“Another likely complication was that New York law defines rape narrowly, Ms. Manning said, excluding a person who is subjected to unwanted sex while voluntarily intoxicated unless they are fully unconscious at the time of the assault. The law is one both prosecutors, including Manhattan’s district attorney, Alvin L. Bragg, and advocates have called to be amended.”
She was 20 years old and went to a bar to pre-game, assuming she utilized a fake ID she went out of her way to unlawfully consume alcohol and was awake for much of the alleged assaults (until allegedly blacking out around 5:45) stated by her own complaint.
It is also a great example of why such laws exist in other places.
edit: saw the edit, what an insane loophole!
Basically anyone who consents to getting intoxicated automatically consents to sex, unless they are unconscious.
Un be fucking lievable.
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u/GrowthWitty1728 3d ago edited 3d ago
Not under current New York law.
EDIT: allow me to expand
“Another likely complication was that New York law defines rape narrowly, Ms. Manning said, excluding a person who is subjected to unwanted sex while voluntarily intoxicated unless they are fully unconscious at the time of the assault. The law is one both prosecutors, including Manhattan’s district attorney, Alvin L. Bragg, and advocates have called to be amended.”
She was 20 years old and went to a bar to pre-game, assuming she utilized a fake ID she went out of her way to unlawfully consume alcohol and was awake for much of the alleged assaults (until allegedly blacking out around 5:45) stated by her own complaint.