Criminally charged tickler?

[mysterytic]

I was on a business trip one day and on a Harrisburg, Pa radio station I heard of a young man who had kept is ex g/f tied up captive for a few days. The female news reader reported she was "Tickled, and burned with cigarettes, while being tied to a bed" after which she was raped many times. I was wondering if anybody out there has any modern day news stories or information of anybody being criminally charged for tickling the other gender. If so it would be interesting to find the motivation behind the tickler. With all the fantasy scenarios in tickle vidoes, I was wondering if anybody has ever lived it.

 

[Slappy McGee]

well, in that case the charges would be rape, kidnapping, and abuse (for the cigarettes)...the only thing he did that wasn't a crime was the tickling.....

 

[TheRhythmDoctor]

YIKES!!!

...and burned with cigarettes, while being tied to a bed" after which she was raped many times.

Um...ok...that's just a little bit disturbing...

The Rhythm Doctor

 

[TicklingDuo]

well, in that case the charges would be rape, kidnapping, and abuse (for the cigarettes)...the only thing he did that wasn't a crime was the tickling.....

Actually....if it's done truly against her will, tickling (and ANY physical contact) could constitute abuse/assault.

AI hope this gal gets some help to move beyond this and that they throw the book at the b*****d!

Ann

 

[Longbaugh]

You are correct, Tickling Duo. tickling is considered a form of abuse if it is inflicted on someone against their will. If you playfully tickle someone and they get pissed and demand you stop. You better stop. Luckly for me I've always got good reactions from playful tickles, of course I've always tickled woman I know very well and I've never been excessive.

 

[TickledToDeath]

This man(and I use that term loosely)definatly OVERSTEPED all bounds.
Even if the use of the ciggaretts was not included in his dastardly deeds.
His intent and actions were melicious and not only UN-lawful but Immoral as well.

Nuff said, yes?



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[Krokus]

No Way

That story was VERY disturbing.....

 

[TicklingIsLife]

So, there can be a "Serial Tickler"?

 

[QBWeaver]

that whole thing is VERY disturbing. At least the guy who was arrested a few years back only snuck into homes and tickled their feet. He at least didn't do any other horrid things to the women.

 

[daryl]

There actually was a story in NY a few years ago of a guy who broke into women's apartments and stole their shoes and tickled their feet. I think he was the son of a minister and it made headlines.

I think the breaking and entering and stealing part played a large part in it 🙂

 

[P.H. Tickler]

that sounds like a classic psycho

that criminal was probably just being a sadist control freak... cigarette burns? rape?...
I hope his cellmate takes the same sadistic pleasure when this guy "drops the soap" in the prison shower!

Personally, I don't even like restraints (with the exception of loose ankle binding to keep from getting ANOTHER black eye)... if my 'lee isn't a willing participant, it just don't seem like fun to me. (the wrestling around is all part of the charm). My wife never minds playing around, and I'm 100% honorable with our safe word. For us, tickling is foreplay (and once in awhile DURING play, but that's another story ) ,it would spoil the mood if the dialogue was like
"oh baby, untie me and TAKE me", or if a gag was involved "hrmpphhhhjrnnksjorokrkfosfn"..."huh?, more tickling? well... OK". of course, everyone's mileage can and does vary, but nonconsentual isn't my cup of tea.

 

[DbzSupaKai]

Hmmm...

Well, just the other day I read an article of a man who posed as a young girl over the internet and paid other men to have them send him videos of them being tickled in groups with nudity. None of this involved rape though, but is still disturbing.

 

[Strelnikov]

Assault and Ticklery?

Apparently there's a town in Virginia where it's illegal. I don't recall the details, but MTP Jeff posted the info on the EZBoard forum last year.

Daryl and QB are thinking of the Kingston Tickler. Seems to me he went to jail for B&E and simple assault, not for tickling.

Strelnikov

 

[Slappy McGee]

I'm sure that one could put together a case and charge someone with abuse for tickling, but if there were more defined and stubstantial crimes to prosecute, it makes sense to go there first. It seems to me that especially in a jury trial, it would be dificult to change the popular mindset that tickling is "harmless fun", and surely any good defense team would use that to their advantage..... It is much easier to prosecute more traditionally understood crimes. In this case, lets suppose that this guy gets ten years for rape, ten more for kidnapping, and an extra five for the physical abuse.....it seems unlikely that a judge is going to throw on any more time for "mean tickling".

just like they said on South Park....."why would a wookie be on a planet full of ewoks?? it just doesn't make sense, you must acquit."

 

[Dave2112]

Slappy, it's not the tickling that would be illegal in this case, it's the physical contact. You're right, no court is going to convict someone solely on "tickling", but since it involves the unlawful restraint of and unwelcome contact with the victim, it is illegal no matter what happened. Leave out the cigarette burns and the rape for a moment. Let's assume that this troglodyte simply kept his ex tied up for a few days and tickled her. First you have the unlawful restraint. Next you have the physical abuse; and yes it is abuse under the law if it's unwanted by the victim. If the unavoidable physical contact causes harm, including undue stress or physical discomfort, then you have battery.

If the girl simply complained to the cops that her ex-boyfriend tickled her, you could be getting into the grey area that you talked about, and you're probably right. But with everything else considered, no DA is going to forget about the tickling as part of the crime. Prosecutors have a job to go after every part of a crime, and they will pursue all angles, even if it's only to have something to drop during a plea bargain.

The funny thing is, even if this guy kept her bound and applied make-up to her for three days, it would still be assault. It's the unwelcome contact that's the issue, not tickling in and of itself.

 

[Slappy McGee]

I reckon you have a point there, dave.

 

[Grad]

Wouldn't a gang tickling not involving bondage be considered criminal if the ticklee did not approve?

And if you were the victim of tickle torture by non-consent, would YOU feel comfortable filing charges on this?

 

[TickledToDeath]

A percentage of women sometimes take a long time(sometimes too long) before the come out and report that they have been "raped".
In the case discussed herein, it was indeed a form of "rape".
Fornication does not have to be involed in order for the act to be deemed as a sexual assault or rape.
Is not having a victim restrained in any fashion and fondled touched or attacked on various parts of the body without consent and maliciously against ones' will, an act of "rape"?

Indeed it is.

No matter how it is looked at, it boils down that it was a violation of ones' body, not to mention the psychological damage.

There is just the same degree of "embarassment" in coming out in public whether it be in court or in a police station telling of the episode. The fact that tickling was envolved does NOT make said act any less traumatic or violation of ones' body and in lieu of the rest of what took place, it would NOT be looked upon with less repulsion.


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