Two. I got that it was in him, but not that he was consuming it. Still, just WTH was it? Anyone?

Agreed. But from a purely purient interest standpoint, won’t someone tell us what “the foreign substance” was?

Your is the most cogent post, so naturally it is in the grey. I was shocked, started starring comments, then went to the source article to discover that, yeah, as you said, the judge simply allowed him to amend. Much ado about nothing as a motion to amend is almost never denied. A star and a nod for first year…

I would be interested in knowing, not my business and I know you may not read or reply as this is a late post, but have you discussed this sit with your therapist? What does she/he say?

So much this.

I entered law school a month or so after my mate left me. I was devastated. I cannot imagine dragging a bad/ending relationship into first year. My first year would have been better with more time between the abandonment and the start of school had that been an option. Lazering focus on school rather than fractured…

“men get to have affairs all the time, and it’s cool...” Some do have affairs, but it’s never cool. You have a skewed outlook on committed relationships if you really believe what you’re saying. You seem to have come here looking for support, justification, something, but not real advice. Look at the number, the sheer…

Edit to add that most expungement addresses criminal records dealing with diversion and such.

That's why it's important to preserve the report in a sealed court record - because police reports gat lost/ destroyed all the time. Not so much with court records.

The record should have been preserved by the court and turned over to protective services to investigate the parents, who still have minors in the home. Failure to protect is taken very seriously in some states. I don’t understand why the judge destroyed the report and have never heard of that being done. I would not…

Great response. I'm reading a lot of judgmental comments that rub me the wrong way or at least are somewhat disappointing.

And you get me.

Ref’d OJ’s slow-speed chase upstream before seeing your post. I was incredulous watching that from a neighborhood bar with my mate back in the day. In all modesty, none to be exact, I looked up after missing my pool shot, pointed at the big screen and said, “Look, a slow-speed chase.” So, yeah, I coined the phrase in…

Didn't see it, but you know if CNN showed it, they could still milk it for days, maybe weeks.

Do you not recall OJ Simpson’s infamous slow-speed chase?

Dude, take a Xanax. /jk

Pithy as hell. Point and match to OldBeigeGuy.

If I could give you more stars, I would!!!

Assault may be putting someone in fear of being hit or actually being hit. The reasonable person test is used and whether the threat actually frightens that person, not to put too fine a point on it.

In some states, prosecutors will continue to prosecute and even sometimes win without the victim’s cooperation. If there is a witness, medical reports, prior statements, or any other evidence that can convict the abuser, prosecutors may refuse to dismiss the case for the very reasons you state.