consensual

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The video also surfaced on other platforms, including Meta-owned Facebook, where some posts used it to baselessly claim that the lawsuit was "fake" and the two had been involved in a "consensual relationship."

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

“But no one really looked at consensual relationships.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026

“The only evidence of our policy was a declaration that said, ‘Yes, reasonable suspicion is what we require when we go beyond a consensual encounter.’”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2025

Gaiman, who has consistently insisted that the described encounters were consensual, filed a demand for arbitration in March, stating that another accuser, Caroline Wallner, breached their non-disclosure agreement by sharing her account with the media.

From Salon • Jul. 3, 2025

Given the blanket nature of the ruling, courts have found police encounters to be consensual in truly preposterous situations.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander