Isn’t ten seconds “just a short time” and a touch on the buttocks considered assault? An Italian court has now answered “yes” to this question, having just ruled in favor of a 66-year-old janitor who sexually assaulted a schoolgirl. The justification for this caused great outrage in the Italian media…
The acquittal of an Italian janitor from the Roberto Rosellini Cine Tv Institute in Rome, who groped the buttocks of a 17-year-old student for “only a few seconds” in April last year caused outrage – especially among the young population.
“You know that was a joke.”
In court, the victim described last year’s incident: As the girl ran up the steps of the institute, she felt someone put their hands in her pants and touched her buttocks for “five to ten seconds”. The defendant simply rejected her statements – she knew this was just a joke. Again, the court could not recognize any crime, only a “clumsy maneuver” and acquitted the 66-year-old.
protests on social media
“The judges consider this a joke? It was not a joke to me,” said the stunned student. The student association protested the verdict and called for action against gender-based violence and discrimination in schools. social media clearly positioned against the judge’s ruling.
To show how long ten seconds actually are when you are touched against your will, countless videos of women and men touching their breasts or genitals for ten seconds are trending on platforms like TikTok. It turns out that ten seconds can be quite a long time.
Source: Krone
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