As you are probably aware, Jussie Smollett, one of the actors on the show Empire, has been in the news lately. Initially, Jussie claimed that he had been assaulted but now it appears he might have hired his assailants.
But this got me thinking. If I hire you to assault me and you do, can you still be charged with a crime? Entering a boxing, MMA, or wrestling match would mean you agree to be physically attacked and nobody is arresting boxers for repeatedly punching each other. So the question for you today: can you give consent to be harmed and if you hire someone to beat you up, can they still be charged with a crime?
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Battery exists in both the tort law context and the criminal law context. In tort law, assault is considered an intentional tort.
In an act of physical violence, assault refers to the act which causes the victim to apprehend imminent physical harm, while battery refers to the actual act causing the physical harm. Germany: You can consent to bodily harm such as an operation by a doctor or tatooing.
