indecent assauBarkley under investigation for indecent assault Barkley under investigation for indecent assault thought this was right forum... http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_y...ug=ap-barkley-investigation&prov=ap&type=lgns August 30, 2004 PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Former NBA star Charles Barkley is under investigation for indecent assault, police said Monday. A woman reported she was assaulted by Barkley at the nightclub 32 Degrees, Cpl. Jim Pauley said. ``We want to stress that no charges have been filed,'' Pauley said. ``This incident is under investigation.'' Police received the report at 1:20 a.m. Friday, Pauley said. The investigation is being conducted by the department's Special Victims Unit, and police did not release any details of the allegation. Attempts by The Associated Press to reach Barkley, now a basketball analyst, or his agent were unsuccessful Monday night. Barkley was a nine-time All-Star and the league's MVP in 1993. He has been an analyst with cable network TNT since his retirement in 2000. Updated on Monday, Aug 30, 2004 8:51 pm EDT Email to a Friend | View Popular
hahah the title got pretty messed up sorry about that... please change if possible to "Barkley under investigation for assault"
Has Barkles actually been convicted of anything yet. He must have a couple of strikes on his record already.
Time to open a can of worms.... The way i see it, if your a women and your at a bar/club that late at night. I don't feel sorry for you.
Yeah, because, clearly if someone physically assaults you, it is your fault, not the person who did it. Just like when someone steals your car, well, you shouldn't drive a nice car and tempt those poor criminals. And, if you leave your door unlocked, you deserve to get your house robbed. I mean, you were asking for it.
Barkley has always lashed out at people that annoy him too much (whether verbally or physically). Considering the fact that he's a famous, outspoken, celebrity he's always liable to get in trouble. Judging by his past run-ins, I'm guessing that both of them deserves some of the blame for this incident.
Indecent Assault? WOW! After all this time I didn't think that ass was ever going to do anything about that inappropriate kiss!
yes because only men are allowed to be out and drink til 2 am, right? and women have it coming to them for being out that late, right?
Personally, if all the girls left at 1am i'd leave too. Unless you like the whole sausage fest thing.
http://members.aol.com/StatutesP8/18PA3126.html § 3126. Indecent assault. (a) Offense defined.--A person who has indecent contact with the complainant or causes the complainant to have indecent contact with the person is guilty of indecent assault if: the person does so without the complainant's consent; the person does so by forcible compulsion; the person does so by threat of forcible compulsion that would prevent resistance by a person of reasonable resolution; the complainant is unconscious or the person knows that the complainant is unaware that the indecent contact is occurring; the person has substantially impaired the complainant's power to appraise or control his or her conduct by administering or employing, without the knowledge of the complainant, drugs, intoxicants or other means for the purpose of preventing resistance; the complainant suffers from a mental disability which renders him or her incapable of consent; the complainant is less than 13 years of age; or the complainant is less than 16 years of age and the person is four or more years older than the complainant and the complainant and the person are not married to each other. (b) Grading.--Indecent assault under subsection (a)(7) is a misdemeanor of the first degree. Otherwise, indecent assault is a misdemeanor of the second degree. [Webmaster note: Touching the genitals of another while the victim is clothed may constitute the indecent assault; skin to skin contact is not essential. Commonwealth v. Ricco, 650 A.2d 1084 (Pa.Superior Ct.: 1994).]
Blaming the victim is a strange thing to me. I think we can all agree that women should stop having fun at 11:30 PM. Men are allowed to have fun until 2:30 AM. Male children are allowed to have fun until 9:30 PM, and female children can have fun until 8:00 PM. It's the parents fault for not making the woman realize her fun night out had to end early. If she had been raised to know that she couldn't have fun as late as men, then this never would have happened. Let's have some responsible parenting going on out there. I tell you we aren't raising the kind of chauvinists and subservient women we used to. No wonder people feel this country is headed in the wrong direction.
I think the point someone was making was that Barkley only reacts when incited to do so. Whether his actions are right or wrong is a whole other thing, but in most cases, it seems barkely was riled up by someone.
Folks need to brush up on their reading comprehension skills. He's under investigation for indecent assault, not assault. That means he's probably accused of fondling the woman, not hitting her. If he was riled up by something, it'd be her sexiness most likely. Btw, thanks glad-ken for posting the definition. You saved me some surfing.
