RTÉ journalist found guilty of sexually assaulting woman as she slept

The word groping was used in the article. You can use any excuse you like to defend him but what he did was wrong and I hope they give him a severe sentence to send a message to all the people who think this behaviour is acceptable.

Right, So you knew if the other person would be into it by non verbal cues and body language, Has anybody here argued with that? The only lads here talking about contracts and nightlights probably need to stick their hard drive in the microwave.

No-one is saying that a vebal yes has to be communicated every 90 seconds for it to be consent, what the rational people are saying is a communicated No and falling asleep are very much refusal of consent and if you ignore them you are a creep, and if you defend someone ignoring them, you are a creep.

(I'm not referring to you BTW)

Fair enough.

To me it's simple , she said stop, he stopped and said sorry I'm horny.

Now I dont know what he said to guards etc but based on all this consent we hear about, being asked to stop and then stopping seems straightforward to me

I would like to know why it took so long for it to be reported because something doesnt add up here

You know the law better than the courts? It doesn't seem so.

I do feel sorry for the bloke in this instance (assuming he shared the same last of knowledge consent that's on display in this very thread, thennhe might not have known he was committing a sexual assault.

He now has the double whammy of discovering he's committed a sexual assault, is a sex offender and has caused trauma to someone when he didnt intend to. That's a tragedy on all fronts.

There are loads of people in this thread telling you they would do the same and not consider it a crime. There's a severe lack of knowledge and discussion around consent.

"She said the assault had left her traumatised and feeling lost in the world. She said she was sexually violated when she was at her most vulnerable.

She said the night of the attack was the last time she would ever go to sleep feeling safe from attack."

So traumatised that she actually went back asleep and it took a year for her to report it ?

Last time she would ever go to sleep feeling safe from attack ( she went asleep right after said attack)

Getting on top of someone and groping them as they sleep is sinister as ****. Goes way beyond a gentle attempt to initiate sex.

In your heart of hearts, don't you see what the problem is with what he did? Initiating sex with an unconscious person, without consent is OK by you as long as they stop when told to do so? You see no issue with Initiating sex with someone who is asleep?

Can she now issue civil proceedings against him for damages

sexually assaulting someone and stopping halfway through because they said no is not consent, please tell me you don't actually think that.

She wasnt unconscious though was she ?

In your heart of hearts do you not see the problem with her just going back to sleep in the same bed as him after such a "traumatic experience".

Do you seriously not think that a lot of sex has happened from someone initiating sex with someone who has been asleep ?

Look if you're not bright enough to keep up with what's being discussed then that is your problem entirely!