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Originally Posted by troutman
If you were stabbed, no one is going to ask you what you were wearing, if you were drinking, if you exchanged emails with the accused etc. There is no way to argue consent.
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I'm pretty sure opposing counsel actually would ask about whether you had a prior relationship with the accused, they certainly would ask if you were drinking, and they would try to establish that you did something to provoke the stabbing or were otherwise at fault. So I don't see this as a
fundamental difference. Obviously different surrounding circumstances relating to the victim are relevant owing to the differences between the offences, which may or may not actually be relevant.