the radio host committed Unlawful Sexual Contact. According to the report, Swift claimed that the radio deejay approached her from behind, reached up her skirt, and grabbed her bare buttocks. While Swift never filed a report with the Denver police, the incident was reported to the radio station and the deejay was fired. While this case is currently only in civil court, if Taylor Swift had reported the incident to the police, the radio host would likely be facing Unlawful Sexual Contact charges.

Douglas County, Colorado Unlawful Sexual Contact Attorney: What is the Definition of Unlawful Sexual Contact?

The Douglas County, Colorado law definition of Unlawful Sexual Contact – C.R.S. 18-3-404 – is:

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Any actor who knowingly subjects a victim to any sexual contact commits unlawful sexual contact if:

• The actor knows that the victim does not consent; or
• The actor knows that the victim is incapable of appraising the nature of the victim's conduct; or
• The victim is physically helpless and the actor knows that the victim is physically helpless and the victim has not consented; or
• The actor has substantially impaired the victim's power to appraise or control the victim's conduct by employing, without the victim's consent, any drug, intoxicant, or other means for the purpose of causing submission; or
• The victim is in custody of law or detained in a hospital or other institution and the actor has supervisory or disciplinary authority over the victim and uses this position of authority, unless incident to a lawful search, to coerce the victim to submit; or
• The actor engages in treatment or examination of a victim for other than bona fide medical purposes or in a manner substantially inconsistent with reasonable medical practices."

All a person has to claim is that they did not consent to the sexual contact to be charged with this crime. Grabbing someone’s breast or butt can result in these charges.

Castle Rock Sentence for Unlawful Sexual Contact

In Castle Rock. Highlands Ranch, and Parker, Unlawful Sexual Contact is a class 1 extraordinary risk misdemeanor, which is punishable by 6 to 24 months in the Douglas County Jail. As a sex offense, a conviction of this crime will also require a period of registration as a sex offender.

If you or some you love has been charged with Unlawful Sexual Contact, be smart, exercise your right to remain silent, and contact the best criminal defense attorneys from the O’Malley Law Office at 303-265-1950 today. Together, we can protect your future.

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