assault and battery
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Swift countersued for sexual assault and battery, asking for $1 in damages.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
The man Kesha sued over a decade ago for sexual assault and battery co-wrote and co-produced ten out of the eleven tracks on Perry’s last album, "143."
From Salon ● May 16, 2025
Attention will now turn to a civil lawsuit filed by Mr Neely's father, who is seeking damages for alleged civil assault and battery.
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2024
The case in Dedham, Massachusetts, before Judge Paul McCallum was the first to be filed, with prosecutors in July 2021 charging McCarrick with three counts of indecent assault and battery.
From Reuters ● Aug. 30, 2023
It welcomes the gentle missionary of humor, and for lack of him it often accepts those dreary counterfeits who commit assault and battery upon our mother-tongue.
From A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. by William Chauncey Bartlett
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