Forcible touching is
a crime that includes in its punitive stages a sex offender registration. New York City sex attorneys have a hard time explaining to
people from surrounding regions the seriousness of this crime in Manhattan and
the surrounding boroughs. Grabbing
someone’s person in a sexual way—sometimes even in a flirtatious way can have
lifelong consequences. What many
people would think of as a “harmless” act can still be considered “forcible
touching”. Slapping someone on his or her bottom could be forcible
touching. Pinching someone’s bottom
can be “forcible touching”. Making potential clients understand the
severity of what they’ve been charged with is difficult considering that many
of the acts that can be classified under this charge weren’t considered sex
crimes in the recent past, and in fact have been seen in movies from the
eighties as part of workplace harassment humor. Instead of receiving a dirty look or slap to the face,
individuals who took the risk and patted someone on the bottom can now be
looking at either a sex offender registry or high legal bill.
New York criminal attorneys will fight to mitigate the charge to a lesser offense. Our attorneys have been able to do for
our clients in the past, but it was by no means a cake walk. If you have been charged with this
offense you would do well to take it seriously. All too often we hear: It was JUST a pat on the butt. What we’d rather hear is: I
accidentally brushed up against him/her. You need to take the charge seriously
because your NYC sex offense lawyer certainly will and will need your
help in creating a defense that will stick in court.
Sex offender registries are not something you want to be on.
Ever. If you’ve been charged with
this type of sex crime—even if you feel
that the circumstances make it “no big deal” do yourself a favor and get a good
NYC criminal lawyer.
