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[–] beanlover@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

I see, it looks shaky. If she had the forethought to seek a lawyer and DON'T TALK TO COPS I think maybe she would've been able to get an assault charge. What do you think?

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[–] _pi@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

The first question would be "why are you at this guy's front door?", she can't answer that in any rational way. That's the main problem. She literally has no business there in the most literal sense of the word, combined with the fact that Fuentes got doxxed online, and combined with the fact that this is likely not even the first person to try this shit. It's very unlikely that he would get prosecuted.

The world in which Fuentes goes down for this, is the world where this can be weaponized against women by their stalkers.

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[–] qaopjlll@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago

Presumably the lawyer would have instructed her not to answer if the police asked her why she was at his door because it is immaterial to the assault that she suffered. Believe it or not, you're allowed to knock on someone's door in America without getting shot/assaulted even if you don't have a good reason to be there. People can and have been prosecuted for shooting people who came to their door without establishing whether they are a threat.